James Coburn
Known for acting · Born 31 August 1928 · Died 18 November 2002 · aged 74 · Laurel, Nebraska, USA
226 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.
Known for
The Nutty Professor
1996
Monsters, Inc.
2001
Duck, You Sucker
1971
Snow Dogs
2002
Cross of Iron
1977
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
Eraser
1996
Convoy
1978
Maverick
1994
Charade
1963
Midway
1976
Affliction
1998
Acting (221)
2024Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last WesternSelfFilm
2011Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarSelfFilm
2006Sam Peckinpah: PortraitSelfFilm
2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahSelfFilm
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)Film
2004Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the DragonSelfFilm
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsSelf - HostFilm
2002Snow DogsThunder JackFilm
2002American GunMartin TillmanFilm
2002I Love MuppetsSelfFilm
2002The Yellow BirdRev. Increase TutwilerFilm
2002The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called JonesNarratorFilm
2001Monsters, Inc.Waternoose (voice)Film
2001Texas RangersNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
2001The Man from Elysian FieldsAlcotFilm
2001Marilyn Monroe: The Final DaysNarrator (voice)Film
2001Missing PiecesAtticus CodyFilm
2001ProximityJim CorcoranFilm
2001Walter and HenryCharlieFilm
2001The Unbeatable Bruce LeeFilm
2000IntrepidCaptain Hal JosephsonFilm
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneSelf (archive footage)Film
2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'SelfFilm
2000KurosawaSelfFilm
1999PaybackJustin FairfaxFilm
1999Noah's ArkThe 'Peddler' · 2 episodesSeries
1999World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on TapeNarrator (voice)Film
1999Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives OnSelfFilm
1999Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood HeroSelfFilm
1998AfflictionGlen WhitehouseFilm
1998Mr. MurderDrew Oslett, Sr.Film
1998The Path of the DragonSelfFilm
1998The Heaven and Earth ShowSeries
1998Bruce Lee: The Intercepting FistSelfFilm
1997The Second Civil WarJack BuchanFilm
1997Keys to TulsaHarmon ShawFilm
1997SkeletonsFrank JoveFilm
1997The Disappearance of Kevin JohnsonHimselfFilm
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsHostFilm
1997Scene by SceneSelfSeries
1997Earth's Two-Minute WarningSelfFilm
1996The Nutty ProfessorHarlan HartleyFilm
1996EraserBellerFilm
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
1996ProfilerCharles Vanderhorn · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Cherokee KidCyrus BloomingtonFilm
1996Arli$$Sid PerelliSeries
1996Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the RightNarratorFilm
1996Okavango: Africa's Wild OasisFilm
1996Football AmericaNarratorFilm
1995The Set UpJeremiah ColeFilm
1995The Avenging AngelPorter RockwellFilm
1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for MurderJeffery WinslowFilm
1995National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the EdgeSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1994MaverickCommodore DuvallFilm
1994The Life of Bruce LeeSelf - Actor & Student of Bruce LeeFilm
1994A Christmas ReunionSantaFilm
1994GreyhoundsJohn DolanFilm
1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For JusticeJeffrey WinslowFilm
1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitMr. CrispFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993DeadfallMike Donan / Lou DonanFilm
1993The Curse of the DragonSelfFilm
1993The Hit ListPeter MayhewFilm
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronSelfFilm
1993Return to 'The Great Escape'SelfFilm
1992The PlayerJames CoburnFilm
1992Picket FencesWalter BrockSeries
1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232Jim HathawayFilm
1992HBO First LookSeries
1992Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a TimeNarrator (voice)Film
1992MastergateMajor Manley BattleFilm
1992The Fifth CornerDr. Grandwell · 6 episodesSeries
1992National Lampoon's True FactsSelfFilm
1991Hudson HawkGeorge KaplanFilm
1991SilverfoxRobert FoxFilm
1990Young Guns IIJohn Simpson ChisumFilm
1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersLooten Plunder (voice) · 13 episodesSeries
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeNarratorFilm
1989Train to HeavenGregoriusFilm
1989Call from SpaceStudio BossFilm
1989Clive James' Postcard fromSelfSeries
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)Film
1988Walking After MidnightSelfFilm
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelfFilm
1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsSelf (archive footage)Film
1986Death of a SoldierMaj. Patrick DannenbergFilm
1986Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked AwaySelfFilm
1985Martin's DayLt. LardnerFilm
1985Sins of the FatherFrank MurchisonFilm
1984Murder, She WroteCyrus RamseySeries
1984Draw!Sam StarretFilm
1984PinocchioThe GypsyFilm
1983MalibuTom WhartonFilm
1983Digital DreamsGod's Gift to WymanFilm
1982Faerie Tale TheatreThe GypsySeries
1982WoganSelfSeries
1981The Fall GuyJames CoburnSeries
1981LookerJohn RestonFilm
1981High RiskSerranoFilm
1981DarkroomHost · 16 episodesSeries
1981Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"Henry BellamyFilm
1981Mr. PatmanPatmanFilm
1980Loving CouplesWalterFilm
1980The Baltimore BulletNick CaseyFilm
1979The Muppet MovieEl Sleezo Cafe OwnerFilm
1979FirepowerJerry Fanon / EddieFilm
1979The Muppets Go HollywoodSelf (uncredited)Film
1979GoldengirlJack DrydenFilm
1979Superstunt IISelfFilm
1978California SuiteActor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)Film
1978Formula 1 - Speed feverSelfFilm
1978The Dain CurseHamilton Nash · 3 episodesSeries
1977Cross of IronUnteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf SteinerFilm
1977White RockJames CoburnFilm
1977SuperstuntSelfFilm
1976The Muppet ShowSelf - Special Guest StarSeries
1976MidwayCapt. Vinton MaddoxFilm
1976The Last Hard MenProvoFilm
1976Sky RidersJim McCabeFilm
1976Bruce Lee: The Man, The MythSelf (archive footage)Film
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
1975Hard TimesSpencer "Speed" WeedFilm
1975Bite the BulletLuke MatthewsFilm
1975People's Choice AwardsSelfSeries
1974The Internecine ProjectRobert ElliotFilm
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidPat GarrettFilm
1973The Last of SheilaClinton GreeneFilm
1973Harry in Your PocketHarryFilm
1972A Reason to Live, a Reason to DieColonel PembrokeFilm
1972The Carey TreatmentDr. Peter CareyFilm
1972The HonkersLew LathropFilm
1971Duck, You SuckerJohn H. MalloryFilm
1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
1970Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsJeb Stuart ThorntonFilm
1969Hard ContractJohn CunninghamFilm
1969The Wolf MenSelf - Narrator (voice)Film
1968CandyDr. A.B. KrankheitFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1968DuffyDuffyFilm
1967In Like FlintDerek FlintFilm
1967The President's AnalystDr. Sidney SchaeferFilm
1967Waterhole #3Lewton ColeFilm
1966Our Man FlintDerek FlintFilm
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Lieutenant ChristianFilm
1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundEli KotchFilm
1965Major DundeeSamuel PottsFilm
1965The Loved OneImmigration OfficerFilm
1965A High Wind in JamaicaZacFilm
1964The Americanization of EmilyLt. Commander Paul "Bus" CummingsFilm
1964Action on the BeachSelfFilm
1963The Great EscapeSedgwick 'Manufacturer'Film
1963CharadeTex PanthollowFilm
1963Kings of the SunNarrator (uncredited)Film
1963The Man from GalvestonBoyd PalmerFilm
1963The Greatest Show on EarthKellySeries
1962Hell Is for HeroesCpl. Frank HenshawFilm
1962Combat!Cpl. Arnold KangerSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1962Stoney BurkeDr. Henry JamisonSeries
1961The DefendersEarl ChafeeSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
1961Cain's HundredArthur TroySeries
1961AcapulcoGregg Miles · 8 episodesSeries
1961The Murder MenArthur TroyFilm
1960The Magnificent SevenBrittFilm
1960Route 66Series
1960CheckmateGreschSeries
1960The Tall ManJohn MillerSeries
1960Stagecoach WestSam MurdockSeries
1960KlondikeJeff Durain · 17 episodesSeries
1960TateSeries
1960OutlawsSeries
1960The AquanautsJoe CaseySeries
1959The Twilight ZoneMajor FrenchSeries
1959BonanzaPete Jessup, Ross Marquette, Elmer TraceSeries
1959Ride LonesomeWhittFilm
1959The UntouchablesDennis GarritySeries
1959RawhideColonel BriscoeSeries
1959Face of a FugitivePurdyFilm
1959The DetectivesSeries
1959Johnny RingoMoss TaylorSeries
1959The DeputyCofferSeries
1959Black SaddleNilesSeries
1959Men Into SpaceDr. NarrySeries
1959Wichita Town · 2 episodesSeries
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonFloydSeries
1959Bourbon Street BeatBuzz GriffinSeries
1958The RiflemanCy Parker, AmbroseSeries
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveHenry Turner, Jesse Holloway, Howard CatlettSeries
1958Peter GunnSeries
1958Bat MastersonPoke Otis, Leo TalleySeries
1958Naked CityHarry BrindSeries
1958Lawman, Lank BaileySeries
1958Bronco · 2 episodesSeries
1958The TexanSeries
1957Perry MasonDonald Fletcher, General Addison BrandSeries
1957Have Gun, Will Travel, Jack HarveySeries
1957Wagon TrainIke DaggettSeries
1957Tales of Wells FargoIdahoSeries
1957SuspicionMatt CarsonSeries
1957TrackdownJoker WellsSeries
1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveVictor TavoSeries
1957The CaliforniansAnthony Wayne, Deputy Anthony WayneSeries
1957The Restless GunSeries
1957The Night America TrembledSam (as Jim Coburn)Film
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJess Newton, Charlie DoyleSeries
1956State TrooperDobieSeries
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAndrews, Union SergeantSeries
1955CheyenneKellSeries
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpBuckskin Frank LeslieSeries
1955The MillionaireLew BennettSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyJack - Outlaw Leader, Mexican Police Captain (uncredited)Series
1953The OscarsSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1953General Electric TheaterClaude FirmanSeries
1952Death Valley DaysSteve BarnesSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameAtticus CodySeries
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelfSeries
1948Studio OneSam ChandlerSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf, Self - PresenterSeries
Crew (1)
2011Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarIn Memory OfFilm
Directing (2)
1978ConvoySecond Unit DirectorFilm
1974The Rockford FilesDirectorSeries
Production (1)
2001The Mists of AvalonExecutive ProducerSeries
Writing (1)
1978Circle of IronStoryFilm