Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theatre actor. Best known for his work in comedies, Coburn received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1943s The More the Merrier.Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scotch-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman (May 11, 1838 Springfield, Ohio – November 12, 1896 Savannah, Georgia) and Moses Douville Coburn (April 27, 1834 Savannah, Georgia – December 27, 1902 Savannah, Georgia). Growing up in Savannah, he started out at age 14 doing odd jobs at the local Savannah Theater, handing out programs, ushering, or being the doorman. By age 17 or 18, he was the theater manager. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. Coburn formed an acting company with actress Ivah Wills in 1905. They married in 1906. In addition to managing the company, the couple performed frequently on Broadway.After his wifes death in 1937, Coburn relocated to Los Angeles, California and began film work. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a retired millionaire playing Cupid in The More the Merrier in 1943. He was also nominated for The Devil and Miss Jones in 1941 and The Green Years in 1946. Other notable film credits include Of Human Hearts (1938), The Lady Eve (1941), Kings Row (1942), The Constant Nymph (1943), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Wilson (1944), Impact (1949), The Paradine Case (1947), Everybody Does It (1950), Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952), Monkey Business (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and John Paul Jones (1959). He usually played comedic parts, but Kings Row and Wilson were dramatic parts, showing his versatility.For his contributions to motion pictures, in 1960, Coburn was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard.Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Coburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmes indisponível de Charles Coburn

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Sir Francis Beekman

Filme 1953

The Lady Eve

'Colonel' Harrington

Filme 1941

Lured

Harley Temple

Filme 1947

Monkey Business

Oliver Oxley

Filme 1952

The Paradine Case

Sir Simon Flaquer

Filme 1947

Together Again

Jonathan Crandall Sr

Filme 1944

In Name Only

Richard Walker

Filme 1939

Princess O'Rourke

Uncle Holman

Filme 1943

Trouble Along the Way

le Père Matthew William Burke

Filme 1953

Three Faces West

Dr. Karl Braun

Filme 1940

Bachelor Mother

J. B. Merlin

Filme 1939

The Story of Mankind

Hippocrates

Filme 1957

The Gal Who Took the West

General Michael O'Hara

Filme 1949

The Long Wait

Gardiner

Filme 1954

Rhapsody in Blue

Max Dreyfus

Filme 1945

In This Our Life

William Fitzroy

Filme 1942

Idiot's Delight

Dr. Hugo Waldersee

Filme 1939

Made for Each Other

Judge Joseph M. Doolittle

Filme 1939

The More the Merrier

Benjamin Dingle

Filme 1943

Pepe

Charles Coburn

Filme 1960

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Samuel Fulton / John Smith

Filme 1952

B.F.'s Daughter

Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton

Filme 1948

The People's Enemy

Judge

Filme 1935

A Royal Scandal

Nicolai Iiyitch

Filme 1945

Our Wife

Professor Drake

Filme 1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

John Pulham

Filme 1941

Over 21

Robert Drexel Gow

Filme 1945

The Doctor and the Girl

Dr. John Corday

Filme 1949

Stanley and Livingstone

Lord Tyce

Filme 1939

The Green Years

Alexander Gow

Filme 1946

Town on Trial

Dr. John Fenner

Filme 1957

Lord Jeff

Captain Briggs

Filme 1938

Mr. Music

Alex Conway

Filme 1950

Shady Lady

Col. John Appleby

Filme 1945

How To Be Very, Very Popular

Dr. Tweed

Filme 1955

The Rocket Man

Mayor Ed Johnson

Filme 1954

Yellow Jack

Dr. Finlay

Filme 1938

The Impatient Years

William Smith

Filme 1944

The Highwayman

Lord Walters

Filme 1951

The Power and the Prize

Guy Eliot

Filme 1956

Unexpected Uncle

Seton Mansley

Filme 1941

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage)

Filme 1986

Florian

Dr. Johannes Hofer

Filme 1940

Knickerbocker Holiday

Peter Stuyvesant

Filme 1944

Road to Singapore

Joshua Mallon IV

Filme 1940

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

Grampa Pennypacker

Filme 1959

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage)

Filme 1997

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Professor Jason Hartley

Filme 1949

My Kingdom for a Cook

Rudyard Morley

Filme 1943

Louisa

Mr. Burnside

Filme 1950

The Captain Is a Lady

Captain Abe Peabody

Filme 1940

Colonel Effingham's Raid

Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham

Filme 1946

Marilyn

Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filme 1963

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filme 1985

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage)

Filme 1976

Breakdowns of 1942

Self

Filme 1942

Série de TV indisponível de Charles Coburn

December Bride

Tv 1954

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

Studio One

Louis Hurst

Tv 1948

Lux Video Theatre

Pa Harrington

Tv 1950

This Is Your Life

Self

Tv 1952

Studio 57

Tv 1954

The George Gobel Show

Self

Tv 1954

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

The Rosemary Clooney Show

Self

Tv 1956

What's My Line?

Self - Mystery Guest

Tv 1950