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".
- Also Credited As:
Charles Douville Coburn
- Born:
June 19, 1877 in Savannah, Georgia
- Died:
August 30, 1961.
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Job Titles:
Actor, Stage manager, Bicycle racer
Significant Others
Milestones
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1897 Moved to New York to pursue acting career
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1899 First acting job, "Quo Vadis" in Ames, Iowa
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1901 Broadway debut
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1905 Met Ivah Wills
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1906 Founded Coburn Shakespeare Players with Ivah Wills
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1910 Appeared at the White House before President Taft
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1937 Moved to Hollywood
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1938 Feature film acting debut, "Lord Jeff"
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Travelled with various theatrical troupes