James Coburn

Known for: Acting

Born: 1928-08-31 – 2002-11-18 (aged 74)

From: 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.

Filmography (222)

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Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
2011
as Self
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Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.7
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.4
American Gun
2002
as Martin Tillman
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Yellow Bird
2002
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
2002
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.3
I Love Muppets
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Snow Dogs
2002
as Thunder Jack
MOVIE★ 8.4
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
MOVIE★ 6.0
Texas Rangers
2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.9
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Waternoose (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Man from Elysian Fields
2001
as Alcot
MOVIE★ 8.6
Walter and Henry
2001
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 6.8
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.3
Proximity
2001
as Jim Corcoran
MOVIE★ 5.7
Missing Pieces
2001
as Atticus Cody
MOVIE★ 7.0
Kurosawa
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.4
Intrepid
2000
as Captain Hal Josephson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
as Self
TV★ 4.5
Noah's Ark
1999
as The 'Peddler'
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Noah's Ark
1999
as Peddler
MOVIE★ 6.8
Payback
1999
as Justin Fairfax
MOVIE★ 7.5
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
1999
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Mr. Murder
1998
as Drew Oslett, Sr.
TV★ 4.4
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
MOVIE★ 6.3
Affliction
1998
as Glen Whitehouse
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Path of the Dragon
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 2.5
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jack Buchan
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
1997
as Himself
TV★ 6.0
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.7
Keys to Tulsa
1997
as Harmon Shaw
MOVIE★ 4.2
Skeletons
1997
as Frank Jove
MOVIE★ 7.2
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Host
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Earth's Two-Minute Warning
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Cyrus Bloomington
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Football America
1996
as Narrator
TV★ 7.0
Profiler
1996
as Charles Vanderhorn
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Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
1996
as Narrator
TV★ 8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
TV★ 6.8
Arli$$
1996
as Sid Perelli
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Nutty Professor
1996
as Harlan Hartley
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eraser
1996
as WitSec Chief Beller
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Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
1996
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Set Up
1995
as Jeremiah Cole
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
as Jeffery Winslow
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Avenging Angel
1995
as Porter Rockwell
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National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Christmas Reunion
1994
as Santa
MOVIE★ 7.0
Greyhounds
1994
as John Dolan
MOVIE★ 6.9
Maverick
1994
as Commodore Duvall
MOVIE★ 10.0
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
as Jeffrey Winslow
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Life of Bruce Lee
1994
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
MOVIE★ 8.5
Return to 'The Great Escape'
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Mr. Crisp
MOVIE★ 4.1
Deadfall
1993
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Curse of the Dragon
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Hit List
1993
as Peter Mayhew
MOVIE★ 6.3
Mastergate
1992
as Major Manley Battle
TV★ 7.5
Picket Fences
1992
as Walter Brock
TV★ 5.6
HBO First Look
1992
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Player
1992
as James Coburn
TV★ 6.0
The Fifth Corner
1992
as Dr. Grandwell
MOVIE★ 5.9
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
as Jim Hathaway
MOVIE★ 10.0
True Facts
1992
MOVIE★ 5.2
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
as Narrator (voice)
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Silverfox
1991
as Robert Fox
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hudson Hawk
1991
as George Kaplan
TV★ 6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Looten Plunder (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Young Guns II
1990
as John Simpson Chisum
MOVIE★ 7.0
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 9.0
Train to Heaven
1989
as Gregorius
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Clive James' Postcard from
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.5
Call from Space
1989
as Studio Boss
MOVIE★ 9.0
Walking After Midnight
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.2
Death of a Soldier
1986
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
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Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Martin's Day
1985
as Lt. Lardner
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sins of the Father
1985
as Frank Murchison
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cyrus Ramsey
MOVIE★ 6.4
Draw!
1984
as Sam Starret
MOVIE★ 5.2
Pinocchio
1984
as The Gypsy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Digital Dreams
1983
as God's Gift to Wyman
MOVIE★ 3.8
Malibu
1983
as Tom Wharton
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as The Gypsy
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Darkroom
1981
as Host
TV★ 7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
as James Coburn
MOVIE★ 6.1
Looker
1981
as John Reston
MOVIE★ 4.8
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
1981
as Henry Bellamy
MOVIE★ 5.8
High Risk
1981
as Serrano
MOVIE★ 4.7
Mr. Patman
1981
as Patman
MOVIE★ 4.8
Loving Couples
1980
as Walter
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Baltimore Bullet
1980
as Nick Casey
MOVIE★ 5.4
Goldengirl
1979
as Jack Dryden
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Muppet Movie
1979
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Firepower
1979
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Superstunt II
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
TV★ 6.5
The Dain Curse
1978
as Hamilton Nash
MOVIE★ 5.8
California Suite
1978
as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
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Superstunt
1977
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
White Rock
1977
as James Coburn
MOVIE★ 7.1
Cross of Iron
1977
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
MOVIE★ 5.8
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
1976
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 8.0
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
MOVIE★ 6.6
Midway
1976
as Capt. Vinton Maddox
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Last Hard Men
1976
as Provo
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sky Riders
1976
as Jim McCabe
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Luke Matthews
MOVIE★ 6.8
Hard Times
1975
as Spencer "Speed" Weed
TV★ 9.2
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Internecine Project
1974
as Robert Elliot
MOVIE★ 5.6
Harry in Your Pocket
1973
as Harry
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last of Sheila
1973
as Clinton Greene
MOVIE★ 7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Pat Garrett
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
as Colonel Pembroke
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Honkers
1972
as Lew Lathrop
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Dr. Peter Carey
MOVIE★ 7.7
Duck, You Sucker
1971
as John H. Mallory
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970
as Jeb Stuart Thornton
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hard Contract
1969
as John Cunningham
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Wolf Men
1969
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Candy
1968
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
MOVIE★ 6.3
Duffy
1968
as Duffy
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.8
The President's Analyst
1967
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
MOVIE★ 5.9
Waterhole #3
1967
as Lewton Cole
MOVIE★ 6.1
In Like Flint
1967
as Derek Flint
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Eli Kotch
MOVIE★ 5.9
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
as Lieutenant Christian
MOVIE★ 6.4
Our Man Flint
1966
as Derek Flint
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Loved One
1965
as Immigration Officer
MOVIE★ 6.3
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965
as Zac
MOVIE★ 6.7
Major Dundee
1965
as Samuel Potts
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
MOVIE★ 9.0
Action on the Beach
1964
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Man from Galveston
1963
as Boyd Palmer
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kings of the Sun
1963
as Narrator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Charade
1963
as Tex Panthollow
TV★ 7.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Kelly
MOVIE★ 7.9
The Great Escape
1963
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
TV★ 7.8
Combat!
1962
as Cpl. Arnold Kanger
TV★ 6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
as Dr. Henry Jamison
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Arthur Troy
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Earl Chafee
TV★ 6.5
Acapulco
1961
as Gregg Miles
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Murder Men
1961
as Arthur Troy
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Britt
TV★ 6.6
Klondike
1960
as Jeff Durain
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
TV★ 6.7
Stagecoach West
1960
as Sam Murdock
TV★ 6.7
Outlaws
1960
TV★ 4.8
Checkmate
1960
as Gresch
TV★ 6.0
The Aquanauts
1960
as Joe Casey
TV★ 6.9
The Tall Man
1960
as John Miller
TV★ 5.4
Tate
1960
TV★ 6.7
The Detectives
1959
TV★ 8.0
The Untouchables
1959
as Dennis Garrity
TV★ 6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
as Buzz Griffin
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Major French
TV★ 5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Moss Taylor
TV★ 4.9
Wichita Town
1959
TV★ 7.4
Men Into Space
1959
as Dr. Narry
TV★ 6.8
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Floyd
TV★ 6.5
The Deputy
1959
as Coffer
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Pete Jessup
MOVIE★ 5.7
Face of a Fugitive
1959
as Purdy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Ride Lonesome
1959
as Whitt
TV★ 6.2
Black Saddle
1959
as Niles
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Colonel Briscoe
TV★ 6.1
Bat Masterson
1958
as Poke Otis
TV★ 5.8
Lawman
1958
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Harry Brind
TV★ 7.1
The Rifleman
1958
as Cy Parker
TV★ 6.0
The Texan
1958
TV★ 6.0
Bronco
1958
TV★ 6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Henry Turner
TV★ 6.9
Trackdown
1957
as Joker Wells
TV★ 6.2
Suspicion
1957
as Matt Carson
TV★ 5.8
The Californians
1957
as Anthony Wayne
TV★ 4.4
The Restless Gun
1957
TV★ 7.7
Perry Mason
1957
as Donald Fletcher
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Ike Daggett
TV★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Night America Trembled
1957
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
TV★ 6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Victor Tavo
TV★ 7.1
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Idaho
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jess Newton
TV★ 5.7
State Trooper
1956
as Dobie
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Andrews
TV★ 6.1
Cheyenne
1955
as Kell
TV★ 6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Buckskin Frank Leslie
TV★ 5.8
The Millionaire
1955
as Lew Bennett
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Jack - Outlaw Leader
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Claude Firman
TV★ 6.6
Death Valley Days
1952
as Steve Barnes
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Atticus Cody
TV★ 7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Sam Chandler
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self