James Coburn
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 31, 1928
- Died
- November 18, 2002
- Birthplace
- 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
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western 2024
as Self
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War 2011
as Self, In Memory Of
- Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait 2006
as Self
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah 2005
as Self
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon 2004
as Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004
as Self (archive footage)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years 2003
as Self - Host
American Gun 2002
as Martin Tillman
The Yellow Bird 2002
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones 2002
as Narrator
I Love Muppets 2002
as Self
Snow Dogs 2002
as Thunder Jack
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee 2001
Actor
Texas Rangers 2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Monsters, Inc. 2001
as Waternoose (voice)
The Man from Elysian Fields 2001
as Alcot
Walter and Henry 2001
as Charlie
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days 2001
as Narrator (voice)
Proximity 2001
as Jim Corcoran
Missing Pieces 2001
as Atticus Cody
Kurosawa 2000
as Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' 2000
as Self
Intrepid 2000
as Captain Hal Josephson
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone 2000
as Self (archive footage)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero 1999
as Self
Payback 1999
as Justin Fairfax
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On 1999
as Self
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape 1999
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Murder 1998
as Drew Oslett, Sr.
Affliction 1998
as Glen Whitehouse
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist 1998
as Self
The Path of the Dragon 1998
as Self
The Second Civil War 1997
as Jack Buchan
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson 1997
as Himself
Keys to Tulsa 1997
as Harmon Shaw
Skeletons 1997
as Frank Jove
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years 1997
as Host
Earth's Two-Minute Warning 1997
as Self
The Cherokee Kid 1996
as Cyrus Bloomington
Football America 1996
as Narrator
- Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right 1996
as Narrator
The Nutty Professor 1996
as Harlan Hartley
Eraser 1996
as Beller
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis 1996
Actor
The Set Up 1995
as Jeremiah Cole
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder 1995
as Jeffery Winslow
The Avenging Angel 1995
as Porter Rockwell
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge 1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Christmas Reunion 1994
as Santa
Greyhounds 1994
as John Dolan
Maverick 1994
as Commodore Duvall
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice 1994
as Jeffrey Winslow
The Life of Bruce Lee 1994
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
Return to 'The Great Escape' 1993
as Self
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 1993
as Mr. Crisp
Deadfall 1993
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
The Curse of the Dragon 1993
as Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron 1993
as Self
The Hit List 1993
as Peter Mayhew
Mastergate 1992
as Major Manley Battle
The Player 1992
as James Coburn
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 1992
as Jim Hathaway
- National Lampoon's True Facts
National Lampoon's True Facts 1992
as Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time 1992
as Narrator (voice)
- Silverfox
Silverfox 1991
as Robert Fox
Hudson Hawk 1991
as George Kaplan
Young Guns II 1990
as John Simpson Chisum
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge 1990
as Narrator
Train to Heaven 1989
as Gregorius
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 1989
as Self (voice)
Call from Space 1989
as Studio Boss
Walking After Midnight 1988
as Self
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987
as Self
Death of a Soldier 1986
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years 1986
as Self (archive footage)
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away 1986
as Self
Martin's Day 1985
as Lt. Lardner
Sins of the Father 1985
as Frank Murchison
Draw! 1984
as Sam Starret
Pinocchio 1984
as The Gypsy
Digital Dreams 1983
as God's Gift to Wyman
Malibu 1983
as Tom Wharton
Looker 1981
as John Reston
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" 1981
as Henry Bellamy
High Risk 1981
as Serrano
Mr. Patman 1981
as Patman
Loving Couples 1980
as Walter
The Baltimore Bullet 1980
as Nick Casey
Goldengirl 1979
as Jack Dryden
The Muppet Movie 1979
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
The Muppets Go Hollywood 1979
as Self (uncredited)
Firepower 1979
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
- Superstunt II
Superstunt II 1979
as Self
Formula 1 - Speed fever 1978
as Self
Circle of Iron 1978
Story
Convoy 1978
Second Unit Director
California Suite 1978
as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
- Superstunt
Superstunt 1977
as Self
White Rock 1977
as James Coburn
Cross of Iron 1977
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth 1976
as Self (archive footage)
Midway 1976
as Capt. Vinton Maddox
The Last Hard Men 1976
as Provo
Sky Riders 1976
as Jim McCabe
Bite the Bullet 1975
as Luke Matthews
Hard Times 1975
as Spencer "Speed" Weed
The Internecine Project 1974
as Robert Elliot
Harry in Your Pocket 1973
as Harry
The Last of Sheila 1973
as Clinton Greene
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973
as Pat Garrett
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die 1972
as Colonel Pembroke
The Honkers 1972
as Lew Lathrop
The Carey Treatment 1972
as Dr. Peter Carey
Duck, You Sucker 1971
as John H. Mallory
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots 1970
as Jeb Stuart Thornton
Hard Contract 1969
as John Cunningham
The Wolf Men 1969
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Candy 1968
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
Duffy 1968
as Duffy
The President's Analyst 1967
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
Waterhole #3 1967
as Lewton Cole
In Like Flint 1967
as Derek Flint
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round 1966
as Eli Kotch
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 1966
as Lieutenant Christian
Our Man Flint 1966
as Derek Flint
The Loved One 1965
as Immigration Officer
A High Wind in Jamaica 1965
as Zac
Major Dundee 1965
as Samuel Potts
The Americanization of Emily 1964
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
- Action on the Beach
Action on the Beach 1964
as Self
Kings of the Sun 1963
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston 1963
as Boyd Palmer
Charade 1963
as Tex Panthollow
The Great Escape 1963
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hell Is for Heroes 1962
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
The Murder Men 1961
as Arthur Troy
The Magnificent Seven 1960
as Britt
Face of a Fugitive 1959
as Purdy
Ride Lonesome 1959
as Whitt
The Night America Trembled 1957
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
Credits from TMDB.