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James Coburn

Acting · Born 1928-08-31 · Laurel, Nebraska, USA

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.

Credits · 214

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