James Coburn
Born: 1928-08-31 in Laurel, Nebraska, USA
Died: 2002-11-18
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
2011
2006
- Sam Peckinpah: Portrait as Self
2005
2004
- Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon as Self
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years as Self - Host
2002
- American Gun as Martin Tillman
- Snow Dogs as Thunder Jack
- I Love Muppets as Self
- The Yellow Bird as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
- The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones as Narrator
2001
- Monsters, Inc. as Waternoose (voice)
- Texas Rangers as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Proximity as Jim Corcoran
- Missing Pieces as Atticus Cody
- The Mists of Avalon ... (Executive Producer)
- The Man from Elysian Fields as Alcot
- Walter and Henry as Charlie
- Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days as Narrator (voice)
2000
- Kurosawa as Self
- Intrepid as Captain Hal Josephson
- Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self (archive footage)
- Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
1999
- Payback as Justin Fairfax
- World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape as Narrator (voice)
- Noah's Ark as The 'Peddler'
- Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On as Self
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
- Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
- The Heaven and Earth Show
- Mr. Murder as Drew Oslett, Sr.
- The Path of the Dragon as Self
- Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist as Self
1997
- Skeletons as Frank Jove
- Affliction as Glen Whitehouse
- The Second Civil War as Jack Buchan
- Scene by Scene as Self
- Earth's Two-Minute Warning as Self
- The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson as Himself
- Keys to Tulsa as Harmon Shaw
- Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Host
1996
- Profiler as Charles Vanderhorn
- Arli$$
- The Nutty Professor as Harlan Hartley
- Eraser as WitSec Chief Beller
- The Cherokee Kid as Cyrus Bloomington
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right as Narrator
- Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
- Football America as Narrator
1995
- The Avenging Angel as Porter Rockwell
- Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Jeffery Winslow
- The Set Up as Jeremiah Cole
- National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge as Narrator
1994
- Maverick as Commodore Duvall
- Greyhounds as John Dolan
- A Christmas Reunion as Santa
- Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Jeffrey Winslow
- The Life of Bruce Lee as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
1993
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Mr. Crisp
- Deadfall as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
- The Curse of the Dragon as Self
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- The Hit List as Peter Mayhew
- Return to 'The Great Escape' as Self
1992
- Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Jim Hathaway
- Picket Fences as Walter Brock
- HBO First Look
- True Facts
- The Player as James Coburn
- Mastergate as Major Manley Battle
- The Fifth Corner as Dr. Grandwell
- Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time as Narrator (voice)
1991
- Hudson Hawk as George Kaplan
- Silverfox as Robert Fox
1990
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Looten Plunder (voice)
- Young Guns II as John Simpson Chisum
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Narrator
1989
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
- Call from Space as Studio Boss
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
- Train to Heaven as Gregorius
1988
- Walking After Midnight as Self
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1986
- Death of a Soldier as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
- Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away as Self
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
1985
- Sins of the Father
- Martin's Day as Lt. Lardner
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Cyrus Ramsey
- Draw! as Sam Starret
- Pinocchio as The Gypsy
1983
- Malibu as Tom Wharton
- Digital Dreams as God's Gift to Wyman
1982
- Wogan as Self
- Faerie Tale Theatre as The Gypsy
1981
- The Fall Guy as James Coburn
- Looker as John Reston
- High Risk as Serrano
- Mr. Patman as Patman
- Darkroom
- Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls as Henry Bellamy
1980
- Loving Couples as Walter
- The Baltimore Bullet as Nick Casey
1979
- Firepower as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
- Goldengirl as Jack Dryden
- The Muppet Movie as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
- Superstunt II as Self
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
1978
- Convoy ... (Second Unit Director)
- California Suite as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
- Circle of Iron ... (Story)
- The Dain Curse as Hamilton Nash
- Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1977
- White Rock as James Coburn
- Cross of Iron as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
1976
- The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- Midway as Capt. Vinton Maddox
- Sky Riders as Jim McCabe
- Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Hard Men as Provo
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Hard Times as Spencer "Speed" Weed
- Bite the Bullet as Luke Matthews
1974
- The Rockford Files ... (Director)
- The Internecine Project as Robert Elliot
1973
- The Last of Sheila as Clinton
- Harry in Your Pocket as Harry
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
1972
- A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die as Colonel Pembroke
- The Carey Treatment as Dr. Peter Carey
- The Honkers as Lew Lathrop
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Duck, You Sucker as John H. Mallory
1970
- Last of the Mobile Hot Shots as Jeb Stuart Thornton
1969
- Hard Contract as John Cunningham
- The Wolf Men as Narrator
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Candy as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
- Duffy as Duffy
1967
- Waterhole #3 as Lewton Cole
- In Like Flint as Derek Flint
- The President's Analyst as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
1966
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Lieutenant Christian
- Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Eli Kotch
- Our Man Flint as Derek Flint
1965
- Major Dundee as Samuel Potts
- A High Wind in Jamaica as Zac
- The Loved One as Immigration Officer
1964
- The Americanization of Emily as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
- Action on the Beach as Self
1963
- Charade as Tex Panthollow
- The Great Escape as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Kelly
- Kings of the Sun as Narrator (uncredited)
- The Man from Galveston as Boyd Palmer
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Combat! as Cpl. Arnold Kanger
- Stoney Burke as Dr. Henry Jamison
- Hell Is for Heroes as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Defenders as Earl Chafee
- Cain's Hundred as Arthur Troy
- The Murder Men as Arthur Troy
- Acapulco as Gregg Miles
1960
- Route 66
- The Magnificent Seven as Britt
- Checkmate as Gresch
- Outlaws
- The Tall Man as John Miller
- Stagecoach West as Sam Murdock
- The Aquanauts as Joe Casey
- Tate
- Klondike as Jeff Durain
1959
- Bonanza as Pete Jessup
- The Twilight Zone as Major French
- The Untouchables as Dennis Garrity
- Rawhide as Colonel Briscoe
- The Detectives
- Johnny Ringo as Moss Taylor
- The Deputy as Coffer
- Black Saddle as Niles
- Bourbon Street Beat as Buzz Griffin
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Floyd
- Ride Lonesome as Whitt
- Wichita Town
- Men Into Space as Dr. Narry
- Face of a Fugitive as Purdy
1958
- The Rifleman as Cy Parker
- Naked City as Harry Brind
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Henry Turner
- Lawman
- Bat Masterson as Poke Otis
- Peter Gunn
- The Texan
- Bronco
1957
- Perry Mason as Donald Fletcher
- Wagon Train as Ike Daggett
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Idaho
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Victor Tavo
- Trackdown as Joker Wells
- Suspicion as Matt Carson
- The Californians as Anthony Wayne
- The Night America Trembled as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jess Newton
- State Trooper as Dobie
1955
- Cheyenne as Kell
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Andrews
- The Millionaire as Lew Bennett
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Jack - Outlaw Leader
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- General Electric Theater as Claude Firman
1952
- Death Valley Days as Steve Barnes
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Atticus Cody
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1948
- Studio One as Sam Chandler
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self