James Coburn
Acting1928Laurel, Nebraska, USA
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
Acting History
2003
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
as Self - Host
2002
Snow Dogs
as Thunder Jack
American Gun
as Martin Tillman
The Yellow Bird
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
Great Performances
TVas Self• 1 eps
2001
Texas Rangers
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Man from Elysian Fields
as Alcot
Monsters, Inc.
as Waternoose (voice)
Proximity
as Jim Corcoran
Missing Pieces
as Atticus Cody
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
as Narrator (voice)
Walter and Henry
as Charlie
The Mists of Avalon
TVExecutive Producer• 2 eps
1999
Payback
as Justin Fairfax
1998
1997
The Second Civil War
as Jack Buchan
Skeletons
as Frank Jove
Keys to Tulsa
as Harmon Shaw
Profiler
TVas Charles Vanderhorn• 2 eps
Scene by Scene
TVas Self
1996
The Nutty Professor
as Harlan Hartley
The Cherokee Kid
as Cyrus Bloomington
Eraser
as WitSec Chief Beller
1995
1994
Maverick
as Commodore Duvall
The Life of Bruce Lee
as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
1993
The Curse of the Dragon
as Self
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Mr. Crisp
Deadfall
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1992
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
as Narrator (voice)
The Player
as James Coburn
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Jim Hathaway
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Cyrus Ramsey• 1 eps
1991
Hudson Hawk
as George Kaplan
1990
Young Guns II
as John Simpson Chisum
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TVas Looten Plunder (voice)• 13 eps
1989
Wogan
TVas Self• 1 eps
1986
Death of a Soldier
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Martin's Day
as Lt. Lardner
1984
1983
Malibu
as Tom Wharton
Digital Dreams
as God's Gift to Wyman
1982
The Bob Hope Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1981
1980
Loving Couples
as Walter
The Baltimore Bullet
as Nick Casey
The Muppet Show
TVas Self - Special Guest Star• 1 eps
1979
Goldengirl
as Jack Dryden
Firepower
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
The Muppet Movie
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1978
1977
White Rock
as James Coburn
Cross of Iron
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
The Rockford Files
TVDirector• 1 eps
1976
Sky Riders
as Jim McCabe
The Last Hard Men
as Provo
Midway
as Capt. Vinton Maddox
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
as Self (archive footage)
People's Choice Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
1974
The Internecine Project
as Robert Elliot
1973
The Last of Sheila
as Clinton Greene
Harry in Your Pocket
as Harry
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Pat Garrett
1972
The Carey Treatment
as Dr. Peter Carey
The Honkers
as Lew Lathrop
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
as Colonel Pembroke
1971
Duck, You Sucker
as John H. Mallory
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1970
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
as Jeb Stuart Thornton
1969
Hard Contract
as John Cunningham
The Wolf Men
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1967
1966
Our Man Flint
as Derek Flint
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy
as Lieutenant Christian
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Eli Kotch
The Oscars
TVas Self• 3 eps
1965
1964
The Americanization of Emily
as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
The Defenders
TVas Earl Chafee• 1 eps
1963
Charade
as Tex Panthollow
The Great Escape
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Kings of the Sun
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Man from Galveston
as Boyd Palmer
The Twilight Zone
TVas Major French• 1 eps
Combat!
TVas Cpl. Arnold Kanger• 1 eps
Stoney Burke
TVas Dr. Henry Jamison• 1 eps
The Greatest Show on Earth
TVas Kelly• 1 eps
1962
Hell Is for Heroes
as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
Rawhide
TVas Colonel Briscoe• 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
TVas Arthur Troy• 1 eps
Checkmate
TVas Gresch• 1 eps
Bonanza
TVas Ross Marquette / Elmer Trace / Pete Jessup• 1 eps
Naked City
TVas Harry Brind• 1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas General Addison Brand• 1 eps
1961
The Murder Men
as Arthur Troy
The Rifleman
TVas Ambrose• 1 eps
Cheyenne
TVas Kell• 1 eps
The Tall Man
TVas John Miller• 1 eps
The Untouchables
TVas Dennis Garrity• 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self
1960
The Magnificent Seven
as Britt
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TVas Victor Tavo• 1 eps
The Deputy
TVas Coffer• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Jess Newton / Charlie Doyle• 1 eps
Lawman
TVas Lank Bailey• 1 eps
Stagecoach West
TVas Sam Murdock
Bat Masterson
TVas Leo Talley• 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TVas Howard Catlett• 1 eps
The Aquanauts
TVas Joe Casey
1959
Ride Lonesome
as Whitt
Face of a Fugitive
as Purdy
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Jack Harvey• 1 eps
Trackdown
TVas Joker Wells• 1 eps
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TVas Floyd• 1 eps
Bourbon Street Beat
TVas Buzz Griffin
Johnny Ringo
TVas Moss Taylor• 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TVas Buckskin Frank Leslie• 1 eps
The Californians
TVas Deputy Anthony Wayne• 1 eps
The Millionaire
TVas Lew Bennett• 1 eps
Black Saddle
TVas Niles• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Andrews / Union Sergeant• 1 eps
Men Into Space
TVas Dr. Narry
1958
Suspicion
TVas Matt Carson• 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
TVas Idaho• 1 eps
Wagon Train
TVas Ike Daggett• 1 eps
1957
The Night America Trembled
as Sam (as Jim Coburn)
Studio One
TVas Sam Chandler• 1 eps
1956
State Trooper
TVas Dobie• 1 eps
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Jack - Outlaw Leader / Mexican Police Captain (uncredited)
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Claude Firman