James Coburn
Born
August 31, 1928
Died
November 18, 2002 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Laurel, Nebraska, USA
James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor. Coburn appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances during his 45-year career, and played a wide range of roles and won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.
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Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Self
2024
I Am Bruce Lee
Self (archive footage)
2012
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Self
2011
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
Self
2006
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
2005
Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon'
Self
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Self - Host
2003
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Self (archive footage)
2002
American Gun
Martin Tillman
2002
The Yellow Bird
Rev. Increase Tutwiler
2002
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
Narrator
2002
I Love Muppets
Self
2002
Snow Dogs
Thunder Jack
2002
Texas Rangers
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001
Monsters, Inc.
Waternoose (voice)
2001
The Man from Elysian Fields
Alcot
2001
Walter and Henry
Charlie
2001
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Narrator (voice)
2001
Proximity
Jim Corcoran
2001
Missing Pieces
Atticus Cody
2001
Kurosawa
Self
2000
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
2000
Intrepid
Captain Hal Josephson
2000
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
Self
1999
Noah's Ark
The 'Peddler' · (2 episodes)
1999
Payback
Justin Fairfax
1999
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
Narrator (voice)
1999
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Self
1999
Mr. Murder
Drew Oslett, Sr.
1998
The Heaven and Earth Show
(1 episode)
1998
The Path of the Dragon
Self
1998
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
1998
Affliction
Glen Whitehouse
1997
The Second Civil War
Jack Buchan
1997
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
Himself
1997
Scene by Scene
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Keys to Tulsa
Harmon Shaw
1997
Skeletons
Frank Jove
1997
The Second Civil War
Jack Buchan · (1 episode)
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Host
1997
The Cherokee Kid
Cyrus Bloomington
1996
Football America
Narrator
1996
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
Narrator
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
Arliss
(1 episode)
1996
The Nutty Professor
Harlan Hartley
1996
Eraser
WitSec Chief Beller
1996
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
1996
The Set Up
Jeremiah Cole
1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Jeffery Winslow
1995
The Avenging Angel
Porter Rockwell
1995
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
Narrator
1995
A Christmas Reunion
Santa
1994
Greyhounds
John Dolan
1994
Maverick
Commodore Duvall
1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Jeffrey Winslow
1994
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Himself (archive footage)
1994
The Life of Bruce Lee
Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
1994
Return to 'The Great Escape'
Self
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Mr. Crisp
1993
Deadfall
Mike Donan / Lou Donan
1993
The Curse of the Dragon
Self
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1993
The Hit List
Peter Mayhew
1993
Mastergate
Major Manley Battle
1992
HBO First Look
(1 episode)
1992
The Player
James Coburn
1992
The Fifth Corner
Dr. Grandwell · (6 episodes)
1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Jim Hathaway
1992
True Facts
1992
Silverfox
Robert Fox
1991
Hudson Hawk
George Kaplan
1991
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Looten Plunder (voice) · (13 episodes)
1990
Young Guns II
John Simpson Chisum
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Narrator
1990
Train to Heaven
Gregorius
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Himself
1989
Call from Space
Studio Boss
1989
Walking After Midnight
Self
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Death of a Soldier
Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
1986
Martin's Day
Lt. Lardner
1985
Sins of the Father
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Ramsey · (1 episode)
1984
Draw!
Sam Starret
1984
Pinocchio
The Gypsy
1984
Bruce Lee: The Legend
Self (archive footage)
1984
Malibu
Tom Wharton
1983
Digital Dreams
God's Gift to Wyman
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Gypsy · (1 episode)
1982
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Darkroom
(16 episodes)
1981
The Fall Guy
James Coburn · (1 episode)
1981
Looker
John Reston
1981
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Henry Bellamy
1981
High Risk
Serrano
1981
Mr. Patman
Patman
1981
Loving Couples
Walter
1980
The Baltimore Bullet
Nick Casey
1980
Goldengirl
Jack Dryden
1979
The Muppet Movie
El Sleezo Cafe Owner
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
1979
Firepower
Jerry Fanon / Eddie
1979
Superstunt II
Self
1979
California Suite
Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1978
The Dain Curse
Hamilton Nash · (3 episodes)
1978
Cross of Iron
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
1977
White Rock
James Coburn
1977
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Self (archive footage)
1976
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star · (1 episode)
1976
Midway
Capt. Vinton Maddox
1976
The Last Hard Men
Provo
1976
Sky Riders
Jim McCabe
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Bite the Bullet
Luke Matthews
1975
Hard Times
Spencer "Speed" Weed
1975
The Internecine Project
Robert Elliot
1974
Harry in Your Pocket
Harry
1973
The Last of Sheila
Clinton
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
1973
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Colonel Pembroke
1972
The Honkers
Lew Lathrop
1972
The Carey Treatment
Dr. Peter Carey
1972
Duck, You Sucker
John H. Mallory
1971
Great Performances
Self · (1 episode)
1971
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Jeb Stuart Thornton
1970
Hard Contract
John Cunningham
1969
The Wolf Men
Narrator
1969
Candy
Dr. A.B. Krankheit
1968
Duffy
Duffy
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
The President's Analyst
Dr. Sidney Schaefer
1967
Waterhole #3
Lewton Cole
1967
In Like Flint
Derek Flint
1967
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Eli Kotch
1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Lieutenant Christian
1966
Our Man Flint
Derek Flint
1966
The Loved One
Immigration Officer
1965
A High Wind in Jamaica
Zac
1965
Major Dundee
Samuel Potts
1965
The Americanization of Emily
Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
1964
Action on the Beach
Self
1964
The Man from Galveston
Boyd Palmer
1963
Kings of the Sun
Narrator (uncredited)
1963
Charade
Tex Panthollow
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
Kelly · (1 episode)
1963
The Great Escape
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
1963
Combat!
Cpl. Arnold Kanger · (1 episode)
1962
Stoney Burke
Dr. Henry Jamison · (1 episode)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
Hell Is for Heroes
Cpl. Frank Henshaw
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
Cain's Hundred
Arthur Troy · (1 episode)
1961
The Defenders
Earl Chafee · (1 episode)
1961
Acapulco
Gregg Miles · (8 episodes)
1961
The Murder Men
Arthur Troy
1961
The Magnificent Seven
Britt
1960
Klondike
Jeff Durain · (17 episodes)
1960
Route 66
(1 episode)
1960
Stagecoach West
Sam Murdock · (1 episode)
1960
Outlaws
(1 episode)
1960
Checkmate
Gresch · (1 episode)
1960
The Aquanauts
Joe Casey · (1 episode)
1960
The Tall Man
John Miller · (1 episode)
1960
Tate
(1 episode)
1960
The Detectives
(1 episode)
1959
The Untouchables
Dennis Garrity · (1 episode)
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
(1 episode)
1959
The Twilight Zone
Major French · (1 episode)
1959
Johnny Ringo
Moss Taylor · (1 episode)
1959
Wichita Town
(2 episodes)
1959
Men Into Space
Dr. Narry · (1 episode)
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Floyd · (1 episode)
1959
The Deputy
Coffer · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Pete Jessup · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Ross Marquette · (1 episode)
1959
Bonanza
Elmer Trace · (1 episode)
1959
Face of a Fugitive
Purdy
1959
Ride Lonesome
Whitt
1959
Black Saddle
Niles · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Colonel Briscoe · (1 episode)
1959
Bat Masterson
Poke Otis · (1 episode)
1958
Bat Masterson
Leo Talley · (1 episode)
1958
Lawman
(1 episode)
1958
Lawman
Lank Bailey · (1 episode)
1958
Naked City
Harry Brind · (1 episode)
1958
The Rifleman
Cy Parker · (1 episode)
1958
The Rifleman
Ambrose · (1 episode)
1958
The Texan
(1 episode)
1958
Bronco
(2 episodes)
1958
Peter Gunn
(1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Henry Turner · (1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jesse Holloway · (1 episode)
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Howard Catlett · (1 episode)
1958
Trackdown
Joker Wells · (1 episode)
1957
Suspicion
Matt Carson · (1 episode)
1957
The Californians
Anthony Wayne · (1 episode)
1957
The Californians
Deputy Anthony Wayne · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Donald Fletcher · (1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
General Addison Brand · (1 episode)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jack Harvey · (1 episode)
1957
The Night America Trembled
Sam (as Jim Coburn)
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Victor Tavo · (1 episode)
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
Idaho · (1 episode)
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jess Newton · (1 episode)
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Charlie Doyle · (1 episode)
1956
State Trooper
Dobie · (1 episode)
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Andrews · (1 episode)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Union Sergeant · (1 episode)
1955
Cheyenne
Kell · (1 episode)
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(1 episode)
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Buckskin Frank Leslie · (1 episode)
1955
The Millionaire
Lew Bennett · (1 episode)
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jack - Outlaw Leader · (1 episode)
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mexican Police Captain (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1954
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
1953
General Electric Theater
Claude Firman · (1 episode)
1953
Death Valley Days
Steve Barnes · (1 episode)
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Atticus Cody · (1 episode)
1951
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (1 episode)
1950
Studio One
Sam Chandler · (1 episode)
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944