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