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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

3.0

movie

Known For

Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

2001

as Waternoose (voice)
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960

as Britt
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963

as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
The Nutty Professor

The Nutty Professor

1996

as Harlan Hartley
Payback

Payback

1999

as Justin Fairfax
Eraser

Eraser

1996

as WitSec Chief Beller
The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie

1979

as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
Affliction

Affliction

1998

as Glen Whitehouse
Midway

Midway

1976

as Capt. Vinton Maddox
Charade

Charade

1963

as Tex Panthollow
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters, Inc.
2001 • as Waternoose (voice)
★ 7.9
The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
1960 • as Britt
★ 7.5
The Great Escape
The Great Escape
1963 • as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
★ 7.9
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor
1996 • as Harlan Hartley
★ 5.6
Candy
Candy
1968 • as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
★ 5.1
Payback
Payback
1999 • as Justin Fairfax
★ 6.8
Eraser
Eraser
1996 • as WitSec Chief Beller
★ 6.1
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Movie
1979 • as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
★ 7.2
Affliction
Affliction
1998 • as Glen Whitehouse
★ 6.3
Midway
Midway
1976 • as Capt. Vinton Maddox
★ 6.6
Charade
Charade
1963 • as Tex Panthollow
★ 7.7
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 • as Mr. Crisp
★ 6.4
Maverick
Maverick
1994 • as Commodore Duvall
★ 6.9
Young Guns II
Young Guns II
1990 • as John Simpson Chisum
★ 6.5
The Player
The Player
1992 • as James Coburn
★ 7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 • as Pat Garrett
★ 7.2
Duck, You Sucker
Duck, You Sucker
1971 • as John H. Mallory
★ 7.7
Snow Dogs
Snow Dogs
2002 • as Thunder Jack
★ 5.6
Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron
1977 • as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
★ 7.1
Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk
1991 • as George Kaplan
★ 5.7
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields
2001 • as Alcot
★ 5.9
Hard Times
Hard Times
1975 • as Spencer "Speed" Weed
★ 6.8
Hell Is for Heroes
Hell Is for Heroes
1962 • as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
★ 6.5
California Suite
California Suite
1978 • as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Life of Bruce Lee
The Life of Bruce Lee
1994 • as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
★ 7.0
Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet
1975 • as Luke Matthews
★ 6.4
The Last of Sheila
The Last of Sheila
1973 • as Clinton Greene
★ 7.0
Looker
Looker
1981 • as John Reston
★ 6.2
The Last Hard Men
The Last Hard Men
1976 • as Provo
★ 6.1
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966 • as Lieutenant Christian
★ 5.9
Major Dundee
Major Dundee
1965 • as Samuel Potts
★ 6.7
Our Man Flint
Our Man Flint
1966 • as Derek Flint
★ 6.4
The Loved One
The Loved One
1965 • as Immigration Officer
★ 6.2
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
1972 • as Colonel Pembroke
★ 6.3
The Cherokee Kid
The Cherokee Kid
1996 • as Cyrus Bloomington
★ 5.5
Kings of the Sun
Kings of the Sun
1963 • as Narrator (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • as Self
★ 6.0
Ride Lonesome
Ride Lonesome
1959 • as Whitt
★ 6.7
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997 • as Host
★ 7.2
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965 • as Zac
★ 6.3
Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers
2001 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Firepower
Firepower
1979 • as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
★ 5.0
The Second Civil War
The Second Civil War
1997 • as Jack Buchan
★ 6.1
The Carey Treatment
The Carey Treatment
1972 • as Dr. Peter Carey
★ 6.0
In Like Flint
In Like Flint
1967 • as Derek Flint
★ 6.2
Mastergate
Mastergate
1992 • as Major Manley Battle
★ 6.3
High Risk
High Risk
1981 • as Serrano
★ 5.9
Intrepid
Intrepid
2000 • as Captain Hal Josephson
★ 4.4
Deadfall
Deadfall
1993 • as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
★ 4.1
The Americanization of Emily
The Americanization of Emily
1964 • as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
★ 6.7
Face of a Fugitive
Face of a Fugitive
1959 • as Purdy
★ 5.7
Goldengirl
Goldengirl
1979 • as Jack Dryden
★ 5.4
movie
Superstunt
1977 • as Self
The Hit List
The Hit List
1993 • as Peter Mayhew
★ 4.9
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 • as Self
★ 7.6
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Keys to Tulsa
Keys to Tulsa
1997 • as Harmon Shaw
★ 4.7
The Baltimore Bullet
The Baltimore Bullet
1980 • as Nick Casey
★ 5.7
Loving Couples
Loving Couples
1980 • as Walter
★ 4.8
Greyhounds
Greyhounds
1994 • as John Dolan
★ 7.0
Draw!
Draw!
1984 • as Sam Starret
★ 6.5
Digital Dreams
Digital Dreams
1983 • as God's Gift to Wyman
★ 7.0
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"
1981 • as Henry Bellamy
★ 4.8
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 • as Narrator
★ 7.0
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
1992 • as Jim Hathaway
★ 5.9
Skeletons
Skeletons
1997 • as Frank Jove
★ 4.2
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
1999 • as Self
★ 8.0
The Man from Galveston
The Man from Galveston
1963 • as Boyd Palmer
★ 5.6
movie
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 • as Self (voice)
Mr. Murder
Mr. Murder
1998 • as Drew Oslett, Sr.
★ 5.0
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966 • as Eli Kotch
★ 5.6
Waterhole #3
Waterhole #3
1967 • as Lewton Cole
★ 5.9
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
1997 • as Himself
★ 3.7
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994 • as Jeffrey Winslow
★ 10.0
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
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024 • as Self
Death of a Soldier
Death of a Soldier
1986 • as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
★ 2.8
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 9.0
I Love Muppets
I Love Muppets
2002 • as Self
★ 6.3
Martin's Day
Martin's Day
1985 • as Lt. Lardner
★ 6.4
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
★ 8.4
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.8
Sky Riders
Sky Riders
1976 • as Jim McCabe
★ 6.2
movie
Silverfox
1991 • as Robert Fox
The Avenging Angel
The Avenging Angel
1995 • as Porter Rockwell
★ 5.0
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
2003 • as Self - Host
★ 6.3
movie
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
1999 • as Self
★ 8.0
Kurosawa
Kurosawa
2000 • as Self
★ 7.0
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
1984 • as The Gypsy
★ 5.2
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
1970 • as Jeb Stuart Thornton
★ 4.6
The Set Up
The Set Up
1995 • as Jeremiah Cole
★ 4.3
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.1
The Curse of the Dragon
The Curse of the Dragon
1993 • as Self
★ 7.2
The Internecine Project
The Internecine Project
1974 • as Robert Elliot
★ 6.0
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
2001 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.8
The Honkers
The Honkers
1972 • as Lew Lathrop
★ 6.0
Proximity
Proximity
2001 • as Jim Corcoran
★ 4.3
The Path of the Dragon
The Path of the Dragon
1998 • as Self
★ 6.8
Missing Pieces
Missing Pieces
2001 • as Atticus Cody
★ 5.7
Duffy
Duffy
1968 • as Duffy
★ 6.2
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995 • as Jeffery Winslow
★ 7.0
movie
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
1992 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.2
The Murder Men
The Murder Men
1961 • as Arthur Troy
★ 10.0
Hard Contract
Hard Contract
1969 • as John Cunningham
★ 5.1
A Christmas Reunion
A Christmas Reunion
1994 • as Santa
★ 7.0
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978 • as Self
★ 7.1
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
2002 • as Narrator
★ 10.0
Mr. Patman
Mr. Patman
1981 • as Patman
★ 4.7
movie
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
1999 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
The President's Analyst
The President's Analyst
1967 • as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
★ 5.9
Call from Space
Call from Space
1989 • as Studio Boss
★ 8.5
Malibu
Malibu
1983 • as Tom Wharton
★ 3.8
movie
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
1996 • as Narrator
Walter and Henry
Walter and Henry
2001 • as Charlie
★ 8.6
movie
Superstunt II
1979 • as Self
★ 7.0
Walking After Midnight
Walking After Midnight
1988 • as Self
★ 9.0
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
2011 • as Self
The Yellow Bird
The Yellow Bird
2002 • as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
★ 10.0
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
Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark
1999 • as Peddler
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
1986 • as Self
movie
National Lampoon's True Facts
1992 • as Self
★ 10.0
Sins of the Father
Sins of the Father
1985 • as Frank Murchison
★ 7.0
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 • 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
movie
Action on the Beach
1964 • as Self
★ 9.0
American Gun
American Gun
2002 • as Martin Tillman
★ 5.4
The Night America Trembled
The Night America Trembled
1957 • as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
★ 7.5
movie
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006 • as Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
1998 • as Self
★ 2.5
Train to Heaven
Train to Heaven
1989 • as Gregorius
★ 9.0
Return to 'The Great Escape'
Return to 'The Great Escape'
1993 • as Self
★ 8.5
White Rock
White Rock
1977 • as James Coburn
★ 5.4
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
1996
The Wolf Men
The Wolf Men
1969 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
Football America
Football America
1996 • as Narrator
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
1995 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
Earth's Two-Minute Warning
Earth's Two-Minute Warning
1997 • as Self