James Coburn

Personal Info

Birthday

August 31, 1928

Day of Death

2002-11-18

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Laurel, Nebraska, USA

Also Known As

詹姆士·柯本

Джеймс Кобурн

جیمز کابرن

James Coburn

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

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

Wagon Train

Monsters, Inc.

The Twilight Zone

Have Gun, Will Travel

Cheyenne

Filmography

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