James Coburn

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
August 31, 1928 (74 years old)
Died
November 18, 2002
Place of Birth
Laurel, Nebraska, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Action
Career Span
– 2024

James Coburn

4 wins
144 nominations
2 Oscars
139 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Aug 31, 1928
From
Laurel, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
– 2024

Award Recognition

4
Wins
144
Nominations
2
Oscars

Complete Filmography

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

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
Blood and Steel: The Making of 'Enter the Dragon' as Self

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
I Love Muppets as Self
Snow Dogs as Thunder Jack
American Gun as Martin Tillman
The Yellow Bird as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones as Narrator

2001

Monsters, Inc. as Waternoose (voice) Award
The Man from Elysian Fields as Alcot
Walter and Henry as Charlie
Missing Pieces as Atticus Cody
Proximity as Jim Corcoran
Texas Rangers as Narrator
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days as Narrator (voice)

2000

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey as (archive footage) (uncredited) Award
Intrepid as Captain Hal Josephson
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone as Self (archive footage)
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
Kurosawa as Self

1999

Payback as Justin Fairfax Award
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On as Self
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero as Self
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape as Narrator (voice)

1998

Mr. Murder as Drew Oslett, Sr.
The Path of the Dragon as Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist as Self

1997

The Second Civil War as Jack Buchan Award
Affliction as Glen Whitehouse
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson as Himself
Skeletons as Frank Jove
Keys to Tulsa as Harmon Shaw
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Host

1996

Eraser as WitSec Chief Beller Award
The Nutty Professor as Harlan Hartley Award
The Cherokee Kid as Cyrus Bloomington Award
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right as Narrator
Football America as Narrator

1995

The Avenging Angel as Porter Rockwell
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Jeffery Winslow
The Set Up as Jeremiah Cole
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge as Narrator

1994

Maverick as Commodore Duvall Award
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Jeffrey Winslow
Greyhounds as John Dolan
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon as Himself (archive footage)
The Life of Bruce Lee as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
A Christmas Reunion as Santa

1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Mr. Crisp Award
Deadfall as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
The Hit List as Peter Mayhew
The Curse of the Dragon as Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
Return to 'The Great Escape' as Self

1992

The Player as James Coburn Award
Mastergate as Major Manley Battle
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 as Jim Hathaway
True Facts

1991

Hudson Hawk as George Kaplan Award

1990

Young Guns II as John Simpson Chisum Award
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Narrator

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Himself
Call from Space as Studio Boss
Train to Heaven as Gregorius

1988

Walking After Midnight as Self

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self Award

1986

Death of a Soldier as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg Award
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Self (archive footage)
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away as Self

1985

Martin's Day as Lt. Lardner
Sins of the Father

1984

Bruce Lee: The Legend as Self (archive footage)
Pinocchio as The Gypsy
Draw! as Sam Starret

1983

Malibu as Tom Wharton
Digital Dreams as God's Gift to Wyman

1981

Looker as John Reston
High Risk as Serrano
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls as Henry Bellamy
Mr. Patman as Patman

1980

The Baltimore Bullet as Nick Casey
Loving Couples as Walter

1979

The Muppet Movie as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
Goldengirl as Jack Dryden
Firepower as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
Superstunt II as Self

1978

California Suite as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self

1977

Cross of Iron as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
White Rock as James Coburn

1976

Midway as Capt. Vinton Maddox Award
The Last Hard Men as Provo
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth as Self (archive footage)
Sky Riders as Jim McCabe

1975

Bite the Bullet as Luke Matthews Award
Hard Times as Spencer "Speed" Weed

1974

The Internecine Project as Robert Elliot

1973

The Last of Sheila as Clinton
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Pat Garrett
Harry in Your Pocket as Harry

1972

The Carey Treatment as Dr. Peter Carey
The Honkers as Lew Lathrop
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
The Wolf Men as Narrator

1968

Candy as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
Duffy as Duffy

1967

In Like Flint as Derek Flint
Waterhole #3 as Lewton Cole
The President's Analyst as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

1966

Our Man Flint as Derek Flint Award
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Lieutenant Christian
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Eli Kotch

1965

Major Dundee as Samuel Potts
The Loved One as Immigration Officer
A High Wind in Jamaica as Zac

1964

The Americanization of Emily as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
Action on the Beach as Self

1963

The Great Escape as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer' Award
Charade as Tex Panthollow Award
Kings of the Sun as Narrator (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston as Boyd Palmer

1962

Hell Is for Heroes as Cpl. Frank Henshaw

1961

The Murder Men as Arthur Troy

1960

The Magnificent Seven as Britt Award

1959

Ride Lonesome as Whitt
Face of a Fugitive as Purdy

1957

The Night America Trembled as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

Silverfox as Robert Fox

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Monsters, Inc.
The Great Escape
Our Man Flint
The Magnificent Seven
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Eraser
The Nutty Professor
Maverick
Charade
Death of a Soldier

Career Statistics

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