James Coburn

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 205

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-08-31

Day of Death 2002-11-18 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Laurel, Nebraska, USA

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James Coburn

Biography

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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Known For

Acting

2012

as Self (archive footage)

2011

as Self

2006

as Self

2005

as Self

2004		Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon' as Self
2004		Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)

2002		The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
2002		American Gun as Martin Tillman
2002		The Yellow Bird as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
2002		The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones as Narrator
2002		I Love Muppets as Self
2002		Snow Dogs as Thunder Jack

2001		Texas Rangers as Narrator
2001		Monsters, Inc. as Waternoose (voice)
2001		The Man from Elysian Fields as Alcot
2001		Walter and Henry as Charlie
2001		Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days as Narrator (voice)
2001		Proximity as Jim Corcoran
2001		Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self (archive footage)
2001		Missing Pieces as Atticus Cody

2000		Kurosawa as Self
2000		Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
2000		Intrepid as Captain Hal Josephson

1999		Noah's Ark (2 episodes) as The 'Peddler'
1999		Noah's Ark as The 'Peddler'
1999		Payback as Justin Fairfax
1999		Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 as Self
1999		Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On as Himself
1999		World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape as Narrator (voice)

1998		Mr. Murder as Drew Oslett, Sr.
1998		The Heaven and Earth Show (1 episode)
1998		Affliction as Glen Whitehouse
1998		The Path of the Dragon as Himself
1998		Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist as Himself

1997		The Second Civil War as Jack Buchan
1997		The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson as Himself
1997		Scene by Scene (1 episode) as Self
1997		Keys to Tulsa as Harmon Shaw
1997		Skeletons as Frank Jove
1997		20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Host

1996		The Cherokee Kid as Cyrus Bloomington
1996		Football America as Narrator
1996		E! True Hollywood Story (1 episode)
1996		Arliss (1 episode)
1996		The Nutty Professor as Harlan Hartley
1996		Eraser as WitSec Chief Beller
1996		Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis

1995		The Set Up as Jeremiah Cole
1995		Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Jeffery Winslow
1995		The Avenging Angel as Porter Rockwell
1995		National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge as Narrator

1994		A Christmas Reunion as Santa
1994		Greyhounds as John Dolan
1994		Maverick as Commodore Duvall
1994		Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Jeffrey Winslow
1994		Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon as Himself (archive footage)
1994		The Life of Bruce Lee as Himself

1993		Return to 'The Great Escape' as Self
1993		Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Mr. Crisp
1993		Deadfall as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
1993		The Curse of the Dragon as Self
1993		Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
1993		The Hit List as Peter Mayhew

1992		Mastergate as Major Manley Battle
1992		HBO First Look (1 episode)
1992		The Fifth Corner (6 episodes) as Dr. Grandwell
1992		The Player as James Coburn
1992		Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Jim Hathaway
1992		True Facts

1991

as George Kaplan

1990		Captain Planet and the Planeteers (0 episodes) as Looten Plunder
1990		Young Guns II as John Simpson Chisum

1989		Train to Heaven as Gregorius
1989		Call from Space as Studio Boss

1988

as Self

1986		Death of a Soldier as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
1986		The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
1986		Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away as Self

1985		Martin's Day as Lt. Lardner
1985		Sins of the Father

1984		Murder, She Wrote (1 episode) as Cyrus Ramsey
1984		Draw! as Sam Starret
1984		Pinocchio as The Gypsy
1984		Bruce Lee: The Legend as Self (archive footage)

1983		Malibu as Tom Wharton
1983		Digital Dreams as God's Gift to Wyman

1982		Faerie Tale Theatre (1 episode) as The Gypsy
1982		Wogan (1 episode) as Self

1981		Darkroom (16 episodes)
1981		The Fall Guy (1 episode) as James Coburn
1981		Looker as John Reston
1981		Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls as Henry Bellamy
1981		High Risk as Serrano
1981		Mr. Patman as Patman

1980		Loving Couples as Walter
1980		The Baltimore Bullet as Nick Casey

1979		Goldengirl as Jack Dryden
1979		The Muppet Movie as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
1979		The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
1979		Firepower as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
1979		Superstunt II as Self

1978		California Suite as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
1978		Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1978		The Dain Curse (3 episodes) as Hamilton Nash

1977		White Rock as James Coburn
1977		Cross of Iron as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

1976		Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth as Self (archive footage)
1976		The Muppet Show (1 episode) as Self - Special Guest Star
1976		Midway as Capt. Vinton Maddox
1976		The Last Hard Men as Provo
1976		Sky Riders as Jim McCabe

1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		Bite the Bullet as Luke Matthews
1975		Hard Times as Spencer "Speed" Weed

1974

as Robert Elliot

1973		Harry in Your Pocket as Harry
1973		The Last of Sheila as Clinton
1973		Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett

1972		A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die as Colonel Pembroke
1972		The Honkers as Lew Lathrop
1972		The Carey Treatment as Dr. Peter Carey

1971		Duck, You Sucker as John H. Mallory
1971		Great Performances (1 episode) as Self

1970

as Jeb Stuart Thornton

1969		Hard Contract as John Cunningham
1969		The Wolf Men as Narrator

1968		Candy as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
1968		Duffy as Duffy
1968		The Dick Cavett Show (1 episode) as Self - Guest

1967		The President's Analyst as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
1967		Waterhole #3 as Lewton Cole
1967		In Like Flint as Derek Flint

1966		Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Eli Kotch
1966		What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Lieutenant Christian
1966		Our Man Flint as Derek Flint

1965		The Loved One as Immigration Officer
1965		A High Wind in Jamaica as Zac
1965		Major Dundee as Samuel Potts

1964

as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

1963		Kings of the Sun as Narrator (uncredited)
1963		The Man from Galveston as Boyd Palmer
1963		Charade as Tex Panthollow
1963		The Greatest Show on Earth (1 episode)
1963		The Great Escape as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

1962		Combat! (1 episode) as Cpl. Arnold Kanger
1962		Stoney Burke (1 episode)
1962		Hell Is for Heroes as Cpl. Henshaw

1961		Cain's Hundred (1 episode) as Arthur Troy
1961		The Defenders (1 episode) as Earl Chafee
1961		Acapulco (8 episodes) as Gregg Miles
1961		The Murder Men as Arthur Troy

1960		The Magnificent Seven as Britt
1960		Klondike (17 episodes) as Jeff Durain
1960		Route 66 (1 episode)
1960		Stagecoach West (1 episode) as Sam Murdock
1960		Outlaws (1 episode)
1960		Checkmate (1 episode) as Gresch
1960		The Aquanauts (1 episode) as Joe Casey
1960		The Tall Man (1 episode)
1960		Tate (1 episode)

1959		The Detectives (1 episode)
1959		Bourbon Street Beat (1 episode)
1959		The Twilight Zone (1 episode) as Major French
1959		Johnny Ringo (1 episode)
1959		Men into Space (1 episode) as Dr. Narry
1959		Wichita Town (2 episodes)
1959		The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 episode) as Floyd
1959		The Deputy (1 episode) as Coffer
1959		Bonanza (1 episode) as Elmer Trace (1 episode) as Ross Marquette (1 episode) as Pete Jessup
1959		Face of a Fugitive as Purdy
1959		Ride Lonesome as Whitt
1959		Black Saddle (1 episode) as Niles
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as Colonel Briscoe

1958		Bat Masterson (1 episode) as Leo Talley (1 episode) as Poke Otis
1958		Lawman (1 episode)
1958		The Rifleman (1 episode) as Cy Parker (1 episode)
1958		Naked City (1 episode) as Harry Brind
1958		The Texan (1 episode)
1958		Bronco (2 episodes)
1958		Peter Gunn (1 episode)
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 episode) as Howard Catlett (1 episode) as Jesse Holloway (1 episode) as Henry Turner

1957		Trackdown (1 episode)
1957		Suspicion (1 episode) as Matt Carson
1957		The Californians (1 episode) as Deputy Anthony Wayne (1 episode) as Anthony Wayne
1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as General Addison Brand (1 episode) as Donald Fletcher
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel (1 episode) as Jack Harvey (1 episode)
1957		The Night America Trembled
1957		Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 episode) as Victor Tavo

1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Charlie Doyle (1 episode) as Jess Newton
1956		State Trooper (1 episode)

1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Union Sergeant (1 episode) as Andrews
1955		Cheyenne (1 episode) as Kell
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (2 episodes)
1955		The Millionaire (1 episode) as Lew Bennett

1954

(1 episode) as Jack - Outlaw Leader

1953		The Oscars (3 episodes) as Self
1953		General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Claude Firman

1952

(1 episode) as Steve Barnes

1951

(1 episode) as Atticus Cody

1950

(1 episode) as Self

1948

(1 episode) as Sam Chandler

Directing

1978

… Second Unit Director

1974

(1 episode) … Director

Crew

2011

… In Memory Of

Production

2001

(2 episodes) … Executive Producer

Writing

1978

… Story

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