James Coburn
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-08-31
Day of Death
2002-11-18 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Laurel, Nebraska, USA
James Coburn
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
Acting
(2024)
(2011)
(2006)
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
(2003)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
as Self - Host
(2002)
Snow Dogs
as Thunder Jack
(2002)
The Yellow Bird
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
(2002)
American Gun
as Martin Tillman
(2002)
I Love Muppets
as Self
(2002)
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
as Narrator
(2001)
Monsters, Inc.
as Waternoose (voice)
(2001)
Walter and Henry
as Charlie
(2001)
Texas Rangers
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(2001)
Proximity
as Jim Corcoran
(2001)
The Man from Elysian Fields
as Alcot
(2001)
Missing Pieces
as Atticus Cody
(2001)
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
(2000)
Kurosawa
as Self
(2000)
Intrepid
as Captain Hal Josephson
(2000)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self (archive footage)
(1999)
Payback
as Justin Fairfax
(1999)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1999)
(1999)
(1999)
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
as Narrator (voice)
(1998)
(1998)
Mr. Murder
as Drew Oslett, Sr.
(1998)
The Path of the Dragon
as Self
(1997)
Keys to Tulsa
as Harmon Shaw
(1997)
Earth's Two-Minute Warning
as Self
(1997)
The Second Civil War
as Jack Buchan
(1997)
(1997)
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
as Himself
(1997)
Affliction
as Glen Whitehouse
(1997)
Skeletons
as Frank Jove
(1996)
Eraser
as WitSec Chief Beller
(1996)
The Nutty Professor
as Harlan Hartley
(1996)
(1996)
The Cherokee Kid
as Cyrus Bloomington
(1996)
Football America
as Narrator
(1996)
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
as Narrator
(1995)
The Avenging Angel
as Porter Rockwell
(1995)
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as Jeffery Winslow
(1995)
The Set Up
as Jeremiah Cole
(1995)
(1994)
Maverick
as Commodore Duvall
(1994)
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
as Jeffrey Winslow
(1994)
Greyhounds
as John Dolan
(1994)
A Christmas Reunion
as Santa
(1994)
The Life of Bruce Lee
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
(1993)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Mr. Crisp
(1993)
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
(1993)
Deadfall
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
(1993)
The Curse of the Dragon
as Self
(1993)
The Hit List
as Peter Mayhew
(1993)
Return to 'The Great Escape'
as Self
(1992)
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Jim Hathaway
(1992)
The Player
as James Coburn
(1992)
Mastergate
as Major Manley Battle
(1992)
(1992)
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
Hudson Hawk
as George Kaplan
(1991)
Silverfox
as Robert Fox
(1990)
Young Guns II
as John Simpson Chisum
(1990)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Narrator
(1989)
(1989)
Call from Space
as Studio Boss
(1989)
Train to Heaven
as Gregorius
(1988)
Walking After Midnight
as Self
(1987)
(1986)
(1986)
Death of a Soldier
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
(1986)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1985)
(1985)
Martin's Day
as Lt. Lardner
(1984)
Draw!
as Sam Starret
(1984)
Pinocchio
as The Gypsy
(1983)
Malibu
as Tom Wharton
(1983)
Digital Dreams
as God's Gift to Wyman
(1981)
Looker
as John Reston
(1981)
High Risk
as Serrano
(1981)
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
as Henry Bellamy
(1981)
Mr. Patman
as Patman
(1980)
The Baltimore Bullet
as Nick Casey
(1980)
Loving Couples
as Walter
(1979)
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
(1979)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
(1979)
Goldengirl
as Jack Dryden
(1979)
Firepower
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
(1979)
Superstunt II
as Self
(1978)
California Suite
as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
(1978)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
(1977)
Cross of Iron
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
(1977)
White Rock
as James Coburn
(1976)
Midway
as Capt. Vinton Maddox
(1976)
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
Sky Riders
as Jim McCabe
(1976)
The Last Hard Men
as Provo
(1975)
Hard Times
as Spencer "Speed" Weed
(1975)
Bite the Bullet
as Luke Matthews
(1974)
The Internecine Project
as Robert Elliot
(1973)
The Last of Sheila
as Clinton
(1973)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
(1973)
Harry in Your Pocket
as Harry
(1972)
The Carey Treatment
as Dr. Peter Carey
(1972)
The Honkers
as Lew Lathrop
(1972)
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
as Colonel Pembroke
(1971)
Duck, You Sucker
as John H. Mallory
(1970)
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
as Jeb Stuart Thornton
(1969)
Hard Contract
as John Cunningham
(1969)
The Wolf Men
as Narrator
(1968)
Candy
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
(1968)
Duffy
as Duffy
(1967)
The President's Analyst
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
(1967)
In Like Flint
as Derek Flint
(1967)
Waterhole #3
as Lewton Cole
(1966)
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Eli Kotch
(1966)
Our Man Flint
as Derek Flint
(1966)
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as Lieutenant Christian
(1965)
A High Wind in Jamaica
as Zac
(1965)
Major Dundee
as Samuel Potts
(1965)
The Loved One
as Immigration Officer
(1964)
The Americanization of Emily
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
(1964)
Action on the Beach
as Self
(1963)
The Great Escape
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
(1963)
Charade
as Tex Panthollow
(1963)
The Man from Galveston
as Boyd Palmer
(1963)
Kings of the Sun
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1962)
Hell Is for Heroes
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
(1961)
The Murder Men
as Arthur Troy
(1960)
The Magnificent Seven
as Britt
(1959)
Ride Lonesome
as Whitt
(1959)
Face of a Fugitive
as Purdy
(1957)
The Night America Trembled
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
Crew
(2011)
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
In Memory Of
(1978)
Circle of Iron
Story
(1978)
Convoy
Second Unit Director