James Coburn
Born in Laurel, Nebraska, USA — Aug 31 1928• Died Nov 18 2002
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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.
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Perry Mason
Donald Fletcher
Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Ramsey
Great Performances
Self
Bonanza
Pete Jessup
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Buckskin Frank Leslie
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Major French
The Rockford Files
Directing
Arli$$
Sid Perelli
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jess Newton
Naked City
Harry Brind
The Rifleman
Cy Parker
The Untouchables
Dennis Garrity
Wagon Train
Ike Daggett
Profiler
Charles Vanderhorn
The Defenders
Earl Chafee
Studio One
Sam Chandler
Lawman
Cheyenne
Kell
Combat!
Cpl. Arnold Kanger
Rawhide
Colonel Briscoe
Route 66
The Oscars
Self
The Fall Guy
James Coburn
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Looten Plunder (voice)
People's Choice Awards
Self
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Henry Turner
Peter Gunn
Checkmate
Gresch
Picket Fences
Walter Brock
Bat Masterson
Poke Otis
Monsters, Inc.
Waternoose (voice)
Bronco
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Gypsy
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Victor Tavo
The Deputy
Coffer
Trackdown
Joker Wells
The Texan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Andrews
Black Saddle
Niles
State Trooper
Dobie
The Millionaire
Lew Bennett
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Floyd
Cain's Hundred
Arthur Troy
HBO First Look
The Detectives
Tales of Wells Fargo
Idaho
Johnny Ringo
Moss Taylor
Suspicion
Matt Carson
The Tall Man
John Miller
Stoney Burke
Dr. Henry Jamison
Outlaws
The Magnificent Seven
Britt
The Great Escape
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
The Greatest Show on Earth
Kelly
Bourbon Street Beat
Buzz Griffin
The Aquanauts
Joe Casey
Stagecoach West
Sam Murdock
Scene by Scene
Self
Wichita Town
Eraser
WitSec Chief Beller
Men Into Space
Dr. Narry
The Muppet Movie
El Sleezo Cafe Owner
The Player
James Coburn
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Atticus Cody
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Mr. Crisp
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Payback
Justin Fairfax
Convoy
Directing
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jack - Outlaw Leader
Darkroom
The Mists of Avalon
Production
Charade
Tex Panthollow
Death Valley Days
Steve Barnes
Tate
Maverick
Commodore Duvall
Young Guns II
John Simpson Chisum
Midway
Capt. Vinton Maddox
Duck, You Sucker
John H. Mallory
The Nutty Professor
Harlan Hartley
Cross of Iron
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
Snow Dogs
Thunder Jack
Hard Times
Spencer "Speed" Weed
Hudson Hawk
George Kaplan
Candy
Dr. A.B. Krankheit
General Electric Theater
Claude Firman
Clive James' Postcard from
Self
The Californians
Anthony Wayne
The Dain Curse
Hamilton Nash
The Last of Sheila
Clinton Greene
Affliction
Glen Whitehouse
Noah's Ark
The 'Peddler'
Death of a Soldier
Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
Deadfall
Mike Donan / Lou Donan
Bite the Bullet
Luke Matthews
The Man from Elysian Fields
Alcot
Goldengirl
Jack Dryden
E! True Hollywood Story
Mr. Murder
Drew Oslett, Sr.
Looker
John Reston
California Suite
Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Self (archive footage)
Major Dundee
Samuel Potts
The Carey Treatment
Dr. Peter Carey
Texas Rangers
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Acapulco
Gregg Miles
The Loved One
Immigration Officer
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
Intrepid
Captain Hal Josephson
Kings of the Sun
Narrator (uncredited)
Klondike
Jeff Durain
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Our Man Flint
Derek Flint
Hell Is for Heroes
Cpl. Frank Henshaw
Circle of Iron
Writing
Draw!
Sam Starret
Proximity
Jim Corcoran
The Hit List
Peter Mayhew
Loving Couples
Walter
The Set Up
Jeremiah Cole
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
The Path of the Dragon
Self
High Risk
Serrano
Martin's Day
Lt. Lardner
Malibu
Tom Wharton
Missing Pieces
Atticus Cody
Kurosawa
Self
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
Himself
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Narrator
The Last Hard Men
Provo
I Love Muppets
Self
Firepower
Jerry Fanon / Eddie
Ride Lonesome
Whitt
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
The Life of Bruce Lee
Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
The Avenging Angel
Porter Rockwell
Pinocchio
The Gypsy
A High Wind in Jamaica
Zac
The Curse of the Dragon
Self
Mr. Patman
Patman
The President's Analyst
Dr. Sidney Schaefer
The Fifth Corner
Dr. Grandwell
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
The Americanization of Emily
Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Jim Hathaway
Sky Riders
Jim McCabe
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Self
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
The Baltimore Bullet
Nick Casey
The Second Civil War
Jack Buchan
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Jeb Stuart Thornton
Hard Contract
John Cunningham
Skeletons
Frank Jove
Call from Space
Studio Boss
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Host
The Cherokee Kid
Cyrus Bloomington
Duffy
Duffy
The Honkers
Lew Lathrop
Face of a Fugitive
Purdy
American Gun
Martin Tillman
Keys to Tulsa
Harmon Shaw
Greyhounds
John Dolan
The Man from Galveston
Boyd Palmer
Walter and Henry
Charlie
Digital Dreams
God's Gift to Wyman
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
Walking After Midnight
Self
Mastergate
Major Manley Battle
In Like Flint
Derek Flint
Harry in Your Pocket
Harry
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Lieutenant Christian
The Yellow Bird
Rev. Increase Tutwiler
The Internecine Project
Robert Elliot
Return to 'The Great Escape'
Self
Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Henry Bellamy
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Self - Host
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Eli Kotch
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Colonel Pembroke
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
Silverfox
Robert Fox
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Self
Sins of the Father
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Jeffrey Winslow
The Night America Trembled
Sam (as Jim Coburn)
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Jeffery Winslow
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Narrator (voice)
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
Self
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Narrator (voice)
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
Self
A Christmas Reunion
Santa
Waterhole #3
Lewton Cole
The Murder Men
Arthur Troy
Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
Self
Superstunt II
Self
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
Narrator
The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
Narrator
Earth's Two-Minute Warning
Self
Action on the Beach
Self
Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
True Facts
National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
Narrator
Train to Heaven
Gregorius
White Rock
James Coburn
Superstunt
Self
The Wolf Men
Self - Narrator (voice)
Football America
Narrator
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
Narrator (voice)