
James Coburn
August 31, 1928 (96 years old) in Laurel, Nebraska, USA
James Harrison Coburn III 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
Credits
- 2024 · Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western as Self
- 2012 · I Am Bruce Lee as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War as Self
- 2006 · Sam Peckinpah: Portrait as Self
- 2005 · Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
- 2004 · Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon' as Self
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years as Self - Host
- 2002 · The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · American Gun as Martin Tillman
- 2002 · The Yellow Bird as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
- 2002 · The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones as Narrator
- 2002 · I Love Muppets as Self
- 2002 · Snow Dogs as Thunder Jack
- 2001 · Texas Rangers as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2001 · Monsters, Inc. as Waternoose (voice)
- 2001 · The Man from Elysian Fields as Alcot
- 2001 · Walter and Henry as Charlie
- 2001 · Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Proximity as Jim Corcoran
- 2001 · Missing Pieces as Atticus Cody
- 2000 · Kurosawa as Self
- 2000 · Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000 · Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
- 2000 · Intrepid as Captain Hal Josephson
- 2000 · Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as The 'Peddler'
- 1999 · Payback as Justin Fairfax
- 1999 · Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On as Self
- 1999 · World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Mr. Murder as Drew Oslett, Sr.
- 1998 · The Heaven and Earth Show as
- 1998 · The Path of the Dragon as Self
- 1998 · Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist as Self
- 1997 · Affliction as Glen Whitehouse
- 1997 · The Second Civil War as Jack Buchan
- 1997 · The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson as Himself
- 1997 · Scene by Scene as Self
- 1997 · Keys to Tulsa as Harmon Shaw
- 1997 · Skeletons as Frank Jove
- 1997 · Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Host
- 1996 · The Cherokee Kid as Cyrus Bloomington
- 1996 · Football America as Narrator
- 1996 · Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right as Narrator
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Arli$$ as
- 1996 · The Nutty Professor as Harlan Hartley
- 1996 · Eraser as WitSec Chief Beller
- 1996 · Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis as
- 1995 · The Set Up as Jeremiah Cole
- 1995 · Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Jeffery Winslow
- 1995 · The Avenging Angel as Porter Rockwell
- 1995 · National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge as Narrator
- 1994 · A Christmas Reunion as Santa
- 1994 · Greyhounds as John Dolan
- 1994 · Maverick as Commodore Duvall
- 1994 · Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Jeffrey Winslow
- 1994 · Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon as Himself (archive footage)
- 1994 · The Life of Bruce Lee as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
- 1993 · Return to 'The Great Escape' as Self
- 1993 · Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Mr. Crisp
- 1993 · Deadfall as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
- 1993 · The Curse of the Dragon as Self
- 1993 · Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- 1993 · The Hit List as Peter Mayhew
- 1992 · Mastergate as Major Manley Battle
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · The Player as James Coburn
- 1992 · The Fifth Corner as Dr. Grandwell
- 1992 · Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Jim Hathaway
- 1992 · True Facts as
- 1992 · Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Silverfox as Robert Fox
- 1991 · Hudson Hawk as George Kaplan
- 1990 · Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Looten Plunder (voice)
- 1990 · Young Guns II as John Simpson Chisum
- 1990 · Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Narrator
- 1989 · Train to Heaven as Gregorius
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Himself
- 1989 · Call from Space as Studio Boss
- 1988 · Walking After Midnight as Self
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Death of a Soldier as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
- 1986 · The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away as Self
- 1985 · Martin's Day as Lt. Lardner
- 1985 · Sins of the Father as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Cyrus Ramsey
- 1984 · Draw! as Sam Starret
- 1984 · Pinocchio as The Gypsy
- 1984 · Bruce Lee: The Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Malibu as Tom Wharton
- 1983 · Digital Dreams as God's Gift to Wyman
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as The Gypsy
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · Darkroom as
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as James Coburn
- 1981 · Looker as John Reston
- 1981 · Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls as Henry Bellamy
- 1981 · High Risk as Serrano
- 1981 · Mr. Patman as Patman
- 1980 · Loving Couples as Walter
- 1980 · The Baltimore Bullet as Nick Casey
- 1979 · Goldengirl as Jack Dryden
- 1979 · The Muppet Movie as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
- 1979 · The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- 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
- 1978 · The Dain Curse as Hamilton Nash
- 1977 · Cross of Iron as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
- 1977 · White Rock as James Coburn
- 1976 · Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · The Muppet Show as Self - Special Guest Star
- 1976 · Midway as Capt. Vinton Maddox
- 1976 · The Last Hard Men as Provo
- 1976 · Sky Riders as Jim McCabe
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Bite the Bullet as Luke Matthews
- 1975 · Hard Times as Spencer "Speed" Weed
- 1974 · The Internecine Project as Robert Elliot
- 1973 · Harry in Your Pocket as Harry
- 1973 · The Last of Sheila as Clinton
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
- 1972 · A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die as Colonel Pembroke
- 1972 · The Honkers as Lew Lathrop
- 1972 · The Carey Treatment as Dr. Peter Carey
- 1971 · Duck, You Sucker as John H. Mallory
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 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
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · The President's Analyst as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
- 1967 · Waterhole #3 as Lewton Cole
- 1967 · In Like Flint as Derek Flint
- 1966 · Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Eli Kotch
- 1966 · What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Lieutenant Christian
- 1966 · Our Man Flint as Derek Flint
- 1965 · The Loved One as Immigration Officer
- 1965 · A High Wind in Jamaica as Zac
- 1965 · Major Dundee as Samuel Potts
- 1964 · The Americanization of Emily as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
- 1964 · Action on the Beach as Self
- 1963 · The Man from Galveston as Boyd Palmer
- 1963 · Kings of the Sun as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1963 · Charade as Tex Panthollow
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Kelly
- 1963 · The Great Escape as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
- 1962 · Combat! as Cpl. Arnold Kanger
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as Dr. Henry Jamison
- 1962 · Hell Is for Heroes as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Arthur Troy
- 1961 · The Defenders as Earl Chafee
- 1961 · Acapulco as Gregg Miles
- 1961 · The Murder Men as Arthur Troy
- 1960 · The Magnificent Seven as Britt
- 1960 · Klondike as Jeff Durain
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Stagecoach West as Sam Murdock
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · Checkmate as Gresch
- 1960 · The Aquanauts as Joe Casey
- 1960 · The Tall Man as John Miller
- 1960 · Tate as
- 1959 · The Detectives as
- 1959 · The Untouchables as Dennis Garrity
- 1959 · Bourbon Street Beat as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Major French
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Moss Taylor
- 1959 · Men Into Space as Dr. Narry
- 1959 · Wichita Town as
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Floyd
- 1959 · Bonanza as Pete Jessup
- 1959 · Bonanza as Ross Marquette
- 1959 · Bonanza as Elmer Trace
- 1959 · The Deputy as Coffer
- 1959 · Face of a Fugitive as Purdy
- 1959 · Ride Lonesome as Whitt
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Niles
- 1959 · Rawhide as Colonel Briscoe
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Poke Otis
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Leo Talley
- 1958 · Lawman as
- 1958 · Lawman as Lank Bailey
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Cy Parker
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Ambrose
- 1958 · Naked City as Harry Brind
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Peter Gunn as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Henry Turner
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jesse Holloway
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Howard Catlett
- 1957 · Trackdown as Joker Wells
- 1957 · Suspicion as Matt Carson
- 1957 · The Californians as Anthony Wayne
- 1957 · The Californians as Deputy Anthony Wayne
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Donald Fletcher
- 1957 · Perry Mason as General Addison Brand
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Jack Harvey
- 1957 · The Night America Trembled as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Victor Tavo
- 1957 · Tales of Wells Fargo as Idaho
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jess Newton
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Charlie Doyle
- 1956 · State Trooper as Dobie
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Andrews
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Union Sergeant
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Kell
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Buckskin Frank Leslie
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Lew Bennett
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Jack - Outlaw Leader
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Mexican Police Captain (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Claude Firman
- 1952 · Death Valley Days as Steve Barnes
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Atticus Cody
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1948 · Studio One as Sam Chandler
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter