
James Coburn
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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
Credits

Monsters, Inc. (2001)
as Waternoose (voice)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Britt

The Great Escape (1963)
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Candy (1968)
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit

Payback (1999)
as Justin Fairfax

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
as Mr. Crisp

The Nutty Professor (1996)
as Harlan Hartley

Eraser (1996)
as WitSec Chief Beller

Midway (1976)
as Capt. Vinton Maddox

Duck, You Sucker (1971)
as John H. Mallory

Charade (1963)
as Tex Panthollow

The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

The Player (1992)
as James Coburn

The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
as Alcot

Maverick (1994)
as Commodore Duvall

Young Guns II (1990)
as John Simpson Chisum

Snow Dogs (2002)
as Thunder Jack

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
as Pat Garrett

Hudson Hawk (1991)
as George Kaplan

Cross of Iron (1977)
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

Affliction (1998)
as Glen Whitehouse

Hard Times (1975)
as Spencer "Speed" Weed

The Last of Sheila (1973)
as Clinton Greene

The Life of Bruce Lee (1994)
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee

Intrepid (2000)
as Captain Hal Josephson

Ride Lonesome (1959)
as Whitt

Major Dundee (1965)
as Samuel Potts

California Suite (1978)
as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)

The Last Hard Men (1976)
as Provo

Texas Rangers (2001)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Mr. Patman (1981)
as Patman

Pinocchio (1984)
as The Gypsy

Mastergate (1992)
as Major Manley Battle

The Internecine Project (1974)
as Robert Elliot

Digital Dreams (1983)
as God's Gift to Wyman
Action on the Beach (1964)
as Self

Kings of the Sun (1963)
as Narrator (uncredited)

Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Luke Matthews

The Carey Treatment (1972)
as Dr. Peter Carey

The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self

Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw

The Avenging Angel (1995)
as Porter Rockwell

The Cherokee Kid (1996)
as Cyrus Bloomington

The Man from Galveston (1963)
as Boyd Palmer
Superstunt (1977)
as Self

The President's Analyst (1967)
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

Looker (1981)
as John Reston

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
as Lieutenant Christian

Mr. Murder (1998)
as Drew Oslett, Sr.

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
Actor

Martin's Day (1985)
as Lt. Lardner

The Americanization of Emily (1964)
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

The Path of the Dragon (1998)
as Self

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972)
as Colonel Pembroke

The Second Civil War (1997)
as Jack Buchan

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" (1981)
as Henry Bellamy
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006)
as Self

The Loved One (1965)
as Immigration Officer

Deadfall (1993)
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

Face of a Fugitive (1959)
as Purdy

Death of a Soldier (1986)
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

In Like Flint (1967)
as Derek Flint

The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
as Nick Casey

Kurosawa (2000)
as Self

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
as Zac
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999)
as Self

The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
as Self

Firepower (1979)
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

Keys to Tulsa (1997)
as Harmon Shaw

Goldengirl (1979)
as Jack Dryden

Duffy (1968)
as Duffy

Call from Space (1989)
as Studio Boss

The Yellow Bird (2002)
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)
as Self (archive footage)

Harry in Your Pocket (1973)
as Harry

Sky Riders (1976)
as Jim McCabe

Hard Contract (1969)
as John Cunningham

Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Lewton Cole

The Honkers (1972)
as Lew Lathrop

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
as Self

A Christmas Reunion (1994)
as Santa

Our Man Flint (1966)
as Derek Flint

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)
as Jim Hathaway

The Hit List (1993)
as Peter Mayhew
Superstunt II (1979)
as Self
Silverfox (1991)
as Robert Fox

American Gun (2002)
as Martin Tillman

High Risk (1981)
as Serrano

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

The Wolf Men (1969)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Greyhounds (1994)
as John Dolan

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
as Jeb Stuart Thornton

Missing Pieces (2001)
as Atticus Cody

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)
as Narrator (voice)

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
as Host

Train to Heaven (1989)
as Gregorius

Walking After Midnight (1988)
as Self

Skeletons (1997)
as Frank Jove

Proximity (2001)
as Jim Corcoran

Loving Couples (1980)
as Walter
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)
as Narrator (voice)

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
as Self

I Love Muppets (2002)
as Self

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Noah's Ark (1999)
as Peddler

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
as Self

Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self

Draw! (1984)
as Sam Starret

Walter and Henry (2001)
as Charlie

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
as Eli Kotch

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Narrator

Sins of the Father (1985)
as Frank Murchison

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000)
as Self

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1997)
as Himself
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)

The Set Up (1995)
as Jeremiah Cole
National Lampoon's True Facts (1992)
as Self

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon (2004)
as Self

Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999)
as Self

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994)
as Jeffrey Winslow

Return to 'The Great Escape' (1993)
as Self

The Night America Trembled (1957)
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

The Murder Men (1961)
as Arthur Troy

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western (2024)
as Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2003)
as Self - Host

Malibu (1983)
as Tom Wharton

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011)
as Self

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
as Jeffery Winslow
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996)
as Narrator

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)
as Self

Football America (1996)
as Narrator

White Rock (1977)
as James Coburn

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis (1996)
Actor

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones (2002)
as Narrator
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Earth's Two-Minute Warning (1997)
as Self

National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge (1995)
as Self - Narrator (voice)





