James Coburn

ActorCrewProducerDirectingWriter Aug 31 (died age 74) Laurel, Nebraska, USA 1944–2024 (80 year career)

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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

Film

Monsters, Inc.

Waternoose (voice)

Film

The Great Escape

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Film

The Magnificent Seven

Britt

Film

Charade

Tex Panthollow

Film

Duck, You Sucker

John H. Mallory

Film

Payback

Justin Fairfax

Film

Maverick

Commodore Duvall

Film

The Player

James Coburn

Filmography

Acting (219)

Movies (138)

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

2024

as Self

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

2011

as Self

Payback: Straight Up

2007

as Justin Fairfax

8.0

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006

as Self

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005

as Self

7.4

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon

2004

as Self

8.6

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

as Self - Host

Snow Dogs

as Thunder Jack

American Gun

as Martin Tillman

The Yellow Bird

as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

I Love Muppets

2002

as Self

6.3

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones

2002

as Narrator

Monsters, Inc.

2001

as Waternoose (voice)

7.8

Texas Rangers

2001

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

6.0

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

as Narrator (voice)

Proximity

as Jim Corcoran

Walter and Henry

as Charlie

The Man from Elysian Fields

as Alcot

Missing Pieces

as Atticus Cody

Intrepid

as Captain Hal Josephson

4.1

Kurosawa

2000

as Self

6.7

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

2000

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

as Self

Payback

as Justin Fairfax

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

1999

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero

1999

as Self

Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On

1999

as Self

8.0

World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape

1999

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist

as Self

Affliction

as Glen Whitehouse

Mr. Murder

as Drew Oslett, Sr.

The Path of the Dragon

as Self

Skeletons

as Frank Jove

The Second Civil War

as Jack Buchan

Earth's Two-Minute Warning

1997

as Self

Keys to Tulsa

1997

as Harmon Shaw

4.7

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

1997

as Himself

2.6

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

as Host

The Nutty Professor

as Harlan Hartley

Eraser

as WitSec Chief Beller

The Cherokee Kid

as Cyrus Bloomington

Football America

as Narrator

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis

1996

Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right

1996

as Narrator

The Avenging Angel

as Porter Rockwell

The Set Up

as Jeremiah Cole

National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge

1995

as Narrator

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995

as Jeffery Winslow

Maverick

1994

as Commodore Duvall

6.9

Greyhounds

1994

as John Dolan

The Life of Bruce Lee

1994

as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee

6.7

A Christmas Reunion

1994

as Santa

6.0

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

1994

as Jeffrey Winslow

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

as Mr. Crisp

The Hit List

as Peter Mayhew

Deadfall

as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

4.1

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993

as Self

6.9

The Curse of the Dragon

1993

as Self

7.1

Return to 'The Great Escape'

as Self

The Player

as James Coburn

Mastergate

as Major Manley Battle

2.0

True Facts

1992

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992

as Jim Hathaway

5.8

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

as Narrator (voice)

Hudson Hawk

as George Kaplan

Silverfox

as Robert Fox

Young Guns II

1990

as John Simpson Chisum

6.5

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Narrator

Call from Space

1989

as Studio Boss

10.0

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

as Self (voice)

Train to Heaven

1989

as Gregorius

8.0

Walking After Midnight

1988

as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

Death of a Soldier

1986

as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

1.7

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

1986

as Self

Martin's Day

as Lt. Lardner

Sins of the Father

Pinocchio

as The Gypsy

Draw!

as Sam Starret

Malibu

as Tom Wharton

Digital Dreams

as God's Gift to Wyman

High Risk

as Serrano

Mr. Patman

as Patman

Looker

as John Reston

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls

as Henry Bellamy

Loving Couples

as Walter

The Baltimore Bullet

as Nick Casey

The Muppet Movie

as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

Goldengirl

as Jack Dryden

Firepower

as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

4.8

Superstunt II

1979

as Self

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.2

California Suite

1978

as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)

5.8

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978

as Self

7.0

Cross of Iron

1977

as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

White Rock

as James Coburn

Midway

as Capt. Vinton Maddox

6.6

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth

1976

as Self (archive footage)

The Last Hard Men

as Provo

Sky Riders

as Jim McCabe

Hard Times

as Spencer "Speed" Weed

6.8

Bite the Bullet

1975

as Luke Matthews

6.4

The Internecine Project

1974

as Robert Elliot

5.9

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Pat Garrett

The Last of Sheila

as Clinton Greene

Harry in Your Pocket

as Harry

The Carey Treatment

as Dr. Peter Carey

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

as Colonel Pembroke

The Honkers

as Lew Lathrop

Duck, You Sucker

as John H. Mallory

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

1970

as Jeb Stuart Thornton

Hard Contract

as John Cunningham

The Wolf Men

as Narrator

Candy

1968

as Dr. A.B. Krankheit

Duffy

as Duffy

In Like Flint

as Derek Flint

Waterhole #3

as Lewton Cole

The President's Analyst

1967

as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

5.7

Our Man Flint

1966

as Derek Flint

6.4

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966

as Lieutenant Christian

5.9

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

as Eli Kotch

5.7

The Loved One

1965

as Immigration Officer

6.2

A High Wind in Jamaica

as Zac

Major Dundee

as Samuel Potts

The Americanization of Emily

1964

as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

6.6

Action on the Beach

1964

as Self

The Great Escape

1963

as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Charade

as Tex Panthollow

Kings of the Sun

as Narrator (uncredited)

6.1

The Man from Galveston

1963

as Boyd Palmer

5.2

Hell Is for Heroes

1962

as Cpl. Frank Henshaw

6.5

The Murder Men

1961

as Arthur Troy

The Magnificent Seven

as Britt

Face of a Fugitive

as Purdy

Ride Lonesome

as Whitt

The Night America Trembled

1957

as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

7.5

Television (81)

Noah's Ark

1999

as The 'Peddler'

4.3

The Heaven and Earth Show

Scene by Scene

as Self

Arli$$

Profiler

as Charles Vanderhorn

7.0

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Picket Fences

as Walter Brock

HBO First Look

The Fifth Corner

as Dr. Grandwell

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

as Looten Plunder (voice)

6.8

Clive James' Postcard from

as Self

Murder, She Wrote

as Cyrus Ramsey

Wogan

as Self

Faerie Tale Theatre

as The Gypsy

The Fall Guy

as James Coburn

Darkroom

The Dain Curse

as Hamilton Nash

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

8.0

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Self - Host

7.0

People's Choice Awards

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

as Kelly

5.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

Combat!

1962

as Cpl. Arnold Kanger

7.7

Stoney Burke

1962

as Dr. Henry Jamison

5.7

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Earl Chafee

Cain's Hundred

as Arthur Troy

Acapulco

as Gregg Miles

Route 66

Checkmate

as Gresch

The Tall Man

as John Miller

Outlaws

Stagecoach West

as Sam Murdock

The Aquanauts

as Joe Casey

Tate

Klondike

as Jeff Durain

Bonanza

as Pete Jessup

The Twilight Zone

as Major French

Rawhide

as Colonel Briscoe

The Untouchables

as Dennis Garrity

The Detectives

Johnny Ringo

as Moss Taylor

Bourbon Street Beat

as Buzz Griffin

The Deputy

as Coffer

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Floyd

Black Saddle

as Niles

Men Into Space

as Dr. Narry

Wichita Town

The Rifleman

as Cy Parker

Bat Masterson

as Poke Otis

Lawman

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Henry Turner

The Texan

Naked City

as Harry Brind

Peter Gunn

Perry Mason

as Donald Fletcher

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Jack Harvey

Wagon Train

as Ike Daggett

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Idaho

Trackdown

as Joker Wells

Suspicion

as Matt Carson

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Victor Tavo

The Californians

as Anthony Wayne

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Jess Newton

State Trooper

as Dobie

Cheyenne

as Kell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Andrews

7.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

as Buckskin Frank Leslie

6.8

The Millionaire

1955

as Lew Bennett

5.0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Mexican Police Captain (uncredited)

7.8

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

General Electric Theater

as Claude Firman

Death Valley Days

as Steve Barnes

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Atticus Cody

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Studio One

as Sam Chandler

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Crew (5)

Movies (3)

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

2011

In Memory Of

Convoy

Second Unit Director

Circle of Iron

Story

Television (2)

The Mists of Avalon

Executive Producer

The Rockford Files

Director