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A cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his Old South manners and charm. In 1918 he and his first wife formed the Coburn Players and appeared on Broadway in many plays. With her death in 1937, he accepted a Hollywood contract and began making films at the age of sixty. Born June 19, 1877. Died August 30, 1961 (84)
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- Macon, Georgia, USA
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- New York City, New York, 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 1943's 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 ...
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Mar 31, 2006 · Charles Coburn. Charles Coburn, a character actor and Georgia native, enjoyed a lengthy career on stage, screen, and radio that reached its height in the 1940s and 1950s, when he was in his sixties and seventies. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries. Charles Douville Coburn was born in Macon on ...
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States: Birth Date: June 19, 1877: Place Of Death: New York City, New York, United States: Date Of Death: August 30, 1961
- June 19, 1877
- August 30, 1961
- Savannah, Georgia, United States
- New York City, New York, United States
- Vivacious Lady (1938), Directed by George Stevens
- The Devil and Miss Jones (1941), Directed by Sam Wood
- The More The Merrier (1943), Directed by George Stevens
- The Green Years (1946), Directed by Victor Saville
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Directed by Howard Hawks
Coburn was over 60 when he moved to Hollywood after the death of his first wife and promptly established his screen persona as the incorrigible stuffy old man with his portrayal of James Stewart’s father and Beulah Bondi’s husband in this delightful screwball comedy. The final confrontation between Coburn and the newly independent Bondi is a classi...
Coburn has fun with his stuffy old man persona as he plays a department store owner who goes undercover to determine what it is his employees have against him in this beloved comedy classic in which he holds sway over a cast that includes Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings and Spring Byington at their best. Coburn received the first of his three Oscar no...
One of the best comedies of its day and still one of the best films about the home-front during World War II, Stevens’ film pokes fun at the housing shortage in Washington, D.C. in which patriotic Jean Arthur decides to rent out part of her small apartment to a middle-aged transplant form the Midwest. Coburn delights as the winking matchmaker who r...
This faithful translation of A.J. Cronin’s novel is beautifully handled with a dream cast beginning with Coburn as young protagonist Dean Stockwell’s great-grandfather, a happy-go-lucky charmer who goes against the grain of his tightfisted son-in-law played by Hume Cronyn. The superb cast also includes Gladys Cooper as Cronin’s mother, Selena Royle...
Probably the role in which more people today have seen the actor than any other, Coburn is perfectly delightful as the elderly roué after Marilyn Monroe in Hawks’ somewhat skewered version of the Broadway musical. For another look at the versatile actor in a film from the same year, check out his beleaguered Catholic priest who hires John Wayne to ...
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 ...
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.
