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Academy Awards, USA. 1947 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The Green Years. 1944 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The More the Merrier. 1942 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
- June 19, 1877
- August 30, 1961
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)
- January 1, 1
- Macon, Georgia, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
- 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 ...
Charles Coburn. Actor: The More the Merrier. 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.
- June 19, 1877
- August 30, 1961
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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The 16th Academy Awards | 1944. Honoring movies released in 1943, Grauman's Chinese Theatre ... Charles Coburn Actress - Jean Arthur Directing - George Stevens ...
Nov 17, 2019 · Charles Coburn, Esq. Mr. Coburn first moved into the premises in 1919 when Bohemia still stood on a bearskin and daubed pigment on six-foot easels. Somberly paneled, and with a fireplace large enough to roast a fair-sized midget, the room itself is a veritable museum of carved mahogany, portrait paintings, and assorted abracadabra.
