Charles Coburn: movies and TV shows
Charles Coburn has 82 credits in the archive: 71 films and 11 TV series, from 1935 to 1997. Highest rated: The George Gobel Show (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 1997 · busiest year: 1939 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 120 |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 99 |
| 1960 | Pepe | Charles Coburn | Film | 6.3 | 83 |
| 1959 | Startime | Colonel Sykes | TV | 6.8 | 82 |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | Benjamin Franklin | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 1959 | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker | Grampa Pennypacker | Film | 7.1 | 82 |
| 1959 | A Stranger in My Arms | Vance Beasley | Film | 4.2 | 82 |
| 1957 | How to Murder a Rich Uncle | Uncle George Clitterbern | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 1957 | Town on Trial | Dr. John Fenner | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Hippocrates | Film | 4.4 | 80 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Steamship Company Clerk | Film | 6.7 | 79 |
| 1956 | The Rosemary Clooney Show | Self | TV | 8.0 | 79 |
| 1956 | The Power and the Prize | Guy Eliot | Film | 6.3 | 79 |
| 1955 | How to Be Very, Very Popular | Dr. Tweed | Film | 4.6 | 78 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 77 | |
| 1954 | December Bride | TV | 6.3 | 77 | |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 77 |
| 1954 | The Rocket Man | Mayor Ed Johnson | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1954 | The Long Wait | Gardiner | Film | 5.9 | 77 |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | le Père Matthew William Burke | Film | 6.1 | 76 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 75 |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Oliver Oxley | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1952 | Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Samuel Fulton / John Smith | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1951 | The Highwayman | Lord Walters | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 73 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Pa Harrington | TV | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1950 | Mr. Music | Alex Conway | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1950 | Louisa | Mr. Burnside | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1950 | Peggy | Professor Brookfield | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1949 | Impact | Lieutenant Quincy | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | General Michael O'Hara | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl | Dr. John Corday | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 1949 | Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Jason Hartley | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1949 | Everybody Does It | Major Blair | Film | 8.5 | 72 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Louis Hurst | TV | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter | Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 1948 | Green Grass of Wyoming | Beaver Greenway | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1947 | The Paradine Case | Sir Simon Flaquer | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1947 | Lured | Harley Temple | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1946 | The Green Years | Alexander Gow | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1946 | Colonel Effingham's Raid | Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1945 | Shady Lady | Col. John Appleby | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1945 | A Royal Scandal | Nicolai Iiyitch | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue | Max Dreyfus | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 1945 | Over 21 | Robert Drexel Gow | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1944 | Wilson | Professor Henry Holmes | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years | William Smith | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 1944 | Together Again | Jonathan Crandall Sr | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1944 | Knickerbocker Holiday | Peter Stuyvesant | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Hugo Van Cleve | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 1943 | Princess O'Rourke | Uncle Holman | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1943 | The More the Merrier | Benjamin Dingle | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Charles Creighton | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook | Rudyard Morley | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | William Fitzroy | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here | Stanley Menninger | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 1942 | Kings Row | Henry Gordon | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1941 | Our Wife | Professor Drake | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | 'Colonel' Harrington | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | John P. Merrick/Thomas Higgins | Film | 7.7 | 64 |
| 1941 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. | John Pulham | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1941 | Unexpected Uncle | Seton Mansley | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | General Powell | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1940 | Road to Singapore | Joshua Mallon IV | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 1940 | Three Faces West | Dr. Karl Braun | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1940 | Florian | Dr. Johannes Hofer | Film | 4.5 | 63 |
| 1940 | The Captain is a Lady | Captain Abe Peabody | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Lord Tyce | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Gardner Hubbard | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Richard Walker | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Dr. Hugo Waldersee | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Joseph Doolittle | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother | J. B. Merlin | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady | Mr. Morgan | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Dr. Charles Shingle | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1938 | Lord Jeff | Captain Briggs | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack | Dr. Finlay | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1935 | The People's Enemy | Judge | Film | 7.0 | 58 |