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James Coburn

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.

Born

Aug 31, 1928

Laurel, Nebraska, USA

Died

Nov 18, 2002

Known For

Acting

Movies

140 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.7

movie

Known For

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

2001

as Waternoose (voice)
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

as Britt
Eraser

Eraser

1996

as WitSec Chief Beller
Midway

Midway

1976

as Capt. Vinton Maddox
Payback

Payback

1999

as Justin Fairfax
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963

as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

as Mr. Crisp
The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor

1996

as Harlan Hartley
Young Guns II

Young Guns II

1990

as John Simpson Chisum
Maverick

Maverick

1994

as Commodore Duvall
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
2001 • as Waternoose (voice)
★ 7.9
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
1960 • as Britt
★ 7.5
Candy
Candy
1968 • as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
★ 5.2
Eraser
Eraser
1996 • as WitSec Chief Beller
★ 6.1
Midway
Midway
1976 • as Capt. Vinton Maddox
★ 6.6
Payback
Payback
1999 • as Justin Fairfax
★ 6.8
The Great Escape
The Great Escape
1963 • as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
★ 7.9
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 • as Mr. Crisp
★ 6.4
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor
1996 • as Harlan Hartley
★ 5.6
Young Guns II
Young Guns II
1990 • as John Simpson Chisum
★ 6.5
Maverick
Maverick
1994 • as Commodore Duvall
★ 6.9
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields
2001 • as Alcot
★ 5.9
The Player
The Player
1992 • as James Coburn
★ 7.2
Duck, You Sucker
Duck, You Sucker
1971 • as John H. Mallory
★ 7.7
Charade
Charade
1963 • as Tex Panthollow
★ 7.7
Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs
2002 • as Thunder Jack
★ 5.6
Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk
1991 • as George Kaplan
★ 5.7
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie
1979 • as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
★ 7.2
Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers
2001 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Looker
Looker
1981 • as John Reston
★ 6.1
The Last Hard Men
The Last Hard Men
1976 • as Provo
★ 6.2
Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron
1977 • as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
★ 7.1
Hard Times
Hard Times
1975 • as Spencer "Speed" Weed
★ 6.8
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 • as Pat Garrett
★ 7.2
Deadfall
Deadfall
1993 • as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
★ 4.1
Major Dundee
Major Dundee
1965 • as Samuel Potts
★ 6.7
The Carey Treatment
The Carey Treatment
1972 • as Dr. Peter Carey
★ 6.0
Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet
1975 • as Luke Matthews
★ 6.5
In Like Flint
In Like Flint
1967 • as Derek Flint
★ 6.1
The Loved One
The Loved One
1965 • as Immigration Officer
★ 6.2
Ride Lonesome
Ride Lonesome
1959 • as Whitt
★ 6.7
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily
1964 • as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
★ 6.7
California Suite
California Suite
1978 • as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Hell Is for Heroes
Hell Is for Heroes
1962 • as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
★ 6.5
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Our Man Flint
Our Man Flint
1966 • as Derek Flint
★ 6.4
Affliction
Affliction
1998 • as Glen Whitehouse
★ 6.3
The Cherokee Kid
The Cherokee Kid
1996 • as Cyrus Bloomington
★ 5.5
The Last of Sheila
The Last of Sheila
1973 • as Clinton Greene
★ 6.9
Firepower
Firepower
1979 • as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
★ 5.0
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992 • as Jim Hathaway
★ 5.9
The Life of Bruce Lee
The Life of Bruce Lee
1994 • as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
★ 7.0
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 • as Lieutenant Christian
★ 6.0
Kings of the Sun
Kings of the Sun
1963 • as Narrator (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Malibu
Malibu
1983 • as Tom Wharton
★ 3.8
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972 • as Colonel Pembroke
★ 6.3
Mr. Patman
Mr. Patman
1981 • as Patman
★ 4.7
The Avenging Angel
The Avenging Angel
1995 • as Porter Rockwell
★ 5.0
The Curse of the Dragon
The Curse of the Dragon
1993 • as Self
★ 7.2
Goldengirl
Goldengirl
1979 • as Jack Dryden
★ 5.4
movie
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 • as Self (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 • as Self
★ 6.3
Missing Pieces
Missing Pieces
2001 • as Atticus Cody
★ 5.7
The Wolf Men
The Wolf Men
1969 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
Waterhole #3
Waterhole #3
1967 • as Lewton Cole
★ 5.9
The Hit List
The Hit List
1993 • as Peter Mayhew
★ 4.9
Keys to Tulsa
Keys to Tulsa
1997 • as Harmon Shaw
★ 4.9
Mr. Murder
Mr. Murder
1998 • as Drew Oslett, Sr.
★ 5.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • as Self
★ 6.0
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
1984 • as The Gypsy
★ 5.2
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966 • as Eli Kotch
★ 5.7
Intrepid
Intrepid
2000 • as Captain Hal Josephson
★ 4.4
The Second Civil War
The Second Civil War
1997 • as Jack Buchan
★ 6.1
The President's Analyst
The President's Analyst
1967 • as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
★ 5.8
The Set Up
The Set Up
1995 • as Jeremiah Cole
★ 4.3
movie
Silverfox
1991 • as Robert Fox
Martin's Day
Martin's Day
1985 • as Lt. Lardner
★ 6.4
The Honkers
The Honkers
1972 • as Lew Lathrop
★ 6.0
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003 • as Self - Host
★ 6.3
Draw!
Draw!
1984 • as Sam Starret
★ 6.4
Face of a Fugitive
Face of a Fugitive
1959 • as Purdy
★ 5.7
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark
1999 • as Peddler
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.8
movie
Superstunt II
1979 • as Self
★ 7.0
High Risk
High Risk
1981 • as Serrano
★ 6.0
Proximity
Proximity
2001 • as Jim Corcoran
★ 4.3
The Night America Trembled
The Night America Trembled
1957 • as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
★ 7.5
Kurosawa
Kurosawa
2000 • as Self
★ 7.0
Duffy
Duffy
1968 • as Duffy
★ 6.3
Hard Contract
Hard Contract
1969 • as John Cunningham
★ 5.0
Loving Couples
Loving Couples
1980 • as Walter
★ 4.8
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965 • as Zac
★ 6.3
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 • as Self
★ 7.6
Skeletons
Skeletons
1997 • as Frank Jove
★ 4.2
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
1997 • as Himself
★ 3.7
movie
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.2
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994 • as Jeffrey Winslow
★ 10.0
Sky Riders
Sky Riders
1976 • as Jim McCabe
★ 6.2
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 9.0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995 • as Jeffery Winslow
★ 7.0
movie
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999 • as Self
★ 8.0
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
1999 • as Self
★ 8.0
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
★ 8.4
Walter and Henry
Walter and Henry
2001 • as Charlie
★ 8.6
Mastergate
Mastergate
1992 • as Major Manley Battle
★ 4.5
The Internecine Project
The Internecine Project
1974 • as Robert Elliot
★ 6.0
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
1981 • as Henry Bellamy
★ 4.8
The Yellow Bird
The Yellow Bird
2002 • as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
★ 10.0
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
1998 • as Self
★ 2.5
The Path of the Dragon
The Path of the Dragon
1998 • as Self
★ 6.8
The Baltimore Bullet
The Baltimore Bullet
1980 • as Nick Casey
★ 5.7
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978 • as Self
★ 7.1
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
2004 • as Self
★ 8.7
Return to 'The Great Escape'
Return to 'The Great Escape'
1993 • as Self
★ 8.5
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
1995 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
Digital Dreams
Digital Dreams
1983 • as God's Gift to Wyman
★ 7.0
Death of a Soldier
Death of a Soldier
1986 • as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
★ 3.2
Sins of the Father
Sins of the Father
1985 • as Frank Murchison
★ 7.0
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997 • as Host
★ 7.2
The Man from Galveston
The Man from Galveston
1963 • as Boyd Palmer
★ 5.6
Walking After Midnight
Walking After Midnight
1988 • as Self
★ 9.0
Greyhounds
Greyhounds
1994 • as John Dolan
★ 7.0
Harry in Your Pocket
Harry in Your Pocket
1973 • as Harry
★ 5.6
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000 • as Self
★ 7.0
I Love Muppets
I Love Muppets
2002 • as Self
★ 6.3
Call from Space
Call from Space
1989 • as Studio Boss
★ 8.5
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024 • as Self
White Rock
White Rock
1977 • as James Coburn
★ 5.4
The Murder Men
The Murder Men
1961 • as Arthur Troy
★ 10.0
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986 • as Self
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.8
American Gun
American Gun
2002 • as Martin Tillman
★ 5.4
Train to Heaven
Train to Heaven
1989 • as Gregorius
★ 9.0
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
2002 • as Narrator
★ 10.0
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
2011 • as Self
movie
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
1999 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
movie
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
1996 • as Narrator
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970 • as Jeb Stuart Thornton
★ 4.6
movie
Superstunt
1977 • as Self
Football America
Football America
1996 • as Narrator
movie
True Facts
1992
★ 10.0
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 • as Self
★ 7.1
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
1996
A Christmas Reunion
A Christmas Reunion
1994 • as Santa
★ 7.0
movie
Action on the Beach
1964 • as Self
★ 9.0
Earth's Two-Minute Warning
Earth's Two-Minute Warning
1997 • as Self
movie
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006 • as Self