Overview
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A cigar-smoking, monocled, swag-bellied character actor known for his...
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Trivia:
His famous monocle was no affectation, but actually corrected an eye deficiency...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
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1 win
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2 nominations
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Filmography
- "General Electric Theater" .... Sam (1 episode, 1962)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- Sam (1962) TV episode .... Sam - "The Best of the Post" (1 episode, 1961)
- Six Months More to Live (1961) TV episode
- The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) (TV) .... Colonel Sykes
- "Startime" .... Colonel Sykes (1 episode, 1959)
... aka "Ford Startime"
... aka "Lincoln-Mercury Startime"
- The Wicked Scheme of Jebal Deeks (1959) TV episode .... Colonel Sykes - John Paul Jones (1959) .... Benjamin Franklin
- A Stranger in My Arms (1959) .... Vance Beasley
... aka And Ride a Tiger (USA) - The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) .... Grampa Pennypacker
- "The Bob Cummings Show" .... Charles Coburn (1 episode, 1958)
... aka "Love That Bob!" (USA: rerun title)
- Bob Goes Birdwatching (1958) TV episode .... Charles Coburn - "The Betty White Show" .... Old Gentleman (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 5 February 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Old Gentleman - The Story of Mankind (1957) .... Hippocrates
- How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) .... Uncle George
... aka Uncle George - Town on Trial (1957) .... Dr. John Fenner
- "Ethel Barrymore Theater" (1 episode, 1956)
- Winter and Spring (1956) TV episode - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) .... Steamship Company Clerk
... aka Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title) - The Power and the Prize (1956) .... Guy Eliot
- "The Ford Television Theatre" .... C.C. Cunningham / ... (3 episodes, 1953-1956)
... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
- Mr. Kagle and the Baby Sitter (1956) TV episode .... Christopher Kagle
- Pretend You're You (1955) TV episode .... Uncle Henry
- The World's My Oyster (1953) TV episode .... C.C. Cunningham/Louie Spencer - "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
- The Gentle Grafter (1956) TV episode - "Damon Runyon Theater" .... Harvard (1 episode, 1956)
- Hot Oil (1956) TV episode .... Harvard - "The Red Skelton Show" .... Head of Construction Company (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
- Freddie vs. the Freeway (1956) TV episode .... Head of Construction Company - "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre" .... Dr. Cutler (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Jane Wyman Presents" (USA: rerun title)
... aka "Jane Wyman Theater" (USA)
- Kristi (1956) TV episode .... Dr. Cutler - "The Star and the Story" .... General Sir Arthur Humprey 'Daddles' Hallstone (Ret.) / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
... aka "The Henry Fonda Show" (USA)
- The Difficult Age (1956) TV episode .... Tom Carey
- The Lady's Game (1955) TV episode .... General Sir Arthur Humprey 'Daddles' Hallstone (Ret.) - "Chevron Hall of Stars" (1 episode, 1956)
- Family Affair (1956) TV episode - "December Bride" (1 episode, 1955)
- Lily and the Wolf (1955) TV episode - How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) .... Dr. Tweed
- "Justice" (1 episode, 1955)
- Uncommon Thief (1955) TV episode - "Studio 57" .... Theodore J. Gulch (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "Heinz Studio 57" (USA: alternative title)
- Sam (1955) TV episode .... Theodore J. Gulch - "Studio One" .... Louis Hurst (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- The Cuckoo in Spring (1954) TV episode .... Louis Hurst - "The United States Steel Hour" .... Judge Purdy (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "The U.S. Steel Hour" (USA: alternative title)
- One for the Road (1954) TV episode .... Judge Purdy - "The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse" (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Action Tonight" (USA: syndication title)
- Sal (1954) TV episode - "The Best of Broadway" .... Oscar Wolfe (1 episode, 1954)
- The Royal Family (1954) TV episode .... Oscar Wolfe - "Center Stage" (1 episode, 1954)
- The Worthy Opponent (1954) TV episode - The Long Wait (1954) .... Gardiner
- The Rocket Man (1954) .... Mayor Ed Johnson
- "Lux Video Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- Will Power (1953) TV episode - "Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City" (1 episode, 1953)
- Episode #1.4 (1953) TV episode - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) .... Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman
... aka Howard Hawks' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Trouble Along the Way (1953) .... Father Matthew William Burke
... aka Alma Mater - Monkey Business (1952) .... Mr. Oliver Oxley
... aka Be Your Age
... aka Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (USA: complete title) - Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) .... Samuel Fulton / John Smith
- The Highwayman (1951) .... Lord Walters
- Mr. Music (1950) .... Alex Conway
- "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse" (1 episode, 1950)
- You Can't Take It with You (1950) TV episode - Louisa (1950) .... Abel Burnside
- Peggy (1950) .... Professor 'Brooks' Brookfield
- Everybody Does It (1949) .... Major Blair (Doris's father)
- The Gal Who Took the West (1949) .... Gen. Michael O'Hara
- The Doctor and the Girl (1949) .... Dr. John Corday
- Yes Sir That's My Baby (1949) .... Professor Jason Hartley
- Impact (1949) .... Lt. Tom Quincy
- Green Grass of Wyoming (1948) .... Beaver Greenway
- B.F.'s Daughter (1948) .... Burton F. 'B.F.' Fulton
... aka Polly Fulton (UK) - The Paradine Case (1947) .... Sir Simon Flaquer
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (USA: complete title) - Lured (1947) .... Inspector Harley Temple
... aka Personal Column (UK) - The Green Years (1946) .... Alexander Gow
... aka A.J. Cronin's The Green Years (USA: complete title) - Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946) .... Col. Will Seaborn Effingham
... aka Man of the Hour (UK) - Shady Lady (1945) .... Col. John Appleby
- Over 21 (1945) .... Robert Drexel Gow
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945) .... Max Dreyfus
- A Royal Scandal (1945) .... Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch
... aka Czarina (UK) - Together Again (1944) .... Jonathan Crandall Sr
- The Impatient Years (1944) .... William Smith
- Wilson (1944) .... Professor Henry Holmes
- Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) .... Peter Stuyvesant
- My Kingdom for a Cook (1943) .... Rudyard Morley
- Princess O'Rourke (1943) .... Holman - Maria's Uncle
- Heaven Can Wait (1943) .... Hugo Van Cleve
- The Constant Nymph (1943) .... Charles Churchill
- The More the Merrier (1943) .... Benjamin Dingle
- Forever and a Day (1943) (scenes deleted) .... Sir William
... aka The Changing World (USA: alternative title) - George Washington Slept Here (1942) .... Uncle Stanley J. Menninger
- In This Our Life (1942) .... William Fitzroy
- Kings Row (1942) .... Dr. Henry Gordon
- H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) .... John Pulham
- Unexpected Uncle (1941) .... Seton Mansley aka Alfred Crane
- Our Wife (1941) .... Professor Drake
- The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) .... John P. Merrick
- The Lady Eve (1941) .... 'Colonel' Harry Harrington
- Three Faces West (1940) .... Dr. Karl Braun
... aka The Refugee (UK) - The Captain Is a Lady (1940) .... Captain Abe Peabody
- Florian (1940) .... Dr. Johannes Hofer
- Edison, the Man (1940) .... General Powell
- Road to Singapore (1940) .... Joshua Mallon IV
- In Name Only (1939) .... Richard Walker
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939) .... Lord Tyce
- Bachelor Mother (1939) .... J. B. Merlin
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) .... Gardner Hubbard
... aka The Modern Miracle (UK) - Made for Each Other (1939) .... Judge Joseph M. Doolittle
- Idiot's Delight (1939) .... Dr. Hugo Waldersee
- Lord Jeff (1938) .... Captain Briggs
... aka The Boy from Barnardo's (UK) - Yellow Jack (1938) .... Dr. Finlay
- Vivacious Lady (1938) .... Peter Morgan Sr.
- Of Human Hearts (1938) .... Dr. Charles Shingle
- The People's Enemy (1935) .... Judge
... aka Racketeers (USA: reissue title) - Boss Tweed (1933)
- Pepe (1960) .... Himself, Cameo appearance
- "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
- Charles Coburn (1960) TV episode .... Himself - "About Faces" .... Himself (1 episode, 1960)
- Episode dated 8 January 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- "The Martha Raye Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
- Episode dated 3 January 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "The Red Skelton Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "The Red Skelton Hour" (USA: new title)
- Episode #4.21 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - "The George Gobel Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1954)
- Episode #1.7 (1954) TV episode .... Himself - "The Name's the Same" .... Guest star contestant / ... (2 episodes, 1953-1954)
- Episode dated 31 August 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 14 April 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Guest star contestant - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #4.12 (1953) TV episode .... Himself - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1953)
- Episode dated 2 August 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "I've Got a Secret" .... Celebrity Guest (1 episode, 1953)
- Episode dated 16 April 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Celebrity Guest - "Toast of the Town" .... Himself (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
- Episode #6.31 (1953) TV episode .... Himself - The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Jack Carter Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode #2.16 (1950) TV episode .... Himself
- Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940) .... Himself
... aka Chinese Garden Festival (USA: short title)
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Stage, radio, and television actor, stage producer, and stage director.
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