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Charles Coburn

Acting

Born June 18, 1877 · Macon, Georgia, USA

Died August 30, 1961

Also known as Charles Douville Coburn

Biography

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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Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1944
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1947 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1944 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1942 · nominated

Filmography36 titles

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997as Self (archive footage)

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953as Sir Francis Beekman

Kings Row

1942as Henry Gordon

The Lady Eve

1941as 'Colonel' Harrington

Bachelor Mother

1939as J. B. Merlin

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941as John Pulham

What's My Line?

1950as Self

The More the Merrier

1943as Benjamin Dingle

In Name Only

1939as Richard Walker

Vivacious Lady

1938as Mr. Morgan

The People's Enemy

1935as Judge

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Hugo Van Cleve

In This Our Life

1942as William Fitzroy

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Edison, the Man

1940as General Powell

Around the World in 80 Days

1956as Steamship Company Clerk

Monkey Business

1952as Oliver Oxley

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Pa Harrington

Over 21

1945as Robert Drexel Gow

Rhapsody in Blue

1945as Max Dreyfus

George Washington Slept Here

1942as Stanley Menninger

Road to Singapore

1940as Joshua Mallon IV

Pepe

1960as Charles Coburn

The Power and the Prize

1956as Guy Eliot

Lured

1947as Harley Temple

The Paradine Case

1947as Sir Simon Flaquer

The Constant Nymph

1943as Charles Creighton

Trouble Along the Way

1953as le Père Matthew William Burke

Impact

1949as Lieutenant Quincy

Made for Each Other

1939as Joseph Doolittle

Colonel Effingham's Raid

1946as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham

Of Human Hearts

1938as Dr. Charles Shingle

Wilson

1944as Professor Henry Holmes

Three Faces West

1940as Dr. Karl Braun