Charles Coburn (I) (1877–1961)

Actor | Soundtrack

A cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his Old South manners and charm. ...

Born: June 19, 1877
Died: August 30, 1961 (age 84)

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Known For

The More the Merrier Benjamin Dingle (1943)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (1953)
Monkey Business Mr. Oliver Oxley (1952)
Known For

Heaven Can Wait Hugo Van Cleve (1943)
Actor

The Best of the Post John Conant (1961)
Pepe Charles Coburn (1960)
Startime Colonel Sykes (1959)
John Paul Jones Benjamin Franklin (1959)
The Danny Thomas Show John Malloy (1959)
A Stranger in My Arms Vance Beasley (1959)
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Grampa Pennypacker (1959)
This Is Alice (1958)
The Bob Cummings Show Charles Coburn (1958)
The Story of Mankind Hippocrates (1957)
How to Murder a Rich Uncle Uncle George (1957)
Town on Trial Dr. John Fenner (1957)
Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956)
Strange Stories (1956)
Around the World in 80 Days Steamship Company Hong Kong Clerk (1956)
The Power and the Prize Guy Eliot (1956)
Chevron Hall of Stars Bill Compton (1956)
The Ford Television Theatre Christopher Kagle (1953-1956)
Kraft Theatre (1956)
Damon Runyon Theater Harvard (1956)
The Red Skelton Hour The Hobo Professor (1956)
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre Dr. Cutler (1956)
The Star and the Story Tom Carey (1955-1956)
December Bride (1955)
How to Be Very, Very Popular Dr. Tweed (1955)
Your Play Time Theodore J. Gulch (1955)
Justice (1955)
Studio 57 Theodore J. Gulch (1955)
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater The Colonel (1955)
Country Doctor (1954)
Studio One Louis Hurst (1954)
The United States Steel Hour Judge Purdy (1954)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954)
The Best of Broadway Oscar Wolfe (1954)
Center Stage (1954)
The Long Wait Gardiner (1954)
The Rocket Man Mayor Ed Johnson (1954)
Lux Video Theatre Pa Harrington (1953)
Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (1953)
Trouble Along the Way Father Burke (1953)
Monkey Business Mr. Oliver Oxley (1952)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal Samuel Fulton / John Smith (1952)
The Highwayman Lord Walters (1951)
Mr. Music Alex Conway (1950)
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Grandpa Vanderhof (1950)
Peggy Professor 'Brooks' Brookfield (1950)
Louisa Mr. Burnside (1950)
Everybody Does It Major Blair (1949)
The Gal Who Took the West Gen. Michael O'Hara (1949)
The Doctor and the Girl Dr. John Corday (1949)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby Professor Jason Hartley (1949)
Impact Lt. Tom Quincy (1949)
Green Grass of Wyoming Beaver Greenway (1948)
B.F.'s Daughter B.F. Fulton (1948)
The Paradine Case Sir Simon Flaquer (1947)
Lured Inspector Harley Temple (1947)
The Green Years Alexander Gow (1946)
Colonel Effingham's Raid Col. 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 (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 (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 (1942)
In This Our Life William Fitzroy (1942)
Kings Row Dr. Henry Gordon (1942)
H.M. Pulham, Esq. Mr. Pulham Sr. (1941)
Unexpected Uncle Seton Mansley (1941)
Our Wife Professor Drake (1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones John P. Merrick (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 (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 (1939)
Lord Jeff Captain Briggs (1938)
Yellow Jack Dr. Finlay (1938)
Vivacious Lady Peter Morgan, Sr. (1938)
Of Human Hearts Dr. Charles Shingle (1938)
People's Enemy Judge Hays (1935)
Actor

Boss Tweed Boss Tweed (1933)
Soundtrack

Monkey Business (1952)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952)
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
The More the Merrier (1943)
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Unexpected Uncle (1941)
Soundtrack

We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
Archive footage

Welcome to the Basement (2020)
Compression (2015)
Inside the Marx Brothers (2003)
Biography (1997-1999)
Intimate Portrait (1996)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
Arena (1983)
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982)
AFI Life Achievement Award (1978)
It's Showtime (1976)
Archive footage

The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Marilyn (1963)

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Trivia

He always carried a stack of cards with his autograph already written on them to satisfy fan requests.

[a story he told fans each year at the Delaware County (OH) Fair Little Brown Jug Stakes for pacers, which as a devoted harness-racing fan he attended annually] I grew up in the city not far from a burlesque theater and my father cautioned me not to...