James Coburn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-08-31 (74 years old)

Deathday

2002-11-18

Place of Birth

Laurel, Nebraska, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Coburn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1983

Digital Dreams

as God's Gift to Wyman

1971

Duck, You Sucker

as John H. Mallory

2001

Monsters, Inc.

as Waternoose (voice)

1992

The Player

as James Coburn

1977

Cross of Iron

as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

1963

Charade

as Tex Panthollow

1979

The Muppet Movie

as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

1981

Looker

as John Reston

1963

The Great Escape

as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

1979

1975

Hard Times

as Spencer "Speed" Weed

1976

Midway

as Capt. Vinton Maddox

1973

1967

In Like Flint

as Derek Flint

1967

The President's Analyst

as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

2000

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone

as Self (archive footage)

1966

Our Man Flint

as Derek Flint

1997

Affliction

as Glen Whitehouse

2002

Snow Dogs

as Thunder Jack

1962

Hell Is for Heroes

as Cpl. Frank Henshaw

1973

1990

Young Guns II

as John Simpson Chisum

1975

Bite the Bullet

as Luke Matthews

1996

Eraser

as WitSec Chief Beller

1991

Hudson Hawk

as George Kaplan

1996

The Nutty Professor

as Harlan Hartley

1994

Maverick

as Commodore Duvall

1959

1993

Deadfall

as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

1965

Major Dundee

as Samuel Potts

1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

as Lieutenant Christian

1976

Sky Riders

as Jim McCabe

2001

Missing Pieces

as Atticus Cody

1964

The Americanization of Emily

as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

1972

2001

Proximity

as Jim Corcoran

1984

Bruce Lee: The Legend

as Self (archive footage)

2002

American Gun

as Martin Tillman

1976

1989

Train to Heaven

as Gregorius

1965

The Loved One

as Immigration Officer

2001

1968

Candy

as Dr. A.B. Krankheit

1981

High Risk

as Serrano

1959

1979

Firepower

as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

1969

Hard Contract

as John Cunningham

1998

Mr. Murder

as Drew Oslett, Sr.

1972

The Carey Treatment

as Dr. Peter Carey

1967

Waterhole #3

as Lewton Cole

1996

The Cherokee Kid

as Cyrus Bloomington

1968

Duffy

as Duffy

2000

Kurosawa

as Self

1974

The Internecine Project

as Robert Elliot

1979

Goldengirl

as Jack Dryden

1999

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1972

The Honkers

as Lew Lathrop

1976

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth

as Self (archive footage)

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

1986

Death of a Soldier

as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

2002

The Yellow Bird

as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

2000

Intrepid

as Captain Hal Josephson

1995

The Avenging Angel

as Porter Rockwell

1984

Draw!

as Sam Starret

1963

1997

Keys to Tulsa

as Harmon Shaw

1985

Martin's Day

as Lt. Lardner

1980

1993

The Hit List

as Peter Mayhew

1980

2002

1995

The Set Up

as Jeremiah Cole

1997

Skeletons

as Frank Jove

1970

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

as Jeb Stuart Thornton

1997

The Second Civil War

as Jack Buchan

1961

The Murder Men

as Arthur Troy

1978

California Suite

as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)

1996

Football America

as Narrator

2000

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1981

Mr. Patman

as Patman

1977

White Rock

as James Coburn

2001

1991

Silverfox

as Robert Fox

1989

Call from Space

as Studio Boss

1984

Pinocchio

as The Gypsy

1994

The Life of Bruce Lee

as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee

1999

Payback

as Justin Fairfax

1992

Mastergate

as Major Manley Battle

1969

The Wolf Men

as Narrator

1995

2012

I Am Bruce Lee

as Self (archive footage)

1963

Kings of the Sun

as Narrator (uncredited)

2001

Texas Rangers

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1983

Malibu

as Tom Wharton

1994

Greyhounds

as John Dolan

1994

Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon

as Himself (archive footage)

1986

1957

The Night America Trembled

as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

Production

1978

1978

Convoy

as Second Unit Director

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