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James Coburn

James Harrison Coburn, Jr. appeared in nearly 70 films and made over 100 television appearances during his 45-year career, playing a wide range of roles. A small sample of his work includes The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Our Man Flint, Silver Fox, The Nutty Professor and Snow Dogs.

Aliases
  • Jim Coburn
  • James H. Coburn
English
Filmography
  • Born In Laurel, Nebraska, USA
  • Born August 31, 1928
  • Died November 18, 2002
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Monsters, Inc.

2001
as Henry J. Waternoose III

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993
as Mr. Crisp

The Nutty Professor

1996
as Harlan Hartley

The Great Escape

1963
as Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"

Snow Dogs

2002
as James 'Thunder Jack' Johnson

Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon

1994
as James Coburn

The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: The Return to the Scene of The Great Escape

2018
as James Coburn

Midway

1976
as Capt. Vinton Maddox

The Hit List

1993
as Peter Mayhew

Walking After Midnight

1988
as James Coburn

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones

2002
as Narrator

Eraser

1996
as WitSec Chief Beller

The Internecine Project

1974
as Robert Elliot

Maverick

1994
as Commodore Duvall

The Second Civil War

1997
as Jack Buchan

Martin's Day

1985

The Cherokee Kid

1996
as Cyrus Bloomington

Our Man Flint

1966
as Derek Flint

Hard Contract

1969
as John Cunningham

The Fifth Corner

1992

The Player

1992
as Himself

Greyhounds

1994
as John Dolan

Hard Times

1975
as Spencer 'Speed' Weed

Klondike

1960
as Jeff Durain

The President's Analyst

1967
as Dr. Sidney Schaefer

Walter and Henry

2001
as Charlie

The Carey Treatment

1972
as Dr. Peter Carey

The Honkers

1972
as Lew Lathrop

American Gun

2002
as Martin Tillman

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004
as Himself (archive footage)

Hudson Hawk

1991
as George Kaplan

Kings of the Sun

1963
as Narrator

Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On

1999
as James Coburn

Major Dundee

1965
as Samuel Potts

Sins of the Father

1985

Firepower

1979
as Jerry Fanon / Eddie

Call from Space

1989

Go West, Young Man!

2003
as James Coburn

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

1966
as Lieutenant Christian

The Lees: Action Speaks Louder

1999
as James Coburn

Skeletons

1997
as Frank Jove

Blood and Steel: Making 'Enter the Dragon'

2004
as James Coburn

Crossover

1981
as Patman

Crossover

1981
as Peabody

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

1986
as James Coburn

Hell Is for Heroes

1962
as Cpl. Henshaw

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006
as James Coburn

Cross of Iron

1977
as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

The Life of Bruce Lee

1994
as James Coburn

Young Guns II

1990
as John Simpson Chisum

The Americanization of Emily

1964
as Lt. Cmdr. Paul 'Bus' Cummings

Digital Dreams

1983
as God's gift to Wyman

Bruce Lee: The Legend

1984
as Himself

The Muppet Movie

1979
as El Sleezo Cafe Owner

A High Wind in Jamaica

1965
as Zac

Kurosawa

2000
as Himself

The Yellow Bird

2002
as Rev. Increase Tutwiler

Football America

1996
as Narrator

In Like Flint

1967
as Derek Flint

I Love Muppets

2002
as Himself

Malibu

1983
as Tom Wharton

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie

2013
as James Coburn

Return to The Great Escape

1993
as James Coburn

Noah's Ark (1999)

1999
as The 'Peddler'

The Man from Galveston

1963
as Boyd Palmer

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001
as Alcot

Sky Riders

1976
as Jim McCabe

Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time

1992
as Narrator

Proximity

2001
as Jim Corcoran

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973
as Sheriff Pat Garrett

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990
as Looten Plunder (seasons 1-3)

Death of a Soldier

1986
as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

Face of a Fugitive

1959
as Purdy

The Dain Curse

1978
as Hamilton Nash

Looker

1981
as John Reston

The Wolf Men

1969
as Self - Narrator

Deadfall

1993
as Mike Donan / Lou Donan

20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years

1997
as Narrator / Host

Darkroom

1981

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

1997
as Himself

The Loved One

1965
as Immigration Officer

Goldengirl

1979
as Jack Dryden

The Path of the Dragon

1998
as Himself

Mr. Murder

1999
as Drew Oslett, Sr.

Mastergate

1992
as Major Manley Battle

Deep Water

2000
as Captain Hal Josephson

The Last of Sheila

1973
as Clinton Green

Harry in Your Pocket

1973
as Harry

Loving Couples

1980
as Dr. Walter Kirby

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

1970
as Jeb Stuart Thornton

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Affliction

1997
as Glen Whitehouse

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die

1972
as Colonel Pembroke

The Avenging Angel

1995
as Porter Rockwell

Candy

1968
as Dr. A.B. Krankheit

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993
as Himself

Speed Fever

1978
as James Coburn

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966
as Eli Kotch

Bite the Bullet

1975
as Luke Matthews

Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do

1995
as Self (training scenes with Bruce Lee)

The Set Up

1995
as Jeremiah Cole

The Magnificent Seven

1960
as Britt

Payback: Straight Up

2006
as Justin Fairfax

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005
as James Coburn

Superstunt II

1979
as James Coburn

Draw!

1984
as Sam Starret

Waterhole #3

1967
as Lewton Cole

Payback

1999
as Justin Fairfax

The Baltimore Bullet

1980
as Nick Casey

Pinocchio

1984
as The Gypsy

High Risk

1981
as Serrano

Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years

2007
as James Coburn

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls

1981
as Henry Bellamy

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232

1992
as Jim Hathaway

True Facts

1992

Missing Pieces

2000
as Atticus Cody

Ride Lonesome

1959
as Whitt

Texas Rangers

2001
as Narrator

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995
as Jeffery Winslow

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

2000
as Self

Giù la testa

1971
as John H. Mallory

Duffy

1968
as Duffy

Charade

1963
as Tex Panthollow

Keys to Tulsa

1997
as Harmon Shaw

The Last Hard Men

1976
as Zach Provo

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990
as Narrator

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

2001
as Himself / Narrator (voice)

White Rock

1977
as Narrator

Director

Episode The Rockford Files
Irving the Explainer 		1977

Writer

Movie Circle of Iron 1978

Guest Star

Episode The Greatest Show on Earth
Uncaged 		1963
Episode Ripcord
Double Drop 		1962
Episode Bronco
Shadow of Jesse James 		1960
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Angry Astronaut 		1962
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Day of the Dead 		1992
Episode Bourbon Street Beat
Target of Hate 		1960
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Jokester 		1958
Episode The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Noble Outlaws 		1959
Episode Stoney Burke
The Test 		1963
Episode Bat Masterson
The Black Pearls 		1959
Episode Peter Gunn
The Murder Clause 		1960
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
Reunion for Revenge 		1959
Episode Bonanza
The Truckee Strip 		1959
Episode Combat!
Masquerade 		1963
Episode The Restless Gun
The Pawn 		1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
One Came Back 		1959
Episode The Untouchables
The Jamaica Ginger Story 		1961
Episode Wagon Train
The Millie Davis Story 		1958
Episode Stagecoach West
Come Home Again 		1961
Episode Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Coat of Arms 		1960
Episode Vengeance Unlimited
Judgement 		1999
Episode Lawman
The Showdown 		1960
Episode Bat Masterson
Six Feet of Gold 		1960
Episode The Restless Gun
The Way Back 		1958
Episode The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy 		1981
Episode The Deputy
The Truly Yours 		1960
Episode Zane Grey Theater
A Thread Of Respect 		1959
Episode Picket Fences
Upbringings 		1995
Episode Bronco
Payroll of the Dead 		1959
Episode Checkmate
A Chant of Silence 		1962
Episode Lawman
The Catcher 		1960
Episode Profiler
Shadow of Angels (1) (a.k.a. Noblesse Oblige) 		1997
Episode Profiler
Shadow of Angels (2) (a.k.a. Gestalt) 		1997
Episode Tombstone Territory
The Gunfighter 		1959
Episode The Rifleman
The High Country 		1961
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Kovack Affair 		1959
Episode State Trooper
Hard Money, Soft Touch 		1959
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 		1959
Episode Sugarfoot
Blackwater Swamp 		1960
Episode M Squad
The Fire Makers 		1959
Episode Black Saddle
Client: Steele 		1959
Episode The Rifleman
Young Englishman 		1958
Episode Route 66
Kiss the Monster - Make Him Sleep 		1964
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Steve McQueen 		1998
Episode Explorer
Arctic Kingdom - Life at the Edge 		1995
Episode Tate
Home Town 		1960
Episode The Californians
An Act of Faith 		1959
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Trial 		1960
Episode The Twilight Zone
The Old Man in the Cave 		1963
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
The Gladiators 		1960
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Glen Campbell, James Coburn, Kathryn Kuhlman, Pat McCormick 		1971
Episode The Texan
Friend Of The Family 		1960
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Carmen Electra, James Coburn, Fear of Pop 		1999
Episode The Californians
One Ton of Peppercorns 		1959
Episode The Tall Man
The Best Policy 		1961
Episode Cain's Hundred
Blues for a Junkman 		1962
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Envious Editor 		1961
Episode Cheyenne
Trouble Street 		1961
Episode Rawhide
Hostage Child 		1962
Episode Naked City
Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud 		1962
Episode Johnny Ringo
The Arrival 		1959