Charles Coburn

Charles Coburn

Acting

Born June 18, 1877 · Macon, Georgia, USA

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 1…

Known for

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950

Studio One

Studio One

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

December Bride

December Bride

1954

Studio 57

Studio 57

1954

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

1952

Startime

Startime

1959

Acting(82)

1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)

1976It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)

1960PepeCharles Coburn

1959StartimeColonel Sykes

1959John Paul JonesBenjamin Franklin

1959A Stranger in My ArmsVance Beasley

1959The Remarkable Mr. PennypackerGrampa Pennypacker

1957The Story of MankindHippocrates

1957How to Murder a Rich UncleUncle George Clitterbern

1957Town on TrialDr. John Fenner

1956Around the World in 80 DaysSteamship Company Clerk

1956The Power and the PrizeGuy Eliot

1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSelf

1955How to Be Very, Very PopularDr. Tweed

1954December Bride

1954The George Gobel ShowSelf

1954The Long WaitGardiner

1954The Rocket ManMayor Ed Johnson

1953Gentlemen Prefer BlondesSir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman

1953Trouble Along the Wayle Père Matthew William Burke

1952This Is Your LifeSelf

1952Monkey BusinessOliver Oxley

1952Has Anybody Seen My Gal?Samuel Fulton / John Smith

1951The HighwaymanLord Walters

1950Mr. MusicAlex Conway

1950Lux Video TheatrePa Harrington

1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf

1950PeggyProfessor Brookfield

1950LouisaMr. Burnside

1950What's My Line?Self

1949Everybody Does ItMajor Blair

1949The Doctor and the GirlDr. John Corday

1949Yes Sir, That's My BabyJason Hartley

1949The Gal Who Took the WestGeneral Michael O'Hara

1949ImpactLieutenant Quincy

1948Studio OneLouis Hurst

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

1948Green Grass of WyomingBeaver Greenway

1948B.F.'s DaughterBurton F. 'B.F.' Fulton

1947The Paradine CaseSir Simon Flaquer

1947LuredHarley Temple

1946The Green YearsAlexander Gow

1946Colonel Effingham's RaidColonel Will Seaborn Effingham

1945Shady LadyCol. John Appleby

1945Over 21Robert Drexel Gow

1945Rhapsody in BlueMax Dreyfus

1945A Royal ScandalNicolai Iiyitch

1944Together AgainJonathan Crandall Sr

1944The Impatient YearsWilliam Smith

1944WilsonProfessor Henry Holmes

1944Knickerbocker HolidayPeter Stuyvesant

1943My Kingdom for a CookRudyard Morley

1943Princess O'RourkeUncle Holman

1943Heaven Can WaitHugo Van Cleve

1943The Constant NymphCharles Creighton

1943The More the MerrierBenjamin Dingle

1942Breakdowns of 1942Self

1942George Washington Slept HereStanley Menninger

1942In This Our LifeWilliam Fitzroy

1942Kings RowHenry Gordon

1941H.M. Pulham, Esq.John Pulham

1941Unexpected UncleSeton Mansley

1941Our WifeProfessor Drake

1941The Devil and Miss JonesJohn P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins

1941The Lady Eve'Colonel' Harrington

1940Three Faces WestDr. Karl Braun

1940The Captain is a LadyCaptain Abe Peabody

1940FlorianDr. Johannes Hofer

1940Edison, the ManGeneral Powell

1940Road to SingaporeJoshua Mallon IV

1939In Name OnlyRichard Walker

1939Stanley and LivingstoneLord Tyce

1939Bachelor MotherJ. B. Merlin

1939The Story of Alexander Graham BellGardner Hubbard

1939Made for Each OtherJoseph Doolittle

1939Idiot's DelightDr. Hugo Waldersee

1938Lord JeffCaptain Briggs

1938Yellow JackDr. Finlay

1938Vivacious LadyMr. Morgan

1938Of Human HeartsDr. Charles Shingle

1935The People's EnemyJudge

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