Acting • AGE 84
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...


Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
1997

It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976

Pepe
Charles Coburn
1960

Startime
Colonel Sykes
1959

John Paul Jones
Benjamin Franklin
1959

A Stranger in My Arms
Vance Beasley
1959

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Grampa Pennypacker
1959

The Story of Mankind
Hippocrates
1957

How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Uncle George Clitterbern
1957

Town on Trial
Dr. John Fenner
1957

Around the World in 80 Days
Steamship Company Clerk
1956

The Power and the Prize
Guy Eliot
1956

How to Be Very, Very Popular
Dr. Tweed
1955

December Bride
1954

Studio 57
1954

The Long Wait
Gardiner
1954

The Rocket Man
Mayor Ed Johnson
1954

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
1953

Trouble Along the Way
le Père Matthew William Burke
1953

This Is Your Life
Self
1952

Monkey Business
Oliver Oxley
1952

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

The Highwayman
Lord Walters
1951

Mr. Music
Alex Conway
1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950

Peggy
Professor Brookfield
1950

Louisa
Mr. Burnside
1950

What's My Line?
Self
1950

Everybody Does It
Major Blair
1949

The Doctor and the Girl
Dr. John Corday
1949

Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Professor Jason Hartley
1949

The Gal Who Took the West
General Michael O'Hara
1949

Impact
Lieutenant Quincy
1949

Studio One
Louis Hurst
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948

Green Grass of Wyoming
Beaver Greenway
1948

B.F.'s Daughter
Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
1948

The Paradine Case
Sir Simon Flaquer
1947

Lured
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
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
Uncle Holman
1943

Heaven Can Wait
Hugo Van Cleve
1943

The Constant Nymph
Charles Creighton
1943

The More the Merrier
Benjamin Dingle
1943

Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942

George Washington Slept Here
Stanley Menninger
1942

In This Our Life
William Fitzroy
1942

Kings Row
Henry Gordon
1942

H.M. Pulham, Esq.
John Pulham
1941

Unexpected Uncle
Seton Mansley
1941

Our Wife
Professor Drake
1941

The Devil and Miss Jones
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

In Name Only
Richard Walker
1939

Stanley and Livingstone
Lord Tyce
1939

Bachelor Mother
J. B. Merlin
1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Gardner Hubbard
1939

Made for Each Other
Joseph Doolittle
1939

Idiot's Delight
Dr. Hugo Waldersee
1939

Lord Jeff
Captain Briggs
1938

Yellow Jack
Dr. Finlay
1938

Vivacious Lady
Mr. Morgan
1938

Of Human Hearts
Dr. Charles Shingle
1938

The People's Enemy
Judge
1935