James Coburn
Known for Acting · 221 credits
- Born
- 1928-08-31
- Died
- 2002-11-18
- Place of birth
- Laurel, Nebraska, USA
- Also known as
- 詹姆士·柯本 · Джеймс Кобурн · جیمز کابرن
Biography
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
TV Shows (81)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Perry Mason
1957
as Donald Fletcher / General Addison Brand
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Cyrus Ramsey
Bonanza
1959
as Pete Jessup / Ross Marquette / Elmer Trace
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter
The Rifleman
1958
as Cy Parker / Ambrose
Wagon Train
1957
as Ike Daggett
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Major French
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Jack Harvey
Lawman
1958
as Lank Bailey
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Buckskin Frank Leslie
Cheyenne
1955
as Kell
Studio One
1948
as Sam Chandler
The Untouchables
1959
as Dennis Garrity
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jess Newton / Charlie Doyle
Combat!
1962
as Cpl. Arnold Kanger
Naked City
1958
as Harry Brind
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Rawhide
1959
as Colonel Briscoe
Route 66
1960
Profiler
1996
as Charles Vanderhorn
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Henry Turner / Jesse Holloway / Howard Catlett
The Defenders
1961
as Earl Chafee
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
as Looten Plunder (voice)
Arli$$
1996
as Sid Perelli
The Fall Guy
1981
as James Coburn
Peter Gunn
1958
The Oscars
1953
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Bat Masterson
1958
as Poke Otis / Leo Talley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Andrews / Union Sergeant
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as The Gypsy
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Victor Tavo
The Texan
1958
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Idaho
The Detectives
1959
Picket Fences
1992
as Walter Brock
Trackdown
1957
as Joker Wells
The Millionaire
1955
as Lew Bennett
Checkmate
1960
as Gresch
The Deputy
1959
as Coffer
Black Saddle
1959
as Niles
Bronco
1958
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star
State Trooper
1956
as Dobie
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
The Tall Man
1960
as John Miller
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Arthur Troy
Outlaws
1960
HBO First Look
1992
Stagecoach West
1960
as Sam Murdock
Stoney Burke
1962
as Dr. Henry Jamison
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Floyd
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Moss Taylor
Movies (140)
Monsters, Inc.
2001
as Waternoose (voice)
Midway
1976
as Capt. Vinton Maddox
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Britt
The Great Escape
1963
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Eraser
1996
as WitSec Chief Beller
Payback
1999
as Justin Fairfax
Maverick
1994
as Commodore Duvall
The Man from Elysian Fields
2001
as Alcot
The Nutty Professor
1996
as Harlan Hartley
Charade
1963
as Tex Panthollow
Candy
1968
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
The Player
1992
as James Coburn
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Mr. Crisp
Duck, You Sucker
1971
as John H. Mallory
Young Guns II
1990
as John Simpson Chisum
The Muppet Movie
1979
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
Snow Dogs
2002
as Thunder Jack
Hudson Hawk
1991
as George Kaplan
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Pat Garrett
Hard Times
1975
as Spencer "Speed" Weed
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Cross of Iron
1977
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Waterhole #3
1967
as Lewton Cole
Major Dundee
1965
as Samuel Potts
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
Looker
1981
as John Reston
California Suite
1978
as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
Malibu
1983
as Tom Wharton
Texas Rangers
2001
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Luke Matthews
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Keys to Tulsa
1997
as Harmon Shaw
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966
as Lieutenant Christian
In Like Flint
1967
as Derek Flint
The Second Civil War
1997
as Jack Buchan
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Cyrus Bloomington
Goldengirl
1979
as Jack Dryden
The Last of Sheila
1973
as Clinton Greene
Affliction
1998
as Glen Whitehouse
Mr. Murder
1998
as Drew Oslett, Sr.
Ride Lonesome
1959
as Whitt
The Loved One
1965
as Immigration Officer
Deadfall
1993
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as Self (archive footage)
The Americanization of Emily
1964
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
Our Man Flint
1966
as Derek Flint
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Hell Is for Heroes
1962
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
Kurosawa
2000
as Self
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966
as Eli Kotch
The Life of Bruce Lee
1994
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kings of the Sun
1963
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Narrator
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972
as Colonel Pembroke
Loving Couples
1980
as Walter
Mastergate
1992
as Major Manley Battle
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Dr. Peter Carey
Firepower
1979
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
The Last Hard Men
1976
as Provo
The Avenging Angel
1995
as Porter Rockwell
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
2004
as Self
High Risk
1981
as Serrano
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992
as Jim Hathaway
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
Skeletons
1997
as Frank Jove
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Host
Draw!
1984
as Sam Starret
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The President's Analyst
1967
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
1999
as Self
The Hit List
1993
as Peter Mayhew
Missing Pieces
2001
as Atticus Cody
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965
as Zac
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
as Jeffrey Winslow
The Set Up
1995
as Jeremiah Cole
Proximity
2001
as Jim Corcoran
The Internecine Project
1974
as Robert Elliot
The Path of the Dragon
1998
as Self
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
as Jeffery Winslow
The Baltimore Bullet
1980
as Nick Casey
Silverfox
1991
as Robert Fox
The Man from Galveston
1963
as Boyd Palmer
The Yellow Bird
2002
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
Intrepid
2000
as Captain Hal Josephson
Face of a Fugitive
1959
as Purdy
The Curse of the Dragon
1993
as Self
Harry in Your Pocket
1973
as Harry
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
1997
as Himself
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Pinocchio
1984
as The Gypsy
Digital Dreams
1983
as God's Gift to Wyman
Sky Riders
1976
as Jim McCabe
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999
as Self
Greyhounds
1994
as John Dolan
The Honkers
1972
as Lew Lathrop
Mr. Patman
1981
as Patman
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
2011
as Self
Walter and Henry
2001
as Charlie
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
1981
as Henry Bellamy
Death of a Soldier
1986
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
I Love Muppets
2002
as Self
Hard Contract
1969
as John Cunningham
Noah's Ark
1999
as Peddler
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
1998
as Self
Walking After Midnight
1988
as Self
Duffy
1968
as Duffy
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970
as Jeb Stuart Thornton
Martin's Day
1985
as Lt. Lardner
The Night America Trembled
1957
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
Sins of the Father
1985
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self
A Christmas Reunion
1994
as Santa
American Gun
2002
as Martin Tillman
Superstunt
1977
as Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
as Self
About James Coburn
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. With 221 credits spanning from 1944 to 2024, James Coburn has appeared in 140 films and 81 TV shows.
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Most Popular James Coburn Movies
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) — as Waternoose (voice)
- Midway (1976) — as Capt. Vinton Maddox
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) — as Britt
- The Great Escape (1963) — as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
- Eraser (1996) — as WitSec Chief Beller
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