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Charles Coburn
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Life & Death

Died aged 84
Also known asCharles Douville CoburnGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn18/06/1877Born inMacon, Georgia, USADied30/08/1961 (aged 84)Died inManhattanCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ350690 ↗Buried atBonaventure CemeteryTMDb#11169 ↗

Charles Douville Coburn was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award three times – for The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), The More the Merrier (1943) and The Green Years (1946) – winning for his performance in The More the Merrier. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for his contribution to the film industry.

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Filmography67 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineMovieSelf (archive footage)120
1976It's ShowtimeMovieSelf (archive footage)99
1960PepeMovieCharles Coburn83
1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerMovieGrampa Pennypacker82
1959StartimeSeriesColonel Sykes82
1959John Paul JonesMovieBenjamin Franklin82
1959A Stranger in My ArmsMovieVance Beasley82
1957Town on TrialMovieDr. John Fenner80
1956Around the World in 80 DaysMovieSteamship Company Clerk79
1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSeriesSelf79
1956The Power and the PrizeMovieGuy Eliot79
1955How to Be Very, Very PopularMovieDr. Tweed78
1954December BrideSeries—77
1954Studio 57Series—77
1954The George Gobel ShowSeriesSelf77
1954The Rocket ManMovieMayor Ed Johnson77
1953Trouble Along the WayMoviele Père Matthew William Burke76
1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesMovieSir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman76
1952Monkey BusinessMovieOliver Oxley75
1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?MovieSamuel Fulton / John Smith75
1952This Is Your LifeSeriesSelf75
1951The HighwaymanMovieLord Walters74
1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesPa Harrington73
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf73
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf73
1950Mr. MusicMovieAlex Conway73
1950LouisaMovieMr. Burnside73
1949Yes Sir, That's My BabyMovieJason Hartley72
1949ImpactMovieLieutenant Quincy72
1949The Gal Who Took the WestMovieGeneral Michael O'Hara72
1949Everybody Does ItMovieMajor Blair72
1948Studio OneSeriesLouis Hurst71
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf71
1948Green Grass of WyomingMovieBeaver Greenway71
1948B.F.'s DaughterMovieBurton F. 'B.F.' Fulton71
1947The Paradine CaseMovieSir Simon Flaquer70
1947LuredMovieHarley Temple70
1946The Green YearsMovieAlexander Gow69
1946Colonel Effingham's RaidMovieColonel Will Seaborn Effingham69
1945A Royal ScandalMovieNicolai Iiyitch68
1945Rhapsody in BlueMovieMax Dreyfus68
1945Over 21MovieRobert Drexel Gow68
1945Shady LadyMovieCol. John Appleby68
1944WilsonMovieProfessor Henry Holmes67
1944Knickerbocker HolidayMoviePeter Stuyvesant67
1944Together AgainMovieJonathan Crandall Sr67
1943The Constant NymphMovieCharles Creighton66
1943Heaven Can WaitMovieHugo Van Cleve66
1943My Kingdom for a CookMovieRudyard Morley66
1942In This Our LifeMovieWilliam Fitzroy65
1942Breakdowns of 1942MovieSelf65
1941Our WifeMovieProfessor Drake64
1941The Lady EveMovie'Colonel' Harrington64
1941The Devil and Miss JonesMovieJohn P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins64
1941H.M. Pulham, Esq.MovieJohn Pulham64
1941Unexpected UncleMovieSeton Mansley64
1940Edison, the ManMovieGeneral Powell63
1940FlorianMovieDr. Johannes Hofer63
1940The Captain is a LadyMovieCaptain Abe Peabody63
1939Bachelor MotherMovieJ. B. Merlin62
1939Made for Each OtherMovieJudge Joseph M. Doolittle62
1939In Name OnlyMovieRichard Walker62
1939The Story of Alexander Graham BellMovieGardner Hubbard62
1939Idiot's DelightMovieDr. Hugo Waldersee62
1939Stanley and LivingstoneMovieLord Tyce62
1938Vivacious LadyMovieMr. Morgan61
1938Of Human HeartsMovieDr. Charles Shingle61