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Charles Coburn

Actor | * 06/19/1877 († 84, 08/30/1961) | Savannah, Georgia (United States of America (USA))
Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American actor and theatrical producer. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award ("Oscar") 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 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) in 1960 for his contribution to the film industry. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water ...

Monkey Business

Certification unknown

1952 | 3.4/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lore ...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

NR

1953 | 3.7/5 | 1h 31min
Music, Comedy, Romance / Love
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It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to s ...

The More the Merrier

Certification unknown

1943 | 3.4/5 | 1h 44min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean ...

The Lady Eve

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.7/5 | 1h 37min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Charles Coburn

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 3x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Movies with Charles Coburn as Actor(73)

as Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage)1976 It's Showtime
as Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited)1963 Marilyn
as himself1960 Pepe
as Grampa Pennypacker1959 The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
as Vance Beasley1959 A Stranger in My Arms
as Benjamin Franklin1959 John Paul Jones
as Uncle George Clitterbern1957 How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Hippocrates1957 The Story of Mankind
as Dr. John Fenner1957 Town on Trial
as Guy Eliot1956 The Power and the Prize
as Steamship Company Clerk1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Dr. Tweed1955 How To Be Very, Very Popular
as Gardiner1954 The Long Wait
as Mayor Ed Johnson1954 The Rocket Man
as le Père Matthew William Burke1953 Trouble Along the Way
as Sir Francis Beekman1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Oliver Oxley1952 Monkey Business
as Samuel Fulton / John Smith1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
as Lord Walters1951 The Highwayman
as Mr. Burnside1950 Louisa
as Professor Brookfield1950 Peggy
as Alex Conway1950 Mr. Music
as General Michael O'Hara1949 The Gal Who Took the West
as Professor Jason Hartley1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
as Major Blair1949 Everybody Does It
as Lieutenant Quincy1949 Impact
as Dr. John Corday1949 The Doctor and the Girl
as Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton1948 B.F.'s Daughter
as Beaver Greenway1948 Green Grass of Wyoming
as Sir Simon Flaquer1947 The Paradine Case
as Inspector Harley Temple1947 Lured
as Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Alexander Gow1946 The Green Years
as Nicolai Iiyitch1945 A Royal Scandal
as Robert Drexel Gow1945 Over 21
as Col. John Appleby1945 Shady Lady
as Max Dreyfus1945 Rhapsody in Blue
as William Smith1944 The Impatient Years
as Professor Henry Holmes1944 Wilson
as Peter Stuyvesant1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
as Jonathan Crandall Sr1944 Together Again
as Benjamin Dingle1943 The More the Merrier
as Uncle Holman1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Charles Creighton1943 The Constant Nymph
as Hugo Van Cleve1943 Heaven Can Wait
as Rudyard Morley1943 My Kingdom for a Cook
as William Fitzroy1942 In This Our Life
as Henry Gordon1942 Kings Row
as Stanley Menninger1942 George Washington Slept Here
as himself1942 Breakdowns of 1942
as John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins1941 The Devil and Miss Jones
as 'Colonel' Harrington1941 The Lady Eve
as John Pulham1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Seton Mansley1941 Unexpected Uncle
as Professor Drake1941 Our Wife
as Dr. Johannes Hofer1940 Florian
as Joshua Mallon IV1940 Road to Singapore
as Dr. Karl Braun1940 Three Faces West
as Captain Abe Peabody1940 The Captain Is a Lady
as General Powell1940 Edison, the Man
as Judge Joseph M. Doolittle1939 Made for Each Other
as Lord Tyce1939 Stanley and Livingstone
as J. B. Merlin1939 Bachelor Mother
as Richard Walker1939 In Name Only
as Gardner Hubbard1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Dr. Hugo Waldersee1939 Idiot's Delight
as Dr. Charles Shingle1938 Of Human Hearts
as Peter Morgan Sr.1938 Vivacious Lady
as Captain Briggs1938 Lord Jeff
as Dr. Finlay1938 Yellow Jack
as Judge1935 The People's Enemy

TV Shows/Series with Charles Coburn as Actor(8)

as himself1956 The Rosemary Clooney Show
1954 December Bride
as himself1952 This Is Your Life
as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Pa Harrington1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Louis Hurst1948 Studio One

Full Name: Charles Coburn
Born: Tuesday, 06/19 1877 (June) in Savannah, Georgia (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 08/30 1961 (August) in Manhattan (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Father: Moses Douville Coburn
Mother: Emma Louisa Springman
Other names for Charles Coburn (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles Douville Coburn"
Charles Coburn frequently works together with these people:
Charlton Heston (18x, Actor)
James Daly (15x, Actor)
Art Carney (13x, Actor)
Nina Foch (13x, Actress)
Bess Flowers (12x, Actress)
Jackie Gleason (12x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (12x, Actor)
Pat O’Brien (11x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (11x, Actor)
Anne Bancroft (10x, Actress)
Thomas Mitchell (10x, Actor)
Betsy Palmer (10x, Actress)
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