James Coburn

James Coburn

Known for
Acting
Born
August 31, 1928
Died
November 18, 2002 (aged 74)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2024
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western poster

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Movie · as Self

2011
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War poster

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War

Movie · as Self

2006
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

Movie · as Self

2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah poster

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Movie · as Self

2004
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon poster

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon

Movie · as Self

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years poster

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Movie · as Self - Host

2002
Snow Dogs poster

Snow Dogs

Movie · as Thunder Jack

2002
American Gun poster

American Gun

Movie · as Martin Tillman

2002
The Yellow Bird poster

The Yellow Bird

Movie · as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

2002
I Love Muppets poster

I Love Muppets

Movie · as Self

2002
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones poster

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones

Movie · as Narrator

2001
Monsters, Inc. poster

Monsters, Inc.

Movie · as Waternoose (voice)

2001
Missing Pieces poster

Missing Pieces

Movie · as Atticus Cody

2001
Proximity poster

Proximity

Movie · as Jim Corcoran

2001
The Man from Elysian Fields poster

The Man from Elysian Fields

Movie · as Alcot

2001
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days poster

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2001
Walter and Henry poster

Walter and Henry

Movie · as Charlie

2001
Texas Rangers poster

Texas Rangers

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2001
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee poster

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

Movie

2000
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone poster

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Kurosawa poster

Kurosawa

Movie · as Self

2000
Intrepid poster

Intrepid

Movie · as Captain Hal Josephson

2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' poster

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

Movie · as Self

1999
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape

World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 poster

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero poster

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero

Movie · as Self

1999
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Justin Fairfax

1999
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On poster

Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On

Movie · as Self

1999
Noah's Ark poster

Noah's Ark

TV · as The 'Peddler' · 2 eps

1998
Affliction poster

Affliction

Movie · as Glen Whitehouse

1998
Mr. Murder poster

Mr. Murder

Movie · as Drew Oslett, Sr.

1998
The Path of the Dragon poster

The Path of the Dragon

Movie · as Self

1998
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist poster

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist

Movie · as Self

1998
The Heaven and Earth Show

The Heaven and Earth Show

TV · 1 ep

1997
Keys to Tulsa poster

Keys to Tulsa

Movie · as Harmon Shaw

1997
Skeletons poster

Skeletons

Movie · as Frank Jove

1997
The Second Civil War poster

The Second Civil War

Movie · as Jack Buchan

1997
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson poster

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

Movie · as Himself

1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years poster

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Movie · as Host

1997
Earth's Two-Minute Warning poster

Earth's Two-Minute Warning

Movie · as Self

1997
Scene by Scene poster

Scene by Scene

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Eraser poster

Eraser

Movie · as Beller

1996
The Nutty Professor poster

The Nutty Professor

Movie · as Harlan Hartley

1996
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis poster

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis

Movie

1996
The Cherokee Kid poster

The Cherokee Kid

Movie · as Cyrus Bloomington

1996
Football America poster

Football America

Movie · as Narrator

1996
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right

Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right

Movie · as Narrator

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Sid Perelli · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as Charles Vanderhorn · 2 eps

1995
The Avenging Angel poster

The Avenging Angel

Movie · as Porter Rockwell

1995
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge poster

National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1995
The Set Up poster

The Set Up

Movie · as Jeremiah Cole

1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder poster

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Movie · as Jeffery Winslow

1994
Maverick poster

Maverick

Movie · as Commodore Duvall

1994
A Christmas Reunion poster

A Christmas Reunion

Movie · as Santa

1994
The Life of Bruce Lee poster

The Life of Bruce Lee

Movie · as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee

1994
Greyhounds poster

Greyhounds

Movie · as John Dolan

1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice poster

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Movie · as Jeffrey Winslow

1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit poster

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Movie · as Mr. Crisp

1993
Deadfall poster

Deadfall

Movie · as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron poster

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Movie · as Self

1993
The Hit List poster

The Hit List

Movie · as Peter Mayhew

1993
Return to 'The Great Escape' poster

Return to 'The Great Escape'

Movie · as Self

1993
The Curse of the Dragon poster

The Curse of the Dragon

Movie · as Self

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Player poster

The Player

Movie · as James Coburn

1992
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 poster

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

Movie · as Jim Hathaway

1992
National Lampoon's True Facts

National Lampoon's True Facts

Movie · as Self

1992
Mastergate poster

Mastergate

Movie · as Major Manley Battle

1992
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time poster

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1992
The Fifth Corner

The Fifth Corner

TV · as Dr. Grandwell · 6 eps

1992
HBO First Look poster

HBO First Look

TV · 1 ep

1992
Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences

TV · as Walter Brock · 1 ep

1991
Hudson Hawk poster

Hudson Hawk

Movie · as George Kaplan

1991
Silverfox

Silverfox

Movie · as Robert Fox

1990
Young Guns II poster

Young Guns II

Movie · as John Simpson Chisum

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge poster

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Movie · as Narrator

1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers poster

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

TV · as Looten Plunder (voice) · 13 eps

1989
Train to Heaven poster

Train to Heaven

Movie · as Gregorius

1989
Call from Space poster

Call from Space

Movie · as Studio Boss

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Movie · as Self (voice)

1989
Clive James' Postcard from poster

Clive James' Postcard from

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Walking After Midnight poster

Walking After Midnight

Movie · as Self

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1986
Death of a Soldier poster

Death of a Soldier

Movie · as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away poster

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

Movie · as Self

1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years poster

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1985
Martin's Day poster

Martin's Day

Movie · as Lt. Lardner

1985
Sins of the Father poster

Sins of the Father

Movie · as Frank Murchison

1984
Draw! poster

Draw!

Movie · as Sam Starret

1984
Pinocchio poster

Pinocchio

Movie · as The Gypsy

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Cyrus Ramsey · 1 ep

1983
Digital Dreams poster

Digital Dreams

Movie · as God's Gift to Wyman

1983
Malibu poster

Malibu

Movie · as Tom Wharton

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as The Gypsy · 1 ep

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Looker poster

Looker

Movie · as John Reston

1981
High Risk poster

High Risk

Movie · as Serrano

1981
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" poster

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"

Movie · as Henry Bellamy

1981
Mr. Patman poster

Mr. Patman

Movie · as Patman

1981
Darkroom poster

Darkroom

TV · as Host · 16 eps

1981
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

TV · as James Coburn · 1 ep

1980
The Baltimore Bullet poster

The Baltimore Bullet

Movie · as Nick Casey

1980
Loving Couples poster

Loving Couples

Movie · as Walter

1979
The Muppet Movie poster

The Muppet Movie

Movie · as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

1979
Superstunt II

Superstunt II

Movie · as Self

1979
Firepower poster

Firepower

Movie · as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

1979
Goldengirl poster

Goldengirl

Movie · as Jack Dryden

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1978
California Suite poster

California Suite

Movie · as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)

1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever poster

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Movie · as Self

1978
The Dain Curse poster

The Dain Curse

TV · as Hamilton Nash · 3 eps

1977
Cross of Iron poster

Cross of Iron

Movie · as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

1977
White Rock poster

White Rock

Movie · as James Coburn

1977
Superstunt

Superstunt

Movie · as Self

1976
Midway poster

Midway

Movie · as Capt. Vinton Maddox

1976
Sky Riders poster

Sky Riders

Movie · as Jim McCabe

1976
The Last Hard Men poster

The Last Hard Men

Movie · as Provo

1976
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth poster

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1975
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

Movie · as Spencer "Speed" Weed

1975
Bite the Bullet poster

Bite the Bullet

Movie · as Luke Matthews

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
The Internecine Project poster

The Internecine Project

Movie · as Robert Elliot

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid poster

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Movie · as Pat Garrett

1973
The Last of Sheila poster

The Last of Sheila

Movie · as Clinton Greene

1973
Harry in Your Pocket poster

Harry in Your Pocket

Movie · as Harry

1972
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die poster

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

Movie · as Colonel Pembroke

1972
The Carey Treatment poster

The Carey Treatment

Movie · as Dr. Peter Carey

1972
The Honkers poster

The Honkers

Movie · as Lew Lathrop

1971
Duck, You Sucker poster

Duck, You Sucker

Movie · as John H. Mallory

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots poster

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

Movie · as Jeb Stuart Thornton

1969
Hard Contract poster

Hard Contract

Movie · as John Cunningham

1969
The Wolf Men poster

The Wolf Men

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

1969
Bracken's World poster

Bracken's World

TV · as Cameo · 1 ep

1968
Candy poster

Candy

Movie · as Dr. A.B. Krankheit

1968
Duffy poster

Duffy

Movie · as Duffy

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
In Like Flint poster

In Like Flint

Movie · as Derek Flint

1967
The President's Analyst poster

The President's Analyst

Movie · as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

1967
Waterhole #3 poster

Waterhole #3

Movie · as Lewton Cole

1966
Our Man Flint poster

Our Man Flint

Movie · as Derek Flint

1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? poster

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

Movie · as Lieutenant Christian

1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round poster

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Movie · as Eli Kotch

1965
Major Dundee poster

Major Dundee

Movie · as Samuel Potts

1965
A High Wind in Jamaica poster

A High Wind in Jamaica

Movie · as Zac

1965
The Loved One poster

The Loved One

Movie · as Immigration Officer

1964
The Americanization of Emily poster

The Americanization of Emily

Movie · as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

1964
Action on the Beach

Action on the Beach

Movie · as Self

1963
Charade poster

Charade

Movie · as Tex Panthollow

1963
The Great Escape poster

The Great Escape

Movie · as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

1963
The Man from Galveston poster

The Man from Galveston

Movie · as Boyd Palmer

1963
Kings of the Sun poster

Kings of the Sun

Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · as Kelly · 1 ep

1962
Hell Is for Heroes poster

Hell Is for Heroes

Movie · as Cpl. Frank Henshaw

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Cpl. Arnold Kanger · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · as Dr. Henry Jamison · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Murder Men poster

The Murder Men

Movie · as Arthur Troy

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Arthur Troy · 1 ep

1961
Acapulco poster

Acapulco

TV · as Gregg Miles · 8 eps

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Earl Chafee · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1960
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

Movie · as Britt

1960
Route 66 poster

Route 66

TV · 1 ep

1960
Klondike poster

Klondike

TV · as Jeff Durain · 17 eps

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Aquanauts poster

The Aquanauts

TV · as Joe Casey · 1 ep

1960
Tate poster

Tate

TV · 1 ep

1960
Stagecoach West poster

Stagecoach West

TV · as Sam Murdock · 1 ep

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · as Gresch · 1 ep

1960
The Tall Man poster

The Tall Man

TV · as John Miller · 1 ep

1959
Ride Lonesome poster

Ride Lonesome

Movie · as Whitt

1959
Face of a Fugitive poster

Face of a Fugitive

Movie · as Purdy

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Major French · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Colonel Briscoe · 1 ep

1959
Black Saddle poster

Black Saddle

TV · as Niles · 1 ep

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · as Duke Hawkins

1959
Wichita Town poster

Wichita Town

TV · 2 eps

1959
Johnny Ringo poster

Johnny Ringo

TV · as Moss Taylor · 1 ep

1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV · as Floyd · 1 ep

1959
The Deputy poster

The Deputy

TV · as Coffer · 1 ep

1959
Men Into Space poster

Men Into Space

TV · as Dr. Narry · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Pete Jessup, Ross Marquette, Elmer Trace · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Dennis Garrity · 1 ep

1959
Bourbon Street Beat poster

Bourbon Street Beat

TV · as Buzz Griffin · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Harry Brind · 1 ep

1958
Peter Gunn poster

Peter Gunn

TV · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 2 eps

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Henry Turner, Jesse Holloway, Howard Catlett · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Lank Bailey · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Poke Otis, Leo Talley · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · as Cy Parker, Ambrose · 1 ep

1957
The Night America Trembled poster

The Night America Trembled

Movie · as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Donald Fletcher, General Addison Brand · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Jack Harvey · 1 ep

1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV · as Victor Tavo · 1 ep

1957
The Californians poster

The Californians

TV · as Anthony Wayne, Deputy Anthony Wayne · 1 ep

1957
Tales of Wells Fargo poster

Tales of Wells Fargo

TV · as Idaho · 1 ep

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Matt Carson · 1 ep

1957
Trackdown poster

Trackdown

TV · as Joker Wells · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Ike Daggett · 1 ep

1957
The Restless Gun poster

The Restless Gun

TV · 1 ep

1957
Tombstone Territory poster

Tombstone Territory

TV · as Chuck Ashley · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Jess Newton, Charlie Doyle · 1 ep

1956
State Trooper poster

State Trooper

TV · as Dobie · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Andrews, Union Sergeant · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Lew Bennett · 1 ep

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Kell · 1 ep

1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV · as Buckskin Frank Leslie · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Jack - Outlaw Leader, Mexican Police Captain (uncredited) · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Claude Firman · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1952
Death Valley Days poster

Death Valley Days

TV · as Steve Barnes · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Atticus Cody · 1 ep

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Sam Chandler · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 1 ep