
James Coburn
Acting
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.
TV Shows(81)

Noah's Ark
The 'Peddler'
1999
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998

Scene by Scene
Self
1997

Profiler
Charles Vanderhorn
1996

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Arli$$
Sid Perelli
1996

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993

Picket Fences
Walter Brock
1992

HBO First Look
1992
The Fifth Corner
Dr. Grandwell
1992

Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Looten Plunder (voice)
1990

Clive James' Postcard from
Self
1989

Murder, She Wrote
Cyrus Ramsey
1984

Faerie Tale Theatre
The Gypsy
1982

Wogan
Self
1982

Darkroom
1981

The Fall Guy
James Coburn
1981

The Dain Curse
Hamilton Nash
1978

The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
1976

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975

People's Choice Awards
Self
1975

Great Performances
Self
1971

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Greatest Show on Earth
Kelly
1963

Combat!
Cpl. Arnold Kanger
1962

Stoney Burke
Dr. Henry Jamison
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961

Cain's Hundred
Arthur Troy
1961

The Defenders
Earl Chafee
1961
Acapulco
Gregg Miles
1961

Klondike
Jeff Durain
1960

Route 66
1960

Stagecoach West
Sam Murdock
1960

Outlaws
1960

Checkmate
Gresch
1960

The Aquanauts
Joe Casey
1960

The Tall Man
John Miller
1960

Tate
1960

The Detectives
1959

The Untouchables
Dennis Garrity
1959

Bourbon Street Beat
Buzz Griffin
1959

The Twilight Zone
Major French
1959

Johnny Ringo
Moss Taylor
1959

Wichita Town
1959

Men Into Space
Dr. Narry
1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Floyd
1959

The Deputy
Coffer
1959

Bonanza
Pete Jessup
1959

Black Saddle
Niles
1959

Rawhide
Colonel Briscoe
1959

Bat Masterson
Poke Otis
1958

Lawman
1958

Naked City
Harry Brind
1958

The Rifleman
Cy Parker
1958

The Texan
1958

Bronco
1958

Peter Gunn
1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Henry Turner
1958

Trackdown
Joker Wells
1957

Suspicion
Matt Carson
1957

The Californians
Anthony Wayne
1957

Perry Mason
Donald Fletcher
1957

Wagon Train
Ike Daggett
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Victor Tavo
1957

Tales of Wells Fargo
Idaho
1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jess Newton
1956
State Trooper
Dobie
1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Andrews
1955

Cheyenne
Kell
1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Buckskin Frank Leslie
1955

The Millionaire
Lew Bennett
1955

The Wonderful World of Disney
Jack - Outlaw Leader
1954

The Oscars
Self
1953

General Electric Theater
Claude Firman
1953

Death Valley Days
Steve Barnes
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Atticus Cody
1951

The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950

Studio One
Sam Chandler
1948

Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Movies(140)

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
Self
2024

Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
Self
2011
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
Self
2006

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
Self
2005

Blood and Steel: The Making of Enter the Dragon
Self
2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2004

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
Self - Host
2003

American Gun
Martin Tillman
2002

The Yellow Bird
Rev. Increase Tutwiler
2002

The Real Virgil Hilts: A Man Called Jones
Narrator
2002

I Love Muppets
Self
2002

Snow Dogs
Thunder Jack
2002

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001

Texas Rangers
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2001

Monsters, Inc.
Waternoose (voice)
2001

The Man from Elysian Fields
Alcot
2001

Walter and Henry
Charlie
2001

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Narrator (voice)
2001

Proximity
Jim Corcoran
2001

Missing Pieces
Atticus Cody
2001

Kurosawa
Self
2000

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
2000

Intrepid
Captain Hal Josephson
2000

Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
2000
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
Self
1999

Noah's Ark
Peddler
1999

Payback
Justin Fairfax
1999
World's Scariest Ghosts - Caught on Tape
Narrator (voice)
1999

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999

Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
Self
1999

Mr. Murder
Drew Oslett, Sr.
1998

Affliction
Glen Whitehouse
1998

The Path of the Dragon
Self
1998

Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
Self
1998

The Second Civil War
Jack Buchan
1997

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
Himself
1997

Keys to Tulsa
Harmon Shaw
1997

Skeletons
Frank Jove
1997

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Host
1997

Earth's Two-Minute Warning
Self
1997

The Cherokee Kid
Cyrus Bloomington
1996

Football America
Narrator
1996
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right
Narrator
1996

The Nutty Professor
Harlan Hartley
1996

Eraser
WitSec Chief Beller
1996

Okavango: Africa's Wild Oasis
1996

The Set Up
Jeremiah Cole
1995

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Jeffery Winslow
1995

The Avenging Angel
Porter Rockwell
1995

National Geographic - Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge
Self - Narrator (voice)
1995

A Christmas Reunion
Santa
1994

Greyhounds
John Dolan
1994

Maverick
Commodore Duvall
1994

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Jeffrey Winslow
1994

The Life of Bruce Lee
Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
1994

Return to 'The Great Escape'
Self
1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Mr. Crisp
1993

Deadfall
Mike Donan / Lou Donan
1993

The Curse of the Dragon
Self
1993

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
1993

The Hit List
Peter Mayhew
1993

Mastergate
Major Manley Battle
1992

The Player
James Coburn
1992

Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
Jim Hathaway
1992
True Facts
1992
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Narrator (voice)
1992
Silverfox
Robert Fox
1991

Hudson Hawk
George Kaplan
1991

Young Guns II
John Simpson Chisum
1990

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Narrator
1990

Train to Heaven
Gregorius
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
1989

Call from Space
Studio Boss
1989

Walking After Midnight
Self
1988

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987

Death of a Soldier
Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
1986

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
1986

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
1986

Martin's Day
Lt. Lardner
1985

Sins of the Father
1985

Draw!
Sam Starret
1984

Pinocchio
The Gypsy
1984

Digital Dreams
God's Gift to Wyman
1983

Malibu
Tom Wharton
1983

Looker
John Reston
1981

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Henry Bellamy
1981

High Risk
Serrano
1981

Mr. Patman
Patman
1981

Loving Couples
Walter
1980

The Baltimore Bullet
Nick Casey
1980

Goldengirl
Jack Dryden
1979

The Muppet Movie
El Sleezo Cafe Owner
1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self
1979

Firepower
Jerry Fanon / Eddie
1979
Superstunt II
Self
1979

Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1978

California Suite
Actor in Diana's Movie (uncredited)
1978
Superstunt
Self
1977

White Rock
James Coburn
1977

Cross of Iron
Unteroffizier / Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
1977

Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Self (archive footage)
1976

Midway
Capt. Vinton Maddox
1976

The Last Hard Men
Provo
1976

Sky Riders
Jim McCabe
1976

Bite the Bullet
Luke Matthews
1975

Hard Times
Spencer "Speed" Weed
1975

The Internecine Project
Robert Elliot
1974

Harry in Your Pocket
Harry
1973

The Last of Sheila
Clinton Greene
1973

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett
1973

A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Colonel Pembroke
1972

The Honkers
Lew Lathrop
1972

The Carey Treatment
Dr. Peter Carey
1972

Duck, You Sucker
John H. Mallory
1971

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Jeb Stuart Thornton
1970

Hard Contract
John Cunningham
1969

The Wolf Men
Self - Narrator (voice)
1969

Candy
Dr. A.B. Krankheit
1968

Duffy
Duffy
1968

The President's Analyst
Dr. Sidney Schaefer
1967

Waterhole #3
Lewton Cole
1967

In Like Flint
Derek Flint
1967

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Eli Kotch
1966

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Lieutenant Christian
1966

Our Man Flint
Derek Flint
1966

The Loved One
Immigration Officer
1965

A High Wind in Jamaica
Zac
1965

Major Dundee
Samuel Potts
1965

The Americanization of Emily
Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings
1964
Action on the Beach
Self
1964

The Man from Galveston
Boyd Palmer
1963

Kings of the Sun
Narrator (uncredited)
1963

Charade
Tex Panthollow
1963

The Great Escape
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
1963

Hell Is for Heroes
Cpl. Frank Henshaw
1962

The Murder Men
Arthur Troy
1961

The Magnificent Seven
Britt
1960

Face of a Fugitive
Purdy
1959

Ride Lonesome
Whitt
1959

The Night America Trembled
Sam (as Jim Coburn)
1957