Charles Douville Coburn
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 19, 1877 Savannah, GA |
| Died | Aug 30, 1961 New York City, NY |
| Age | Died at 84 |
| Final Resting PlaceCremated | |
Charles Coburn | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1901-61 |
| Known for | Monocled, cigar-smoking, 'elder' roles |
| Top Roles | Holman, Mr. Oliver Oxley, Professor Henry Holmes, Benjamin Franklin, Peter Morgan Sr. |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Crime, Historical, Musical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Marriage |
| Top Collaborators | Hal B. Wallis (Producer), Clarence Brown (Director), Sam Wood (Director), Edmund Goulding (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Louis Jourdan, Moe Howard, Mildred Natwick see more.. |
Charles Coburn Overview:
Legendary character actor, Charles Coburn, was born Charles Douville Coburn on Jun 19, 1877 in Savannah, GA. Coburn appeared in over 95 film and TV roles. His best known films include The More the Merrier, The Devil and Miss Jones, The Lady Eve, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Heaven Can Wait and Monkey Business. Coburn died at the age of 84 on Aug 30, 1961 in New York City, NY and was cremated and his ashes scattered in GA, MA and NY.
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Although already an established stage actor for almost 40 years, Coburn made his feature film debut at 58 years old as Judge Hays in The People's Enemy (starring Preston Foster, Lila Lee and Melvyn Douglas). The monocled, cigar-smoking character actor played a variety of 'elder' roles, most notably the 'damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead' match-maker Mr. Dingle in The More the Merrier (starring Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea) and Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman (Marilyn Monroe's 'sugar daddy') in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (also starring Jane Russell).
(Source: article by Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Charles Coburn was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actor for The More the Merrier (as Benjamin Dingle) in 1943.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1941 | Best Supporting Actor | The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) | John P. Merrick | Nominated |
| 1943 | Best Supporting Actor | The More the Merrier (1943) | Benjamin Dingle | Won |
| 1946 | Best Supporting Actor | The Green Years (1946) | Alexander Gow | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and believe “The More the Merrier”
By Stephen Reginald on Jan 1, 2021 From Classic Movie ManJean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and believe “The More the Merrier” The More the Merrier (1943) is an American romantic comedy directed by George Stevens and starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, and . This was director Steven’s last feature film before he j... Read full article
Happy Birthday to Classic Film’s Cupid,
By Judy on Jun 19, 2017 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouToday you need to embrace your love, ask out that crush, comfort your lovelorn friend, or play matchmaker yourself. Why? Because it’s ’s birthday. You know: the warm uncle/grandfather/parent type who plays the part of wing man, aiding couples in love. A Coburn character is ... Read full article
Happy Birthday to Classic Film’s Cupid,
By Judy on Jun 19, 2017 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouToday you need to embrace your love, ask out that crush, comfort your lovelorn friend, or play matchmaker yourself. Why? Because it’s ’s birthday. You know: the warm uncle/grandfather/parent type who plays the part of wing man, aiding couples in love. A Coburn character is ... Read full article
10 Things You May Not Know About
By Stephen Reginald on Apr 1, 2017 From Classic Movie Man10 Things You May Not Know About (1877 – 1961) was one of the most beloved character actors, during Hollywood’s Golden Age, appearing in some of the most beloved films of 1940s and 1950s. Coburn started his career as a “program boy” and work... Read full article
Falling for , Matchmaker Extraordinaire
By Judy on Sep 27, 2015 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouHas there ever been a Cupid more charming than ? He smartens up the debonair Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche), ensuring he doesn’t lose his lovely wife, Martha (Gene Tierney) in Heaven Can Wait (1943). He pushes his widowed daughter-in-law (Irene Dunne) into frivolity and a new chan... Read full article
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Charles Coburn Quotes:
Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton: My money seems to have done you a lot of harm. I didn't mean it that way. I earned it for you... but for your happiness.
Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett: Oh, please, Darling.
Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton: Polly, times are changing. I haven't wanted them too. A lot of people think that everything should be different, and they're quite honest about ut, but I can't agree with them. I've been a builder, and the world needs builders - planners too, but builders, always builders.
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: My people have always been soldiers. My grandfather fell at Chickamauga; his grandfather at Saratoga. When Beauregard fired on Fort Sumter, my own father, unfortunately was only nine.
Earl Hoats: That WAS a little YOUNG.
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: I, myself, was wounded at San Juan Hill. I was at the seige of Panama. For fifty years, mister editor, the forces of civilization had been held at bay on the Isthmus... unable to join the waters of two great oceans. And do you know what blocked them? Gatling guns? Mini-balls? Superior forces? Guerilla bands?
[shakes his head "no]
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: Mosquitoes.
Earl Hoats: Well, perhaps one of my boys could fix up a little story for Sunday...
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: Stegomyia faciata.
[scientific name of mosquito]
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: For half a century, the enemy - less than a quarter of an inch in stature - blocked the economic march of a nation of a hundred million people. It was insupportable.
Earl Hoats: Well, Colonel...
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: We blockaded General Stegomyia, to wit: the mosquito. We cut him off from reinforcements. We hammered his communications.
Earl Hoats: So you're back in Fredericksville for good, now, Colonel?
Col. Will Seaborn Effingham: We sprayed his concentrations with oil. We screened his wells. We put fifth columns of fish in the water to attack his ammunition dumps. But, more of that another day.
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