
James Coburn
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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.
Known for
Credits

Monsters, Inc. (2001)
as Waternoose (voice)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Britt

Candy (1968)
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit

Eraser (1996)
as WitSec Chief Beller

Payback (1999)
as Justin Fairfax

The Nutty Professor (1996)
as Harlan Hartley

The Great Escape (1963)
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
as Mr. Crisp

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western (2024)
as Self

Midway (1976)
as Capt. Vinton Maddox

Young Guns II (1990)
as John Simpson Chisum

The Player (1992)
as James Coburn

Charade (1963)
as Tex Panthollow

The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

Maverick (1994)
as Commodore Duvall

Duck, You Sucker (1971)
as John H. Mallory

The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
as Alcot

Snow Dogs (2002)
as Thunder Jack

Hudson Hawk (1991)
as George Kaplan

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
as Pat Garrett

Cross of Iron (1977)
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

Hard Times (1975)
as Spencer "Speed" Weed

The Last Hard Men (1976)
as Provo

Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Luke Matthews

Texas Rangers (2001)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Our Man Flint (1966)
as Derek Flint

Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Lewton Cole

Looker (1981)
as John Reston

Major Dundee (1965)
as Samuel Potts

Affliction (1998)
as Glen Whitehouse

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994)
as Jeffrey Winslow

The Second Civil War (1997)
as Jack Buchan

The Last of Sheila (1973)
as Clinton Greene

Mr. Murder (1998)
as Drew Oslett, Sr.

The Loved One (1965)
as Immigration Officer

Ride Lonesome (1959)
as Whitt

In Like Flint (1967)
as Derek Flint

California Suite (1978)
as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)

Mr. Patman (1981)
as Patman

Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw

Deadfall (1993)
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

The Hit List (1993)
as Peter Mayhew

The Carey Treatment (1972)
as Dr. Peter Carey
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)
as Narrator (voice)

Sky Riders (1976)
as Jim McCabe

The Cherokee Kid (1996)
as Cyrus Bloomington

Keys to Tulsa (1997)
as Harmon Shaw

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
as Lieutenant Christian

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
Actor

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
as Colonel Pembroke

Kings of the Sun (1963)
as Narrator (uncredited)

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
as Self

The Set Up (1995)
as Jeremiah Cole

High Risk (1981)
as Serrano

Goldengirl (1979)
as Jack Dryden

Mastergate (1992)
as Major Manley Battle

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
as Zac

Proximity (2001)
as Jim Corcoran

Pinocchio (1984)
as The Gypsy

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

The Avenging Angel (1995)
as Porter Rockwell

Death of a Soldier (1986)
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

American Gun (2002)
as Martin Tillman

Martin's Day (1985)
as Lt. Lardner

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Superstunt II (1979)
as Self

Hard Contract (1969)
as John Cunningham

The Honkers (1972)
as Lew Lathrop
True Facts (1992)
Actor

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)

The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self

Firepower (1979)
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

Missing Pieces (2001)
as Atticus Cody

Face of a Fugitive (1959)
as Purdy

Intrepid (2000)
as Captain Hal Josephson

Kurosawa (2000)
as Self

The Americanization of Emily (1964)
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

The President's Analyst (1967)
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

White Rock (1977)
as James Coburn

Draw! (1984)
as Sam Starret
Superstunt (1977)
as Self

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
as Eli Kotch

The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
as Nick Casey

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1997)
as Himself

The Life of Bruce Lee (1994)
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee

Skeletons (1997)
as Frank Jove

Duffy (1968)
as Duffy
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)

Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999)
as Self

Harry in Your Pocket (1973)
as Harry

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
as Self

Greyhounds (1994)
as John Dolan

Walter and Henry (2001)
as Charlie

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
as Self

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)
as Jim Hathaway

The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
as Self

Loving Couples (1980)
as Walter

Digital Dreams (1983)
as God's Gift to Wyman

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
as Host

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
as Jeffery Winslow

The Internecine Project (1974)
as Robert Elliot

Malibu (1983)
as Tom Wharton

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011)
as Self

I Love Muppets (2002)
as Self

Walking After Midnight (1988)
as Self

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Narrator

The Man from Galveston (1963)
as Boyd Palmer

The Path of the Dragon (1998)
as Self
Silverfox (1991)
as Robert Fox

Noah's Ark (1999)
as Peddler

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Call from Space (1989)
as Studio Boss

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" (1981)
as Henry Bellamy

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
as Narrator (voice)

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2003)
as Self - Host

The Yellow Bird (2002)
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon (2004)
as Self

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000)
as Self

The Murder Men (1961)
as Arthur Troy

The Wolf Men (1969)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Return to 'The Great Escape' (1993)
as Self
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999)
as Self

Sins of the Father (1985)
as Frank Murchison

The Night America Trembled (1957)
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

A Christmas Reunion (1994)
as Santa

Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006)
as Self

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
as Jeb Stuart Thornton

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)
as Self

National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge (1995)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996)
as Narrator

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones (2002)
as Narrator

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis (1996)
Actor

Train to Heaven (1989)
as Gregorius
Action on the Beach (1964)
as Self

Football America (1996)
as Narrator

Earth's Two-Minute Warning (1997)
as Self
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape (1999)
as Narrator (voice)





