Charles Coburn Net Worth

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Charles Coburn Net Worth

Charles Coburn Net Worth is
$12 Million

Charles Coburn Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

A cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his Old South manners and charm. In 1918 he and his first wife formed the Coburn Players and appeared on Broadway in many plays. With her death in 1937, he accepted a Hollywood contract and began making films at the age of sixty.

Full NameCharles Coburn
Date Of BirthJune 19, 1877, Macon, Georgia, United States
DiedAugust 30, 1961, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of BirthSavannah, Georgia, USA
Height6' (1.83 m)
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack
NationalityAmerican
SpouseWinifred Natzka (m. 1959–1961), Ivah Wills Coburn (m. 1906–1937)
ChildrenJohn Coburn, Stephanie Coburn, Margaret Coburn, Marg Coburn, Charlie Coburn, Holly Coburn, Samuel Coburn
ParentsEmma Louise Sprigman, Moses Douville Coburn
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
MoviesGentlemen Prefer Blondes, The More the Merrier, The Lady Eve, The Devil and Miss Jones, Heaven Can Wait, Monkey Business, Has Anybody Seen My Gal?, Bachelor Mother, Kings Row, The Paradine Case, Made for Each Other, Vivacious Lady, The Green Years, Around the World in 80 Days, In This Our Life, Of H...
TV ShowsEthel Barrymore Theatre
Star SignGemini
#Trademark
1Wearing a monocle
TitleSalary
Since You Went Away (1944)$10,000 for one day
#Quote
1If it would sell tickets, I'd stand on my head in the middle of Times Square at noon.
2[a story he told fans each year at the Delaware County (OH) Fair Little Brown Jug Stakes for pacers, which as a devoted harness-racing fan he attended annually] I grew up in the city not far from a burlesque theater and my father cautioned me not to go there because I might see something I shouldn't see. So, of course, when I got old enough I went right in, and sure enough I saw something I shouldn't--my father!
#Fact
1Said in an interview with local news reporters that his movie career began when he stood on the corner of Broughton Street in downtown Savannah, GA handing out playbills for the two downtown theaters.
2According to Piper Laurie in her memoirs (Learning To Love Out Loud), Charles Coburn loved pinching women's bottoms. It was for him like a tic. Every female under one hundred and five had to move fast around. But no one ever considered reporting from sexual harassment.
3He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
4In 1928, he opened his own theater, the Coburn Theater, on Manhattan's 63rd Street, but the Depression brought hard times and he was forced to declare bankruptcy in December 1932.
5In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he only stayed eight months a year in Hollywood. He returned east each summer to New York, which he considered home. In 1946, he moved to Hollywood full time.
6Studied the techniques of such late 19th-century stars as Henry Irving, DeWolf Hopper Sr., John Drew and Richard Mansfield when he was a young theater usher.
7He instructed his executor not to have a public funeral or burial. He wished to have his body cremated and his ashes mixed and scattered in various locations with those of his wife, who had died many years before.
8The University of Georgia held a special day of celebration on January 30, 1956, as a distinguished native Georgian. The university has his archived library, correspondence, and memorabilia.
9When asked by a reporter why he did not wear his omnipresent monocle while eating, he replied, "I once lost one in a bowl of soup.".
10Auditioned for the role of Judge Hardy in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's famous Andy Hardy series. Although he did not get the role, he was noticed by director Clarence Brown, who cast him in Of Human Hearts (1938).
11Made his Broadway debut in "Up York State" in 1901.
12Although he was born in Macon, Georgia, he was often thought to be English.
13He always carried a stack of cards with his autograph already written on them to satisfy fan requests.
14Loved to play poker.
15Formed a repertory company with his actress-wife Ivah Wills, which endured until her death in 1937.
16Started as an usher and doorman at a theater in his hometown of Savannah, Georgia. By age 17, he had become manager of that establishment. He later turned to acting himself and made his bow on Broadway in 1901.
17On February 28, 2012, Coburn's Oscar statuette was auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Memorabilia. It sold for $170,459.
18His famous monocle was no affectation, but actually corrected an eye deficiency. "No point having two window panes where one will do," was always his explanation.
19One of the few Hollywood actors who actually lived on Hollywood Boulevard.
Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Joel McCrea
Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
Gregory Peck, Charles Coburn, Alida Valli
Alfred Hitchcock, Gregory Peck, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, Ann Todd, David O. Selznick, Louis Jourdan, Joan Tetzel

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Green Grass of Wyoming1948Beaver Greenway
B.F.'s Daughter1948B.F. Fulton
The Paradine Case1947Sir Simon Flaquer
Lured1947Inspector Harley Temple
The Green Years1946Alexander Gow
Colonel Effingham's Raid1946Col. Will Seaborn Effingham
Shady Lady1945Col. John Appleby
Over 211945Robert Drexel Gow
Rhapsody in Blue1945Max Dreyfus
A Royal Scandal1945Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch
Together Again1944Jonathan Crandall Sr
The Impatient Years1944William Smith
Wilson1944Professor Henry Holmes
Knickerbocker Holiday1944Peter Stuyvesant
My Kingdom for a Cook1943Rudyard Morley
Princess O'Rourke1943Holman - Maria's Uncle
Heaven Can Wait1943Hugo Van Cleve
The Constant Nymph1943Charles Creighton
The More the Merrier1943Benjamin Dingle
Forever and a Day1943Sir William (scenes deleted)
George Washington Slept Here1942Uncle Stanley J. Menninger
In This Our Life1942William Fitzroy
Kings Row1942Dr. Henry Gordon
H.M. Pulham, Esq.1941Mr. Pulham Sr.
Unexpected Uncle1941Seton Mansley aka Alfred Crane
Our Wife1941Professor Drake
The Devil and Miss Jones1941Merrick
The Lady Eve1941'Colonel' Harrington
Three Faces West1940Dr. Karl Braun
The Captain Is a Lady1940Captain Abe Peabody
Florian1940Dr. Johannes Hofer
Edison, the Man1940General Powell
Road to Singapore1940Joshua Mallon IV
In Name Only1939Mr. Walker
Stanley and Livingstone1939Lord Tyce
Bachelor Mother1939J. B. Merlin
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell1939Gardner Hubbard
Made for Each Other1939Judge Joseph M. Doolittle
Idiot's Delight1939Dr. Hugo Waldersee
Lord Jeff1938Captain Briggs
Yellow Jack1938Dr. Finlay
Vivacious Lady1938Mr. Morgan
Of Human Hearts1938Dr. Charles Shingle
The People's Enemy1935Judge Hays
Boss Tweed1933Boss Tweed
The Best of the Post1961TV SeriesJohn Conant
Pepe1960Charles Coburn
Startime1959TV SeriesColonel Sykes
John Paul Jones1959Benjamin Franklin
Make Room for Daddy1959TV SeriesJohn Malloy
A Stranger in My Arms1959Vance Beasley
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker1959Grampa Pennypacker
The Bob Cummings Show1958TV SeriesCharles Coburn
The Betty White Show1958TV SeriesOld Gentleman
This Is Alice1958TV Series
The Story of Mankind1957Hippocrates
How to Murder a Rich Uncle1957Uncle George
Town on Trial1957Dr. John Fenner
Ethel Barrymore Theater1956TV Series
Strange Stories1956TV Series
Around the World in Eighty Days1956Steamship Company Hong Kong Clerk
The Power and the Prize1956Guy Eliot
Chevron Hall of Stars1956TV Series
The Ford Television Theatre1953-1956TV SeriesChristopher Kagle / Uncle Henry / C.C. Cunningham / ...
Kraft Theatre1956TV Series
Damon Runyon Theater1956TV SeriesHarvard
The Red Skelton Hour1956TV SeriesProfessor-Turned-Hobo
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre1956TV SeriesDr. Cutler
The Star and the Story1955-1956TV SeriesTom Carey / Gen Sir Arthur Humprey 'Daddles' Hallstone (Ret.)
December Bride1955TV Series
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater1955TV SeriesThe Colonel
How to Be Very, Very Popular1955Dr. Tweed
Justice1955TV Series
Studio 571955TV SeriesTheodore J. Gulch
Country Doctor1954TV Movie
Studio One in Hollywood1954TV SeriesLouis Hurst
The United States Steel Hour1954TV SeriesJudge Purdy
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1954TV Series
The Best of Broadway1954TV SeriesOscar Wolfe
Center Stage1954TV Series
The Long Wait1954Gardiner
The Rocket Man1954Mayor Ed Johnson
Lux Video Theatre1953TV SeriesPa Harrington
Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City1953TV Series
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes1953Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
Trouble Along the Way1953Father Burke
Monkey Business1952Mr. Oliver Oxley
Has Anybody Seen My Gal1952Samuel Fulton / John Smith
The Highwayman1951Lord Walters
Saturday Night Revue1950TV SeriesGuest Perofrmer
Mr. Music1950Alex Conway
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse1950TV SeriesGrandpa Vanderhof
Peggy1950Professor 'Brooks' Brookfield
Louisa1950Abel Burnside
Everybody Does It1949Major Blair
The Doctor and the Girl1949Dr. John Corday
The Gal Who Took the West1949Gen. Michael O'Hara
Yes Sir, That's My Baby1949Professor Jason Hartley
Impact1949Lt. Tom Quincy

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Monkey Business1952performer: "The Whiffenpoof Song" - uncredited
Has Anybody Seen My Gal1952performer: "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "The Charleston", "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" - uncredited
Knickerbocker Holiday1944performer: "September Song" - uncredited
The More the Merrier1943"The Torpedo Song" 1943
George Washington Slept Here1942"I'll Never Smile Again" 1939, uncredited
Unexpected Uncle1941"Strolling Through the Park One Day" 1884, uncredited
We're Going to Be Rich1938writer: "Two Lovely Black Eyes"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Intimate Portrait1996TV Series documentarySir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
Here's Hollywood1961TV SeriesHimself
This Is Your Life1960TV SeriesHimself
About Faces1960TV SeriesHimself
I've Got a Secret1953-1959TV SeriesHimself - Guest / Himself - Celebrity Guest
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1958TV SeriesHimself
The Rosemary Clooney Show1957TV SeriesHimself
The Martha Raye Show1956TV SeriesHimself
The Red Skelton Hour1955TV SeriesHimself
The George Gobel Show1954TV SeriesHimself
The Name's the Same1953-1954TV SeriesHimself / Guest star contestant
The Colgate Comedy Hour1953TV SeriesHimself
What's My Line?1953TV SeriesHimself - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show1953TV SeriesHimself
The Arthur Murray Party1953TV SeriesHimself
Texaco Star Theatre1950-1953TV SeriesHimself - Actor
The 25th Annual Academy Awards1953TV SpecialHimself
The Ken Murray Show1951TV SeriesHimself
The Alan Young Show1951TV SeriesHimself
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter1950TV SeriesHimself
Screen Snapshots: The Great Showman1950ShortHimself
Breakdowns of 19421942ShortHimself (uncredited)
Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival1940Documentary shortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Biography1999TV Series documentaryHugo Van Cleve
Fonda on Fonda1992TV Movie documentaryColonel Harrington (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend1987DocumentarySir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey1984DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Arena1983TV Series documentary
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter1982TV Movie documentaryActor - 'Monkey Business' (uncredited)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda1978TV Special documentaryActor 'The Lady Eve' (uncredited)
It's Showtime1976Documentary uncredited
The Dick Cavett Show1971TV SeriesHimself
Marilyn1963DocumentaryHimself (scene from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes") (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 6268 Hollywood Blvd.
1944OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actor in a Supporting RoleThe More the Merrier (1943)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1947OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Green Years (1946)
1942OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Known for movies

Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
as Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman

'Colonel' Harrington

The Lady Eve (1941)
as 'Colonel' Harrington

Mr. Oliver Oxley

Monkey Business (1952)
as Mr. Oliver Oxley

Hugo Van Cleve

Heaven Can Wait (1943)
as Hugo Van Cleve

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IMDB Wikipedia

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