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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Saturday Night Live

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

All Movies (140)

• Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western2024 · as Self
• Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War2011 · as Self
• Sam Peckinpah: Portrait2006 · as Self
• Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah2005 · as Self
• Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon2004 · as Self
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years2003 · as Self - Host
• American Gun2002 · as Martin Tillman
• The Yellow Bird2002 · as Rev. Increase Tutwiler
• The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones2002 · as Narrator
• I Love Muppets2002 · as Self
• Snow Dogs2002 · as Thunder Jack
• The Unbeatable Bruce Lee2001
• Texas Rangers2001 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Monsters, Inc.2001 · as Waternoose (voice)
• The Man from Elysian Fields2001 · as Alcot
• Walter and Henry2001 · as Charlie
• Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days2001 · as Narrator (voice)
• Proximity2001 · as Jim Corcoran
• Missing Pieces2001 · as Atticus Cody
• Kurosawa2000 · as Self
• Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'2000 · as Self
• Intrepid2000 · as Captain Hal Josephson
• Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero1999 · as Self
• Noah's Ark1999 · as Peddler
• Payback1999 · as Justin Fairfax
• World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 11999 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On1999 · as Self
• Mr. Murder1998 · as Drew Oslett, Sr.
• Affliction1998 · as Glen Whitehouse
• The Path of the Dragon1998 · as Self
• Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist1998 · as Self
• The Second Civil War1997 · as Jack Buchan
• The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson1997 · as Himself
• Keys to Tulsa1997 · as Harmon Shaw
• Skeletons1997 · as Frank Jove
• Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years1997 · as Host
• Earth's Two-Minute Warning1997 · as Self
• The Cherokee Kid1996 · as Cyrus Bloomington
• Football America1996 · as Narrator
• Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right1996 · as Narrator
• The Nutty Professor1996 · as Harlan Hartley
• Eraser1996 · as WitSec Chief Beller
• Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis1996
• The Set Up1995 · as Jeremiah Cole
• Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder1995 · as Jeffery Winslow
• The Avenging Angel1995 · as Porter Rockwell
• National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge1995 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• A Christmas Reunion1994 · as Santa
• Greyhounds1994 · as John Dolan
• Maverick1994 · as Commodore Duvall
• Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice1994 · as Jeffrey Winslow
• The Life of Bruce Lee1994 · as Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
• Return to 'The Great Escape'1993 · as Self
• Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1993 · as Mr. Crisp
• Deadfall1993 · as Mike Donan / Lou Donan
• The Curse of the Dragon1993 · as Self
• Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron1993 · as Self
• The Hit List1993 · as Peter Mayhew
• Mastergate1992 · as Major Manley Battle
• The Player1992 · as James Coburn
• Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 2321992 · as Jim Hathaway
• True Facts1992
• Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time1992 · as Narrator (voice)
• Silverfox1991 · as Robert Fox
• Hudson Hawk1991 · as George Kaplan
• Young Guns II1990 · as John Simpson Chisum
• Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990 · as Narrator
• Train to Heaven1989 · as Gregorius
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self (voice)
• Call from Space1989 · as Studio Boss
• Walking After Midnight1988 · as Self
• Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987 · as Self
• Death of a Soldier1986 · as Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away1986 · as Self
• Martin's Day1985 · as Lt. Lardner
• Sins of the Father1985 · as Frank Murchison
• Draw!1984 · as Sam Starret
• Pinocchio1984 · as The Gypsy
• Digital Dreams1983 · as God's Gift to Wyman
• Malibu1983 · as Tom Wharton
• Looker1981 · as John Reston
• Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls1981 · as Henry Bellamy
• High Risk1981 · as Serrano
• Mr. Patman1981 · as Patman
• Loving Couples1980 · as Walter
• The Baltimore Bullet1980 · as Nick Casey
• Goldengirl1979 · as Jack Dryden
• The Muppet Movie1979 · as El Sleezo Cafe Owner
• The Muppets Go Hollywood1979 · as Self
• Firepower1979 · as Jerry Fanon / Eddie
• Superstunt II1979 · as Self
• Formula 1 - Speed fever1978 · as Self
• California Suite1978 · as Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
• Superstunt1977 · as Self
• White Rock1977 · as James Coburn
• Cross of Iron1977 · as Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
• Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• Midway1976 · as Capt. Vinton Maddox
• The Last Hard Men1976 · as Provo
• Sky Riders1976 · as Jim McCabe
• Bite the Bullet1975 · as Luke Matthews
• Hard Times1975 · as Spencer "Speed" Weed
• The Internecine Project1974 · as Robert Elliot
• Harry in Your Pocket1973 · as Harry
• The Last of Sheila1973 · as Clinton Greene
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Pat Garrett
• A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die1972 · as Colonel Pembroke
• The Honkers1972 · as Lew Lathrop
• The Carey Treatment1972 · as Dr. Peter Carey
• Duck, You Sucker1971 · as John H. Mallory
• Last of the Mobile Hot Shots1970 · as Jeb Stuart Thornton
• Hard Contract1969 · as John Cunningham
• The Wolf Men1969 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Candy1968 · as Dr. A.B. Krankheit
• Duffy1968 · as Duffy
• The President's Analyst1967 · as Dr. Sidney Schaefer
• Waterhole #31967 · as Lewton Cole
• In Like Flint1967 · as Derek Flint
• Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round1966 · as Eli Kotch
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?1966 · as Lieutenant Christian
• Our Man Flint1966 · as Derek Flint
• The Loved One1965 · as Immigration Officer
• A High Wind in Jamaica1965 · as Zac
• Major Dundee1965 · as Samuel Potts
• The Americanization of Emily1964 · as Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
• Action on the Beach1964 · as Self
• The Man from Galveston1963 · as Boyd Palmer
• Kings of the Sun1963 · as Narrator (uncredited)
• Charade1963 · as Tex Panthollow
• The Great Escape1963 · as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
• Hell Is for Heroes1962 · as Cpl. Frank Henshaw
• The Murder Men1961 · as Arthur Troy
• The Magnificent Seven1960 · as Britt
• Face of a Fugitive1959 · as Purdy
• Ride Lonesome1959 · as Whitt
• The Night America Trembled1957 · as Sam (as Jim Coburn)

All TV Shows (95)

• Noah's Ark1999 · as The 'Peddler'
• The Heaven and Earth Show1998
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• Profiler1996 · as Charles Vanderhorn
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Arli$$1996 · as Sid Perelli
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Picket Fences1992 · as Walter Brock
• HBO First Look1992
• The Fifth Corner1992 · as Dr. Grandwell
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers1990 · as Looten Plunder (voice)
• Clive James' Postcard from1989 · as Self
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Cyrus Ramsey
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as The Gypsy
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Darkroom1981 · as Host
• The Fall Guy1981 · as James Coburn
• The Dain Curse1978 · as Hamilton Nash
• The Muppet Show1976 · as Self - Special Guest Star
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Greatest Show on Earth1963 · as Kelly
• Combat!1962 · as Cpl. Arnold Kanger
• Stoney Burke1962 · as Dr. Henry Jamison
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Arthur Troy
• The Defenders1961 · as Earl Chafee
• Acapulco1961 · as Gregg Miles
• Klondike1960 · as Jeff Durain
• Route 661960
• Stagecoach West1960 · as Sam Murdock
• Outlaws1960
• Checkmate1960 · as Gresch
• The Aquanauts1960 · as Joe Casey
• The Tall Man1960 · as John Miller
• Tate1960
• The Detectives1959
• The Untouchables1959 · as Dennis Garrity
• Bourbon Street Beat1959 · as Buzz Griffin
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Major French
• Johnny Ringo1959 · as Moss Taylor
• Wichita Town1959
• Men Into Space1959 · as Dr. Narry
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson1959 · as Floyd
• The Deputy1959 · as Coffer
• Bonanza1959 · as Pete Jessup
• Bonanza1959 · as Ross Marquette
• Bonanza1959 · as Elmer Trace
• Black Saddle1959 · as Niles
• Rawhide1959 · as Colonel Briscoe
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Poke Otis
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Leo Talley
• Lawman1958
• Lawman1958 · as Lank Bailey
• Naked City1958 · as Harry Brind
• The Rifleman1958 · as Cy Parker
• The Rifleman1958 · as Ambrose
• The Texan1958
• Bronco1958
• Peter Gunn1958
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Henry Turner
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Jesse Holloway
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Howard Catlett
• Trackdown1957 · as Joker Wells
• Suspicion1957 · as Matt Carson
• The Californians1957 · as Anthony Wayne
• The Californians1957 · as Deputy Anthony Wayne
• Perry Mason1957 · as Donald Fletcher
• Perry Mason1957 · as General Addison Brand
• Wagon Train1957 · as Ike Daggett
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Jack Harvey
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Victor Tavo
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as Idaho
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Jess Newton
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Charlie Doyle
• State Trooper1956 · as Dobie
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Andrews
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Union Sergeant
• Cheyenne1955 · as Kell
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955 · as Buckskin Frank Leslie
• The Millionaire1955 · as Lew Bennett
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Jack - Outlaw Leader
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Mexican Police Captain (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Claude Firman
• Death Valley Days1952 · as Steve Barnes
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Atticus Cody
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• Studio One1948 · as Sam Chandler
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter