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Charles Douville Coburn was an American actor. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award three times – in 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.
Birth Name
Charles Douville Coburn
Born
Tuesday, 19 June 1877
Died
Wednesday, 30 August 1961
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Alex Conway | 2003 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman / Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Biography | Hugo Van Cleve / 'Colonel' Harrington | 1987 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| It's Showtime | 1976 | |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Marilyn | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman | 1963 |
| Pepe | Charles Coburn | 1960 |
| The Best of the Post | John Conant | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Alex Conway | 2003 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman / Self (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]) (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Biography | Hugo Van Cleve / 'Colonel' Harrington | 1987 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| It's Showtime | 1976 | |
| Arena | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Marilyn | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman | 1963 |
| Pepe | Charles Coburn | 1960 |
| The Best of the Post | John Conant | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Startime | Colonel Sykes | 1959 |
| John Paul Jones | Benjamin Franklin | 1959 |
| About Faces | Self | 1959 |
| A Stranger in My Arms | Vance Beasley | 1959 |
| The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker | Grampa Pennypacker | 1959 |
| The Betty White Show | Self | 1958 |
| The Story of Mankind | Hippocrates | 1957 |
| Town on Trial | Dr. John Fenner | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| How to Murder a Rich Uncle | Uncle George / Uncle George Clitterbern | 1957 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Steamship Company Hong Kong Clerk / Steamship Company Clerk | 1956 |
| The Power and the Prize | Guy Eliot | 1956 |
| The Rosemary Clooney Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| Strange Stories | 1956 | |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Dr. Cutler | 1955 |
| How to Be Very, Very Popular | Dr. Tweed | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Harvard | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Tom Carey / Daddles | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Charles Coburn | 1955 |
| The George Gobel Show | Himself | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Theodore J. Gulch | 1954 |
| The Best of Broadway | Oscar Wolfe | 1954 |
| The Long Wait | Gardiner | 1954 |
| The Rocket Man | Mayor Ed Johnson | 1954 |
| The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Judge Purdy | 1953 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | John Malloy | 1953 |
| Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman / Sir Francis Beekman | 1953 |
| Your Play Time | Theodore J. Gulch | 1953 |
| Trouble Along the Way | Father Burke / le Père Matthew William Burke | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | C.C. Cunningham / Louie Spencer / Christopher Kagle / Uncle Henry | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self - Honoree | 1952 |
| Monkey Business | Mr. Oliver Oxley / Oliver Oxley | 1952 |
| Has Anybody Seen My Gal | John Smith / Samuel Fulton | 1952 |
| I've Got a Secret | Self - Guest | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self / Self - Guest Contestant | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Self | 1951 |
| The Highwayman | Lord Walters | 1951 |
| Mr. Music | Alex Conway | 1950 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Grandpa Vanderhof | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Pa Harrington | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self / Self - Actor | 1950 |
| Peggy | Professor 'Brooks' Brookfield / Professor Brookfield | 1950 |
| Louisa | Abel Burnside / Mr. Burnside | 1950 |
| The Alan Young Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self | 1950 |
| Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Performer | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| 20 Questions | Self | 1949 |
| Everybody Does It | Major Blair | 1949 |
| The Doctor and the Girl | Dr. John Corday | 1949 |
| The Gal Who Took the West | Gen. Michael O'Hara | 1949 |
| Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Professor Jason Hartley | 1949 |
| Impact | Lt. Tom Quincy / Lieutenant Quincy | 1949 |
| Studio One | Louis Hurst | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Green Grass of Wyoming | Beaver Greenway | 1948 |
| B.F.'s Daughter | B.F. Fulton / Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton | 1948 |
| The Paradine Case | Sir Simon Flaquer | 1948 |
| Lured | Inspector Harley Temple | 1947 |
| The Green Years | Alexander Gow | 1946 |
| Colonel Effingham's Raid | Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham | 1946 |
| Shady Lady | Col. John Appleby | 1945 |
| Over 21 | Robert Drexel Gow | 1945 |
| Rhapsody in Blue | Max Dreyfus | 1945 |
| A Royal Scandal | Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch / Nicolai Iiyitch | 1945 |
| Together Again | Jonathan Crandall Sr | 1944 |
| The Impatient Years | William Smith | 1944 |
| Wilson | Professor Henry Holmes | 1944 |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | Peter Stuyvesant | 1944 |
| My Kingdom for a Cook | Rudyard Morley | 1943 |
| Princess O'Rourke | Holman / Uncle Holman | 1943 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Hugo Van Cleve | 1943 |
| The Constant Nymph | Charles Creighton | 1943 |
| The More the Merrier | Benjamin Dingle | 1943 |
| Forever and a Day | Sir William | 1943 |
| George Washington Slept Here | Stanley J. Menninger / Stanley Menninger | 1942 |
| In This Our Life | William Fitzroy | 1942 |
| Kings Row | Dr. Henry Gordon / Henry Gordon | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Mr. Pulham Sr. / John Pulham | 1941 |
| Unexpected Uncle | Seton Mansley | 1941 |
| Our Wife | Professor Drake | 1941 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | John P. Merrick / John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins | 1941 |
| The Lady Eve | 'Colonel' Harrington | 1941 |
| Three Faces West | Dr. Karl Braun | 1940 |
| The Captain Is a Lady | Captain Abe Peabody | 1940 |
| Florian | Dr. Johannes Hofer | 1940 |
| Edison, the Man | General Powell | 1940 |
| Road to Singapore | Joshua Mallon IV | 1940 |
| Stanley and Livingstone | Lord Tyce | 1939 |
| In Name Only | Mr. Walker / Richard Walker | 1939 |
| Bachelor Mother | J. B. Merlin | 1939 |
| The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Gardner Hubbard | 1939 |
| Made for Each Other | Judge Joseph M. Doolittle | 1939 |
| Idiot's Delight | Dr. Waldersee / Dr. Hugo Waldersee | 1939 |
| Lord Jeff | Captain Briggs | 1938 |
| Yellow Jack | Dr. Finlay | 1938 |
| Vivacious Lady | Peter Morgan, Sr. / Peter Morgan Sr. | 1938 |
| Of Human Hearts | Dr. Charles Shingle | 1938 |
| The People's Enemy | Judge Hays / Judge | 1935 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1947 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1944 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1942 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
