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.
2024Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last WesternMovieas Self
2011Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarMovieas Self · In Memory Of
2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahMovieas Self
2004Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the DragonMovieas Self
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeMovieas Self (archive footage)
2003Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster YearsMovieas Self - Host
2002American GunMovieas Martin Tillman
2002The Yellow BirdMovieas Rev. Increase Tutwiler
2002The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called JonesMovieas Narrator
2002I Love MuppetsMovieas Self2002Snow DogsMovieas Thunder Jack
2001The Unbeatable Bruce LeeMovie
2001Texas RangersMovieas Narrator (voice) (uncredited)2001Monsters, Inc.Movieas Waternoose (voice)
2001The Man from Elysian FieldsMovieas Alcot
2001The Mists of AvalonTV showExecutive Producer · 2 episodes
2001Walter and HenryMovieas Charlie
2001Marilyn Monroe: The Final DaysMovieas Narrator (voice)
2001ProximityMovieas Jim Corcoran
2001Missing PiecesMovieas Atticus Cody
2000KurosawaMovieas Self
2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'Movieas Self
2000IntrepidMovieas Captain Hal Josephson
2000Once Upon a Time: Sergio LeoneMovieas Self (archive footage)
1999Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood HeroMovieas Self
1999Noah's ArkTV showas The 'Peddler' · 2 episodes1999PaybackMovieas Justin Fairfax
1999Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives OnMovieas Self
1999Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1Movieas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998Mr. MurderMovieas Drew Oslett, Sr.
1998AfflictionMovieas Glen Whitehouse
1998The Path of the DragonMovieas Self
1998Bruce Lee: The Intercepting FistMovieas Self
1997The Second Civil WarMovieas Jack Buchan
1997The Disappearance of Kevin JohnsonMovieas Himself
1997Scene by SceneTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1997Keys to TulsaMovieas Harmon Shaw
1997SkeletonsMovieas Frank Jove
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsMovieas Host
1997Earth's Two-Minute WarningMovieas Self
1996The Cherokee KidMovieas Cyrus Bloomington
1996Football AmericaMovieas Narrator
1996ProfilerTV showas Charles Vanderhorn · 2 episodes
1996E! True Hollywood StoryTV show1 episodes
1996Arli$$TV showas Sid Perelli · 1 episodes1996The Nutty ProfessorMovieas Harlan Hartley1996EraserMovieas Beller
1996Okavango: Africa's Wild OasisMovie
1995The Set UpMovieas Jeremiah Cole
1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for MurderMovieas Jeffery Winslow
1995The Avenging AngelMovieas Porter Rockwell
1995National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the EdgeMovieas Self - Narrator (voice)
1994A Christmas ReunionMovieas Santa
1994GreyhoundsMovieas John Dolan1994MaverickMovieas Commodore Duvall
1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For JusticeMovieas Jeffrey Winslow
1994The Life of Bruce LeeMovieas Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
1993Return to 'The Great Escape'Movieas Self1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitMovieas Mr. Crisp
1993DeadfallMovieas Mike Donan / Lou Donan
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
1993The Curse of the DragonMovieas Self
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of IronMovieas Self
1993The Hit ListMovieas Peter Mayhew
1992MastergateMovieas Major Manley Battle
1992Picket FencesTV showas Walter Brock · 1 episodes
1992HBO First LookTV show1 episodes1992The PlayerMovieas James Coburn
1992Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232Movieas Jim Hathaway1991Hudson HawkMovieas George Kaplan
1990Captain Planet and the PlaneteersTV showas Looten Plunder (voice) · 13 episodes1990Young Guns IIMovieas John Simpson Chisum
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeMovieas Narrator
1989Train to HeavenMovieas Gregorius
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreMovieas Self (voice)
1989Clive James' Postcard fromTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1989Call from SpaceMovieas Studio Boss
1988Walking After MidnightMovieas Self
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodMovieas Self
1986Death of a SoldierMovieas Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
1986The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 YearsMovieas Self (archive footage)
1986Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked AwayMovieas Self
1985Martin's DayMovieas Lt. Lardner
1985Sins of the FatherMovieas Frank Murchison
1984Murder, She WroteTV showas Cyrus Ramsey · 1 episodes
1984Draw!Movieas Sam Starret
1984PinocchioMovieas The Gypsy
1983Digital DreamsMovieas God's Gift to Wyman
1983MalibuMovieas Tom Wharton
1982Faerie Tale TheatreTV showas The Gypsy · 1 episodes
1982WoganTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1981DarkroomTV showas Host · 16 episodes
1981The Fall GuyTV showas James Coburn · 1 episodes
1981LookerMovieas John Reston
1981Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"Movieas Henry Bellamy
1981High RiskMovieas Serrano
1981Mr. PatmanMovieas Patman
1980Loving CouplesMovieas Walter
1980The Baltimore BulletMovieas Nick Casey
1979GoldengirlMovieas Jack Dryden1979The Muppet MovieMovieas El Sleezo Cafe Owner
1979The Muppets Go HollywoodMovieas Self (uncredited)
1979FirepowerMovieas Jerry Fanon / Eddie
1978Formula 1 - Speed feverMovieas Self
1978Circle of IronMovieStory
1978ConvoyMovieSecond Unit Director
1978The Dain CurseTV showas Hamilton Nash · 3 episodes
1978California SuiteMovieas Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
1977White RockMovieas James Coburn1977Cross of IronMovieas Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
1976Bruce Lee: The Man, The MythMovieas Self (archive footage)
1976The Muppet ShowTV showas Self - Special Guest Star · 1 episodes
1976MidwayMovieas Capt. Vinton Maddox
1976The Last Hard MenMovieas Provo
1976Sky RidersMovieas Jim McCabe1975Saturday Night LiveTV showas Self - Host · 1 episodes
1975Bite the BulletMovieas Luke Matthews
1975Hard TimesMovieas Spencer "Speed" Weed
1975People's Choice AwardsTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1974The Rockford FilesTV showDirector · 1 episodes
1974The Internecine ProjectMovieas Robert Elliot
1973Harry in Your PocketMovieas Harry
1973The Last of SheilaMovieas Clinton Greene1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidMovieas Pat Garrett
1972A Reason to Live, a Reason to DieMovieas Colonel Pembroke
1972The HonkersMovieas Lew Lathrop
1972The Carey TreatmentMovieas Dr. Peter Carey1971Duck, You SuckerMovieas John H. Mallory
1971Great PerformancesTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1970Last of the Mobile Hot ShotsMovieas Jeb Stuart Thornton
1969Hard ContractMovieas John Cunningham
1969The Wolf MenMovieas Self - Narrator (voice)
1968CandyMovieas Dr. A.B. Krankheit
1968DuffyMovieas Duffy
1968The Dick Cavett ShowTV showas Self - Guest · 1 episodes
1967The President's AnalystMovieas Dr. Sidney Schaefer
1967Waterhole #3Movieas Lewton Cole
1967In Like FlintMovieas Derek Flint
1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundMovieas Eli Kotch
1966What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?Movieas Lieutenant Christian
1966Our Man FlintMovieas Derek Flint
1965The Loved OneMovieas Immigration Officer
1965A High Wind in JamaicaMovieas Zac
1965Major DundeeMovieas Samuel Potts
1964The Americanization of EmilyMovieas Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
1963Kings of the SunMovieas Narrator (uncredited)
1963The Man from GalvestonMovieas Boyd Palmer1963CharadeMovieas Tex Panthollow1963The Great EscapeMovieas Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
1962Combat!TV showas Cpl. Arnold Kanger · 1 episodes
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1962Stoney BurkeTV showas Dr. Henry Jamison · 1 episodes
1962Hell Is for HeroesMovieas Cpl. Frank Henshaw
1961The Mike Douglas ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1961Cain's HundredTV showas Arthur Troy · 1 episodes
1961The DefendersTV showas Earl Chafee · 1 episodes
1961AcapulcoTV showas Gregg Miles · 8 episodes
1961The Murder MenMovieas Arthur Troy1960The Magnificent SevenMovieas Britt
1960KlondikeTV showas Jeff Durain · 17 episodes
1960Route 66TV show1 episodes
1960Stagecoach WestTV showas Sam Murdock · 1 episodes
1960OutlawsTV show1 episodes
1960CheckmateTV showas Gresch · 1 episodes
1960The AquanautsTV showas Joe Casey · 1 episodes
1960The Tall ManTV showas John Miller · 1 episodes
1960TateTV show1 episodes
1959The DetectivesTV show1 episodes
1959The UntouchablesTV showas Dennis Garrity · 1 episodes
1959Bourbon Street BeatTV showas Buzz Griffin · 1 episodes1959The Twilight ZoneTV showas Major French · 1 episodes
1959Johnny RingoTV showas Moss Taylor · 1 episodes
1959Men Into SpaceTV showas Dr. Narry · 1 episodes
1959Wichita TownTV show2 episodes
1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonTV showas Floyd · 1 episodes1959BonanzaTV showas Pete Jessup · as Ross Marquette · as Elmer Trace · 1 episodes
1959The DeputyTV showas Coffer · 1 episodes
1959Face of a FugitiveMovieas Purdy
1959Ride LonesomeMovieas Whitt
1959Black SaddleTV showas Niles · 1 episodes
1959RawhideTV showas Colonel Briscoe · 1 episodes
1958Bat MastersonTV showas Poke Otis · as Leo Talley · 1 episodes
1958LawmanTV showas Lank Bailey · 1 episodes
1958The RiflemanTV showas Cy Parker · as Ambrose · 1 episodes
1958Naked CityTV showas Harry Brind · 1 episodes
1958The TexanTV show1 episodes
1958BroncoTV show2 episodes
1958Peter GunnTV show1 episodes
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveTV showas Henry Turner · as Jesse Holloway · as Howard Catlett · 1 episodes
1957TrackdownTV showas Joker Wells · 1 episodes
1957SuspicionTV showas Matt Carson · 1 episodes
1957The CaliforniansTV showas Anthony Wayne · as Deputy Anthony Wayne · 1 episodes
1957The Restless GunTV show1 episodes
1957Perry MasonTV showas Donald Fletcher · as General Addison Brand · 1 episodes
1957Wagon TrainTV showas Ike Daggett · 1 episodes
1957Have Gun, Will TravelTV showas Jack Harvey · 1 episodes
1957The Night America TrembledMovieas Sam (as Jim Coburn)
1957Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveTV showas Victor Tavo · 1 episodes
1957Tales of Wells FargoTV showas Idaho · 1 episodes
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV showas Jess Newton · as Charlie Doyle · 1 episodes
1956State TrooperTV showas Dobie · 1 episodes
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsTV showas Andrews · as Union Sergeant · 1 episodes
1955CheyenneTV showas Kell · 1 episodes
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpTV showas Buckskin Frank Leslie · 1 episodes
1955The MillionaireTV showas Lew Bennett · 1 episodes
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyTV showas Jack - Outlaw Leader · as Mexican Police Captain (uncredited) · 1 episodes
1953The OscarsTV showas Self · 3 episodes
1953General Electric TheaterTV showas Claude Firman · 1 episodes
1952Death Valley DaysTV showas Steve Barnes · 1 episodes
1950The Bob Hope ShowTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1948Studio OneTV showas Sam Chandler · 1 episodes
1944Golden Globe AwardsTV showas Self · as Self - Presenter · 1 episodes