Actor

James Coburn

Born 31 August 1928 · Laurel, Nebraska, USA · Died 18 November 2002

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2024Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western48mSelf
  2. 2011Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War46mSelf
  3. 2006Sam Peckinpah: Portrait1h 18mSelf
  4. 2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah1h 55mSelf
  5. 2004Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon30mSelf
  6. 2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years1h 53mSelf - Host
  7. 2002American Gun1h 29mMartin Tillman
  8. 2002The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones25mNarrator
  9. 2002Snow Dogs1h 39mThunder Jack
  10. 2002The Yellow Bird18mRev. Increase Tutwiler
  11. 2002I Love Muppets1hSelf
  12. 2001Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days1h 57mNarrator (voice)
  13. 2001Missing Pieces1h 36mAtticus Cody
  14. 2001Proximity1h 26mJim Corcoran
  15. 2001Walter and Henry1h 30mCharlie
  16. 2001Monsters, Inc.1h 32mWaternoose (voice)
  17. 2001The Man from Elysian Fields1h 46mAlcot
  18. 2001The Unbeatable Bruce Lee50m
  19. 2001The Mists of Avalon1 seasonExecutive Producer
  20. 2000Intrepid1h 30mCaptain Hal Josephson
  21. 2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'45mSelf
  22. 2000Kurosawa1h 55mSelf
  23. 1999World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape42mNarrator (voice)
  24. 1999Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On1h 10mSelf
  25. 1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero47mSelf
  26. 1999Noah's Ark2h 46mPeddler
  27. 1999Noah's Ark1 seasonThe 'Peddler'
  28. 1999Payback1h 40mJustin Fairfax
  29. 1999Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 11h 30mSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
  30. 1998Mr. Murder2h 12mDrew Oslett, Sr.
  31. 1998Affliction1h 54mGlen Whitehouse
  32. 1998The Path of the Dragon44mSelf
  33. 1998Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist45mSelf
  34. 1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years2h 9mHost
  35. 1997The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson1h 45mHimself
  36. 1997The Second Civil War1h 37mJack Buchan
  37. 1997Skeletons1h 27mFrank Jove
  38. 1997Earth's Two-Minute Warning54mSelf
  39. 1997Keys to Tulsa1h 53mHarmon Shaw
  40. 1996Football America1h 38mNarrator
  41. 1996Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right1h 23mNarrator
  42. 1996The Cherokee Kid1h 31mCyrus Bloomington
  43. 1996The Nutty Professor1h 35mHarlan Hartley
  44. 1996Eraser1h 55mWitSec Chief Beller
  45. 1996Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis54m
  46. 1995National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge55mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  47. 1995The Avenging Angel1h 31mPorter Rockwell
  48. 1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder1h 30mJeffery Winslow
  49. 1995The Set Up1h 33mJeremiah Cole
  50. 1994A Christmas Reunion1h 33mSanta
  51. 1994Greyhounds1h 32mJohn Dolan
  52. 1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice1h 30mJeffrey Winslow
  53. 1994The Life of Bruce Lee1h 8mSelf - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
  54. 1994Maverick2h 7mCommodore Duvall
  55. 1993The Hit List1h 33mPeter Mayhew
  56. 1993Deadfall1h 38mMike Donan / Lou Donan
  57. 1993Return to 'The Great Escape'24mSelf
  58. 1993The Curse of the Dragon1h 27mSelf
  59. 1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron1h 34mSelf
  60. 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1h 47mMr. Crisp
  61. 1992Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time1h 31mNarrator (voice)
  62. 1992The Fifth Corner1 seasonDr. Grandwell
  63. 1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 2321h 35mJim Hathaway
  64. 1992National Lampoon's True Facts1hSelf
  65. 1992Mastergate1h 26mMajor Manley Battle
  66. 1991Silverfox55mRobert Fox
  67. 1991Hudson Hawk1h 40mGeorge Kaplan
  68. 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge58mNarrator
  69. 1990Young Guns II1h 44mJohn Simpson Chisum
  70. 1989Train to Heaven1h 30mGregorius
  71. 1989Call from Space29mStudio Boss
  72. 1988Walking After Midnight1h 32mSelf
  73. 1986Death of a Soldier1h 33mMaj. Patrick Dannenberg
  74. 1986Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away45mSelf
  75. 1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years48mSelf (archive footage)
  76. 1985Sins of the Father1h 36mFrank Murchison
  77. 1985Martin's Day1h 38mLt. Lardner
  78. 1984Pinocchio52mThe Gypsy
  79. 1984Draw!1h 38mSam Starret
  80. 1983Digital Dreams1h 12mGod's Gift to Wyman
  81. 1983Malibu3h 10mTom Wharton
  82. 1981Mr. Patman1h 37mPatman
  83. 1981Darkroom1 seasonHost
  84. 1981Looker1h 34mJohn Reston
  85. 1981High Risk1h 34mSerrano
  86. 1981Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"3h 53mHenry Bellamy
  87. 1980The Baltimore Bullet1h 43mNick Casey
  88. 1980Loving Couples1h 37mWalter
  89. 1979Firepower1h 44mJerry Fanon / Eddie
  90. 1979Goldengirl1h 44mJack Dryden
  91. 1979Superstunt II1h 40mSelf
  92. 1979The Muppet Movie1h 37mEl Sleezo Cafe Owner
  93. 1978The Dain Curse1 seasonHamilton Nash
  94. 1978Formula 1 - Speed fever1h 35mSelf
  95. 1978Convoy1h 52mSecond Unit Director
  96. 1978Circle of Iron1h 42mStory
  97. 1977Cross of Iron2h 13mUnteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
  98. 1977White Rock1h 16mJames Coburn
  99. 1977Superstunt2hSelf
  100. 1976Sky Riders1h 31mJim McCabe
  101. 1976The Last Hard Men1h 38mProvo
  102. 1976Midway2h 12mCapt. Vinton Maddox
  103. 1976Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth1h 30mSelf (archive footage)
  104. 1975Hard Times1h 33mSpencer "Speed" Weed
  105. 1975Bite the Bullet2h 12mLuke Matthews
  106. 1974The Internecine Project1h 29mRobert Elliot
  107. 1973Harry in Your Pocket1h 43mHarry
  108. 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1h 46mPat Garrett
  109. 1973The Last of Sheila2hClinton Greene
  110. 1972The Honkers1h 42mLew Lathrop
  111. 1972A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die1h 32mColonel Pembroke
  112. 1972The Carey Treatment1h 41mDr. Peter Carey
  113. 1971Duck, You Sucker2h 37mJohn H. Mallory
  114. 1970Last of the Mobile Hot Shots1h 40mJeb Stuart Thornton
  115. 1969Hard Contract1h 46mJohn Cunningham
  116. 1969The Wolf Men52mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  117. 1968Duffy1h 41mDuffy
  118. 1968Candy2h 4mDr. A.B. Krankheit
  119. 1967The President's Analyst1h 43mDr. Sidney Schaefer
  120. 1967In Like Flint1h 54mDerek Flint
  121. 1967Waterhole #31h 35mLewton Cole
  122. 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round1h 44mEli Kotch
  123. 1966Our Man Flint1h 48mDerek Flint
  124. 1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?1h 56mLieutenant Christian
  125. 1965A High Wind in Jamaica1h 43mZac
  126. 1965Major Dundee2h 5mSamuel Potts
  127. 1965The Loved One2h 2mImmigration Officer
  128. 1964The Americanization of Emily1h 55mLt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
  129. 1964Action on the Beach6mSelf
  130. 1963The Man from Galveston57mBoyd Palmer
  131. 1963Charade1h 53mTex Panthollow
  132. 1963The Great Escape2h 53mSedgwick 'Manufacturer'
  133. 1963Kings of the Sun1h 48mNarrator (uncredited)
  134. 1962Hell Is for Heroes1h 30mCpl. Frank Henshaw
  135. 1961Acapulco1 seasonGregg Miles
  136. 1961The Murder Men1h 13mArthur Troy
  137. 1960Klondike1 seasonJeff Durain
  138. 1960The Magnificent Seven2h 8mBritt
  139. 1959Face of a Fugitive1h 21mPurdy
  140. 1959Ride Lonesome1h 13mWhitt
  141. 1957The Night America Trembled1hSam (as Jim Coburn)