
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 Great Escape (1963)
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Britt

The Player (1992)
as James Coburn

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

The Nutty Professor (1996)
as Harlan Hartley

Payback (1999)
as Justin Fairfax

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

Charade (1963)
as Tex Panthollow

The Muppet Movie (1979)
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

Midway (1976)
as Capt. Vinton Maddox

Eraser (1996)
as Beller

Hudson Hawk (1991)
as George Kaplan

Maverick (1994)
as Commodore Duvall

Young Guns II (1990)
as John Simpson Chisum

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

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

Snow Dogs (2002)
as Thunder Jack

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

Deadfall (1993)
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

Hard Times (1975)
as Spencer "Speed" Weed

Major Dundee (1965)
as Samuel Potts

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

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

The Cherokee Kid (1996)
as Cyrus Bloomington

The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
as Alcot

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

The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
as Self

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

Ride Lonesome (1959)
as Whitt

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" (1981)
as Henry Bellamy

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

Our Man Flint (1966)
as Derek Flint

The Last Hard Men (1976)
as Provo

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

The Last of Sheila (1973)
as Clinton Greene

Affliction (1998)
as Glen Whitehouse

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

Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Luke Matthews

In Like Flint (1967)
as Derek Flint

The Second Civil War (1997)
as Jack Buchan

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001)
Actor

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

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

The Loved One (1965)
as Immigration Officer

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

The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979)
as Self (uncredited)

Intrepid (2000)
as Captain Hal Josephson

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

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

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

Looker (1981)
as John Reston

Mastergate (1992)
as Major Manley Battle

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

Face of a Fugitive (1959)
as Purdy

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

Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Lewton Cole
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
as Zac

High Risk (1981)
as Serrano

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

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

The Hit List (1993)
as Peter Mayhew

The Path of the Dragon (1998)
as Self

Keys to Tulsa (1997)
as Harmon Shaw

The Man from Galveston (1963)
as Boyd Palmer

Sky Riders (1976)
as Jim McCabe
Superstunt II (1979)
as Self

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

Kurosawa (2000)
as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000)
as Self
Superstunt (1977)
as Self

The Internecine Project (1974)
as Robert Elliot

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

Greyhounds (1994)
as John Dolan

Digital Dreams (1983)
as God's Gift to Wyman

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
as Jeffery Winslow

Pinocchio (1984)
as The Gypsy

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1997)
as Himself

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

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

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

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

Goldengirl (1979)
as Jack Dryden

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1998)
as Self

Firepower (1979)
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
as Self

Loving Couples (1980)
as Walter

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

Harry in Your Pocket (1973)
as Harry

Sins of the Father (1985)
as Frank Murchison

The Baltimore Bullet (1980)
as Nick Casey

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

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

Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self

The Carey Treatment (1972)
as Dr. Peter Carey

Call from Space (1989)
as Studio Boss

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

The Yellow Bird (2002)
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

Proximity (2001)
as Jim Corcoran

Draw! (1984)
as Sam Starret

The Avenging Angel (1995)
as Porter Rockwell

The Honkers (1972)
as Lew Lathrop

Hard Contract (1969)
as John Cunningham
Silverfox (1991)
as Robert Fox

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
as Self
Action on the Beach (1964)
as Self

Skeletons (1997)
as Frank Jove

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon (2004)
as Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992)
as Narrator (voice)

Mr. Patman (1981)
as Patman

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)
as Self
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999)
as Self

Duffy (1968)
as Duffy

Walter and Henry (2001)
as Charlie

Martin's Day (1985)
as Lt. Lardner

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

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

American Gun (2002)
as Martin Tillman

Missing Pieces (2001)
as Atticus Cody

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

The Wolf Men (1969)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006)
as Self

I Love Muppets (2002)
as Self

Malibu (1983)
as Tom Wharton

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

The Murder Men (1961)
as Arthur Troy

Walking After Midnight (1988)
as Self

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis (1996)
Actor

Football America (1996)
as Narrator

Train to Heaven (1989)
as Gregorius

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones (2002)
as Narrator

White Rock (1977)
as James Coburn

A Christmas Reunion (1994)
as Santa
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996)
as Narrator

Earth's Two-Minute Warning (1997)
as Self
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape (1999)
as Narrator (voice)





