
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

The Great Escape (1963)
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Eraser (1996)
as Beller

The Player (1992)
as James Coburn

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

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

Payback (1999)
as Justin Fairfax

The Nutty Professor (1996)
as Harlan Hartley

Maverick (1994)
as Commodore Duvall

Midway (1976)
as Capt. Vinton Maddox

Charade (1963)
as Tex Panthollow

The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

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

Young Guns II (1990)
as John Simpson Chisum

Hudson Hawk (1991)
as George Kaplan

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

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

Snow Dogs (2002)
as Thunder Jack

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

Intrepid (2000)
as Captain Hal Josephson

The Last of Sheila (1973)
as Clinton Greene

Mastergate (1992)
as Major Manley Battle
Superstunt (1977)
as Self

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

Greyhounds (1994)
as John Dolan

The Last Hard Men (1976)
as Provo

Deadfall (1993)
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
Actor

Pinocchio (1984)
as The Gypsy
Superstunt II (1979)
as Self

Hard Times (1975)
as Spencer "Speed" Weed

Kurosawa (2000)
as Self

Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Luke Matthews

Major Dundee (1965)
as Samuel Potts

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
as Colonel Pembroke
Silverfox (1991)
as Robert Fox

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

The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
as Alcot

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

The Hit List (1993)
as Peter Mayhew

Our Man Flint (1966)
as Derek Flint

The Cherokee Kid (1996)
as Cyrus Bloomington

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

Face of a Fugitive (1959)
as Purdy

The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
as Self

Ride Lonesome (1959)
as Whitt

Affliction (1998)
as Glen Whitehouse

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
as Zac

Mr. Patman (1981)
as Patman

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

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999)
as Self

Harry in Your Pocket (1973)
as Harry

The Internecine Project (1974)
as Robert Elliot

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

Looker (1981)
as John Reston

In Like Flint (1967)
as Derek Flint

The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)

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

Call from Space (1989)
as Studio Boss

The Second Civil War (1997)
as Jack Buchan

The Yellow Bird (2002)
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

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

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

Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Lewton Cole

Martin's Day (1985)
as Lt. Lardner

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

The Man from Galveston (1963)
as Boyd Palmer

Sky Riders (1976)
as Jim McCabe

The Loved One (1965)
as Immigration Officer

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Action on the Beach (1964)
as Self

A Christmas Reunion (1994)
as Santa

The Set Up (1995)
as Jeremiah Cole

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

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

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
as Narrator (voice)
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006)
as Self

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

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

Mr. Murder (1998)
as Drew Oslett, Sr.
National Lampoon's True Facts (1992)
as Self

Train to Heaven (1989)
as Gregorius

Draw! (1984)
as Sam Starret

The Avenging Angel (1995)
as Porter Rockwell

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

High Risk (1981)
as Serrano

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

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

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

Skeletons (1997)
as Frank Jove

Missing Pieces (2001)
as Atticus Cody

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

Proximity (2001)
as Jim Corcoran

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1997)
as Himself
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)

The Carey Treatment (1972)
as Dr. Peter Carey

Keys to Tulsa (1997)
as Harmon Shaw

Duffy (1968)
as Duffy

Loving Couples (1980)
as Walter

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

The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
as Nick Casey

Firepower (1979)
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

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

Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self

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

The Path of the Dragon (1998)
as Self

Goldengirl (1979)
as Jack Dryden

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
as Self

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

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

Sins of the Father (1985)
as Frank Murchison

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

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

National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge (1995)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

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

Walking After Midnight (1988)
as Self

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis (1996)
Actor
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996)
as Narrator

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

The Honkers (1972)
as Lew Lathrop

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

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

Walter and Henry (2001)
as Charlie

White Rock (1977)
as James Coburn

American Gun (2002)
as Martin Tillman

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

Malibu (1983)
as Tom Wharton
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)
as Narrator (voice)

Earth's Two-Minute Warning (1997)
as Self

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

Hard Contract (1969)
as John Cunningham

Return to 'The Great Escape' (1993)
as Self

I Love Muppets (2002)
as Self

The Murder Men (1961)
as Arthur Troy
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Football America (1996)
as Narrator





