Person

James Coburn

Acting · 1928–2002 · Laurel, Nebraska, USA

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.

Known for

Filmography

2024Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last WesternSelf
2011Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarSelf
2006Sam Peckinpah: PortraitSelf
2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahSelf
2004Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the DragonSelf
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf - Host
2002American GunMartin Tillman
2002The Yellow BirdRev. Increase Tutwiler
2002The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called JonesNarrator
2002I Love MuppetsSelf
2002Snow DogsThunder Jack
2001The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001Texas RangersNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001Monsters, Inc.Waternoose (voice)
2001The Man from Elysian FieldsAlcot
2001The Mists of AvalonExecutive Producer
2001Walter and HenryCharlie
2001Marilyn Monroe: The Final DaysNarrator (voice)
2001ProximityJim Corcoran
2001Missing PiecesAtticus Cody
2000KurosawaSelf
2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Self
2000IntrepidCaptain Hal Josephson
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood HeroSelf
1999Noah's ArkThe 'Peddler'
1999Noah's ArkPeddler
1999PaybackJustin Fairfax
1999World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on TapeNarrator (voice)
1999Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives OnSelf
1998Mr. MurderDrew Oslett, Sr.
1998The Heaven and Earth Show
1998AfflictionGlen Whitehouse
1998The Path of the DragonSelf
1998Bruce Lee: The Intercepting FistSelf
1997The Second Civil WarJack Buchan
1997The Disappearance of Kevin JohnsonHimself
1997Scene by SceneSelf
1997Keys to TulsaHarmon Shaw
1997SkeletonsFrank Jove
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsHost
1997Earth's Two-Minute WarningSelf
1996The Cherokee KidCyrus Bloomington
1996Football AmericaNarrator
1996ProfilerCharles Vanderhorn
1996Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the RightNarrator
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Arli$$Sid Perelli
1996The Nutty ProfessorHarlan Hartley
1996EraserWitSec Chief Beller
1996Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
1995The Set UpJeremiah Cole
1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for MurderJeffery Winslow
1995The Avenging AngelPorter Rockwell
1995National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the EdgeSelf - Narrator (voice)
1994A Christmas ReunionSanta
1994GreyhoundsJohn Dolan
1994MaverickCommodore Duvall
1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For JusticeJeffrey Winslow
1994The Life of Bruce LeeSelf - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
1993Return to 'The Great Escape'Self
1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitMr. Crisp
1993DeadfallMike Donan / Lou Donan
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993The Curse of the DragonSelf
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelf
1993The Hit ListPeter Mayhew
1992MastergateMajor Manley Battle
1992Picket FencesWalter Brock
1992HBO First Look
1992The PlayerJames Coburn
1992The Fifth CornerDr. Grandwell
1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232Jim Hathaway
1992True Facts
1992Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a TimeNarrator (voice)
1991SilverfoxRobert Fox
1991Hudson HawkGeorge Kaplan
1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersLooten Plunder (voice)
1990Young Guns IIJohn Simpson Chisum
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeNarrator
1989Train to HeavenGregorius
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)
1989Clive James' Postcard fromSelf
1989Call from SpaceStudio Boss
1988Walking After MidnightSelf
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1986Death of a SoldierMaj. Patrick Dannenberg
1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsSelf (archive footage)
1986Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked AwaySelf
1985Martin's DayLt. Lardner
1985Sins of the FatherFrank Murchison
1984Murder, She WroteCyrus Ramsey
1984Draw!Sam Starret
1984PinocchioThe Gypsy
1983Digital DreamsGod's Gift to Wyman
1983MalibuTom Wharton
1982Faerie Tale TheatreThe Gypsy
1982WoganSelf
1981DarkroomHost
1981The Fall GuyJames Coburn
1981LookerJohn Reston
1981Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"Henry Bellamy
1981High RiskSerrano
1981Mr. PatmanPatman
1980Loving CouplesWalter
1980The Baltimore BulletNick Casey
1979GoldengirlJack Dryden
1979The Muppet MovieEl Sleezo Cafe Owner
1979The Muppets Go HollywoodSelf
1979FirepowerJerry Fanon / Eddie
1979Superstunt IISelf
1978Formula 1 - Speed feverSelf
1978Circle of IronStory
1978ConvoySecond Unit Director
1978The Dain CurseHamilton Nash
1978California SuiteActor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
1977SuperstuntSelf
1977White RockJames Coburn
1977Cross of IronUnteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
1976Bruce Lee: The Man, The MythSelf (archive footage)
1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest Star
1976MidwayCapt. Vinton Maddox
1976The Last Hard MenProvo
1976Sky RidersJim McCabe
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Bite the BulletLuke Matthews
1975Hard TimesSpencer "Speed" Weed
1975People's Choice AwardsSelf
1974The Rockford FilesDirector
1974The Internecine ProjectRobert Elliot
1973Harry in Your PocketHarry
1973The Last of SheilaClinton Greene
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidPat Garrett
1972A Reason to Live, a Reason to DieColonel Pembroke
1972The HonkersLew Lathrop
1972The Carey TreatmentDr. Peter Carey
1971Duck, You SuckerJohn H. Mallory
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1970Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsJeb Stuart Thornton
1969Hard ContractJohn Cunningham
1969The Wolf MenSelf - Narrator (voice)
1968CandyDr. A.B. Krankheit
1968DuffyDuffy
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1967The President's AnalystDr. Sidney Schaefer
1967Waterhole #3Lewton Cole
1967In Like FlintDerek Flint
1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundEli Kotch
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Lieutenant Christian
1966Our Man FlintDerek Flint
1965The Loved OneImmigration Officer
1965A High Wind in JamaicaZac
1965Major DundeeSamuel Potts
1964The Americanization of EmilyLt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
1964Action on the BeachSelf
1963The Man from GalvestonBoyd Palmer
1963Kings of the SunNarrator (uncredited)
1963CharadeTex Panthollow
1963The Greatest Show on EarthKelly
1963The Great EscapeSedgwick 'Manufacturer'
1962Combat!Cpl. Arnold Kanger
1962Stoney BurkeDr. Henry Jamison
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962Hell Is for HeroesCpl. Frank Henshaw
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961Cain's HundredArthur Troy
1961The DefendersEarl Chafee
1961AcapulcoGregg Miles
1961The Murder MenArthur Troy
1960The Magnificent SevenBritt
1960KlondikeJeff Durain
1960Route 66
1960Stagecoach WestSam Murdock
1960Outlaws
1960CheckmateGresch
1960The AquanautsJoe Casey
1960The Tall ManJohn Miller
1960Tate
1959The Detectives
1959The UntouchablesDennis Garrity
1959Bourbon Street BeatBuzz Griffin
1959The Twilight ZoneMajor French
1959Johnny RingoMoss Taylor
1959Wichita Town
1959Men Into SpaceDr. Narry
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonFloyd
1959The DeputyCoffer
1959BonanzaPete Jessup
1959Face of a FugitivePurdy
1959Ride LonesomeWhitt
1959Black SaddleNiles
1959RawhideColonel Briscoe
1958Bat MastersonPoke Otis
1958Lawman
1958Naked CityHarry Brind
1958The RiflemanCy Parker
1958The Texan
1958Bronco
1958Peter Gunn
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveHenry Turner
1957TrackdownJoker Wells
1957SuspicionMatt Carson
1957The CaliforniansAnthony Wayne
1957The Restless Gun
1957Perry MasonDonald Fletcher
1957Wagon TrainIke Daggett
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
1957The Night America TrembledSam (as Jim Coburn)
1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveVictor Tavo
1957Tales of Wells FargoIdaho
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJess Newton
1956State TrooperDobie
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAndrews
1955CheyenneKell
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpBuckskin Frank Leslie
1955The MillionaireLew Bennett
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyJack - Outlaw Leader
1953The OscarsSelf
1953General Electric TheaterClaude Firman
1952Death Valley DaysSteve Barnes
1951Hallmark Hall of FameAtticus Cody
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
1948Studio OneSam Chandler
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf

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