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Charles Coburn

Highest Rated: 100% In Name Only (1939)

Lowest Rated: 33% Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Birthday: Jun 19, 1877

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, USA

A stage star before entering films in his sixties with the title role in "Boss Tweed" (1933). Coburn subsequently became one of Hollywood's most beloved character actors, most typically playing sharp, crusty patriarchal figures, usually sympathetic, very occasionally not. He won a 1943 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in "The More the Merrier."

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 80% Vivacious Lady
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100% 74% In Name Only
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100% 81% The More the Merrier
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100% 72% Lured
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100% 68% Road to Singapore
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100% 89% Bachelor Mother
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99% 87% The Lady Eve
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90% 80% The Devil and Miss Jones
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89% 75% Heaven Can Wait
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89% 41% Wilson
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Filmography

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Pepe 49% 1961 Self The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker 1959 Grampa Pennypacker Actor John Paul Jones 28% 1959 Benjamin Franklin Actor Stranger in My Arms 1959 Vance Beasley Actor Town on Trial 43% 1957 Dr. John Fenner Actor The Story of Mankind 10% 1957 Hippocrates Actor How to Murder a Rich Uncle 1957 Uncle George Actor The Power and the Prize 50% 1956 Guy Eliot Actor Around the World in 80 Days 74% 57% 1956 Steamship Company Clerk Actor How to Be Very, Very Popular 1955 Dr. Tweed Actor The Long Wait 1954 Gardiner Actor The Rocket Man 1954 Mayor Ed Johnson Actor Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 88% 83% 1953 Sir Francis "Piggy" Beekman Actor Trouble Along the Way 62% 1953 Fatber Matthew William Burke Actor Monkey Business 78% 68% 1952 Mr. Oliver Oxley Actor Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 86% 1952 Samuel Fulton/John Smith Actor The Highwayman 1951 Lord Walters Actor The Doctor and the Girl 83% 1950 Dr. John Corday Actor Peggy 1950 Professor "Brooks" Brookfield Actor Louisa 1950 Abel Burnside Actor Mr. Music 43% 1950 Alex Conway Actor The Gal Who Took the West 33% 1949 Gen. Michael O'Hara Actor Everybody Does It 1949 Major Blair Actor Impact 67% 56% 1949 Lt. Quincy Actor Yes Sir, That's My Baby 50% 1949 Professor Jason Hartley Actor
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