James Coburn

Lanky, charismatic and versatile actor with an amazing grin that put everyone at ease, James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns before being cast as the knife-throwing... See full bio »

Born:

James Harrison Coburn Jr.
August 31, 1928 in Laurel, Nebraska, USA

Died:

November 18, 2002 (age 74) in Beverly Hills, California, USA

Still of James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven

Still of Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston, James Coburn and Robert Wagner in Midway

James Coburn receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame April 1, 1994

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Won Oscar. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations See more awards »

Known For

Monsters, Inc. (2001)

The Great Escape (1963)

The Nutty Professor (1996)

Charade (1963)

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Actor (172 titles)

2002 Arli$$ (TV series)
Slaugterhouse Sid Perelli

– The Immortal (2002) … Slaugterhouse Sid Perelli

2002 American Gun
Martin Tillman

2002 Snow Dogs
Thunder Jack

2001 Monsters, Inc.
Henry J. Waternoose (voice)

2001 The Man from Elysian Fields
Alcott

2001 Walter and Henry (TV movie)
Charlie

2001 The Yellow Bird (short)
Rev. Increase Tutwiler

2001 Texas Rangers
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2001 Proximity
Jim Corcoran

2000 Intrepid
Captain Hal Josephson

2000 Missing Pieces (TV movie)
Atticus Cody

2000 The Good Doctor (short)
Dr. Samuel Roberts

1999 Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (TV movie)
Morris Gunn

1999 Noah's Ark (TV movie)
The 'Peddler'

1999/I Payback
Justin Fairfax (uncredited)

1999 Vengeance Unlimited (TV series)
Boone Paladin

– Judgment (1999) … Boone Paladin (voice) (uncredited)

1998 Mr. Murder (TV movie)
Drew Oslett, Sr.

1998 Stories from My Childhood (TV series)
The Archbishop

– The Wild Swans (1998) … The Archbishop (voice)

1997 Affliction
Glen Whitehouse

1997 Skeletons (TV movie)
Frank Jove

1997 The Second Civil War (TV movie)
Jack Buchan

1997 Profiler (TV series)
Charles Vanderhorn

– Shadow of Angels (1997) … Charles Vanderhorn

– Shadow of Angels: Part 2 (1997) … Charles Vanderhorn

1996 The Cherokee Kid (TV movie)
Cyrus B. Bloomington

1996 Okavango: Africa's Savage Oasis (TV movie)
Narrator

1996 Keys to Tulsa
Harmon Shaw

1996 Football America (TV movie)
Narrator

1996 The Nutty Professor
Harlan Hartley

1996 Eraser
WitSec Chief Beller

1995 Christmas Reunion (TV movie)
Santa

1995 The Set Up
Jeremiah Cole

1995 Picket Fences (TV series)
Walter Brock

– Upbringings (1995) … Walter Brock

1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (TV movie)
Jeffery Winslow

1995 The Avenging Angel (TV movie)
Porter Rockwell

1995 C.E.O. (Video Game)
Dwight Owen Barnes

1994 Greyhounds (TV movie)

1994 Maverick
Commodore Duvall

1994 Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (TV movie)
Jeffrey Winslow

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

1993 Deadfall
Mike Donan/Lou Donan

1993 The Hit List
Peter Mayhew

1992 Mastergate (TV movie)
Major Manley Battle

1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Cyrus Ramsey

– Day of the Dead (1992) … Cyrus Ramsey

1992 The Fifth Corner (TV series)
Dr. Grandwell

1990-1992 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV series)
Looten Plunder

– Fare Thee Whale (1992) … Looten Plunder (voice)

– Summit to Save Earth: Part 2 (1992) … Looten Plunder (voice)

– Summit to Save Earth: Part 1 (1992) … Looten Plunder (voice)

– The Blue Car Line (1992) … Looten Plunder (voice)

– The Fine Print (1991) … Looten Plunder (voice)

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1992 True Facts (TV movie)

1992 Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (TV movie)
Jim Hathaway

1991 Silverfox (TV movie)
Robert Fox

1991 Hudson Hawk
George Kaplan

1990 Young Guns II
John Simpson Chisum

1989 Train to Heaven
Gregorius

1989 Call from Space (short)

1986 The Wildest West Show of the Stars (TV movie)
Grand Marshall

1986 Death of a Soldier
Maj. Patrick Dannenberg

1985 Martin's Day
Lt. Lardner

1985 Sins of the Father (TV movie)
Frank Murchison

1984 Draw! (TV movie)
Sam Starret

1984 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series)
The Gypsy

– Pinocchio (1984) … The Gypsy

1983 Malibu (TV movie)
Tom Wharton

1983 Digital Dreams (TV movie)

1981 Looker
John Reston

1981 Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (TV movie)
Henry Bellamy

1981 High Risk
Serrano

1980 Mr. Patman
Patman

1980 Loving Couples
Dr. Walter Kirby

1980 The Baltimore Bullet
Nick Casey

1980 Superstunt II (TV movie)

1979 Goldengirl
Jack Dryden

1979 The Muppet Movie
El Sleezo Cafe Owner

1979 Firepower
Jerry Fanon/Eddie

1978 California Suite
Pilot in Diana Barrie's Film on Airplane (uncredited)

1978 The Dain Curse (TV mini-series)
Hamilton Nash

1977 Cross of Iron
Unteroffizier / Sgt. Feldwebel Rolf Steiner

1976 Midway
Captain Vinton Maddox

1976 The Last Hard Men
Zach Provo

1976 Sky Riders
Jim McCabe

1975 Hard Times
Speed

1975 Bite the Bullet
Luke Matthews

1974 The Internecine Project
Robert Elliot

1973 Harry in Your Pocket
Harry

1973 The Last of Sheila
Clinton Green

1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Pat Garrett

1972 A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Col. Pembroke

1972 The Honkers
Lew Lathrop

1972 The Carey Treatment
Dr. Peter Carey

1971 Duck, You Sucker
John H. Mallory

1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Cameo

– Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon (1970) … Cameo

1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Jeb

1969 Hard Contract
John Cunningham

1968 Candy
Dr. A.B. Krankheit

1968 Duffy
Duffy

1967 The President's Analyst
Dr. Sidney Schaefer

1967 Waterhole #3
Lewton Cole

1967 In Like Flint
Derek Flint

1966 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

1965 The Loved One
Immigration Officer

1965 A High Wind in Jamaica
Zac

1965 Major Dundee
Samuel Potts

1964 The Americanization of Emily
Lt. Cmdr. Paul 'Bus' Cummings

1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Earl Chafee

– The Man Who Saved His Country (1964) … Earl Chafee

1964 Route 66 (TV series)
Hamar Nielsen

– Kiss the Monster - Make Him Sleep (1964) … Hamar Nielsen

1963 Kings of the Sun
Narrator (uncredited)

1963 The Man from Galveston
Boyd Palmer

1963 Charade
Tex Panthollow

1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Major French

– The Old Man in the Cave (1963) … Major French

1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Steve Kowlowski

– Oh, You Shouldn't Have Done It (1963) … Steve Kowlowski

1963 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
Kelly

– Uncaged (1963) … Kelly

1963 Combat! (TV series)
Corporal Arnold Kanger

– Masquerade (1963) … Corporal Arnold Kanger

1963 The Great Escape
Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"

1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Jamison

– The Test (1963) … Jamison

1962 Hell Is for Heroes
Cpl. Henshaw

1962 Naked City (TV series)
Harry Brind

– Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud (1962) … Harry Brind

1958-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Ben Crider / Idaho

– The Wayfarers (1962) … Ben Crider

– Butch Cassidy (1958) … Idaho

1959-1962 Bonanza (TV series)
Elmer Trace / Pete Jessup / Ross Marquette

– The Long Night (1962) … Elmer Trace

– The Dark Gate (1961) … Ross Marquette

– The Truckee Strip (1959) … Pete Jessup

1961-1962 Perry Mason (TV series)
Donald Fletcher / General Addison Brand

– The Case of the Angry Astronaut (1962) … General Addison Brand

– The Case of the Envious Editor (1961) … Donald Fletcher (as James H. Coburn)

1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Charlie Allnut

– Safari (1962) … Charlie Allnut

1962 Checkmate (TV series)
Gresch

– A Chant of Silence (1962) … Gresch

1962 Rawhide (TV series)
Colonel Briscoe

– Hostage Child (1962) … Colonel Briscoe

1962 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Arthur Troy

– Blues for a Junkman (1962) … Arthur Troy

1962 Ripcord (TV series)
Bert Tucker

– Double Drop (1962) … Bert Tucker

1962 King of Diamonds (TV series)

– Backlash (1962)

1958-1961 The Rifleman (TV series)
Ambrose / Cy Parker

– The High Country (1961) … Ambrose

– Young Englishman (1958) … Cy Parker (as Jim Coburn)

1961 Cheyenne (TV series)
Deputy Sheriff Kell

– Trouble Street (1961) … Deputy Sheriff Kell

1961 The Brothers Brannagan (TV series)
Dell

– Death Is not Deductible (1961) … Dell

1961 Acapulco (TV series)
Gregg Miles

– Murder with Love (1961) … Gregg Miles

– Blood Money (1961) … Gregg Miles

– Death Is a Smiling Man (1961) … Gregg Miles

– Fisher's Daughter (1961) … Gregg Miles

– Carbon Copy Cat (1961) … Gregg Miles

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1959-1961 Laramie (TV series)
Gil Spanner

– The Mark of the Manhunters (1961) … Gil Spanner

– The Iron Captain (1959)

1961 Outlaws (TV series)
Culley Scott

– Culley (1961) … Culley Scott

1960-1961 Klondike (TV series)
Jeff Durain / Jefferson Durain

– The Hostages (1961) … Jeff Durain

– Sitka Madonna (1961) … Jeff Durain

– The Man Who Owned Skagway (1961) … Jeff Durain

– Queen of the Klondike (1961) … Jeff Durain

– The Golden Burro (1961) … Jeff Durain

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1961 The Untouchables (TV series)
Dennis Garrity

– The Jamaica Ginger Story (1961) … Dennis Garrity

1961 The Tall Man (TV series)
John Miller

– The Best Policy (1961) … John Miller

1961 Stagecoach West (TV series)
Sam Murdock

– Come Home Again (1961) … Sam Murdock

1961 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (TV series)
Duke Hawkins

– The Frightened Ones (1961) … Duke Hawkins

1961 The Aquanauts (TV series)
Joe Casey

– River Gold (1961) … Joe Casey

1960 Lawman (TV series)
Blake Carr / Lank Bailey

– The Catcher (1960) … Lank Bailey

– The Showdown (1960) … Blake Carr

1960 The Magnificent Seven
Britt

1959-1960 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Doyle / Jess Newton

– Desert Flight (1960) … Doyle

– A Thread of Respect (1959) … Jess Newton

1960 Death Valley Days (TV series)

– Pamela's Oxen (1960)

1959-1960 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Henry Turner / Howard Catlett / Jesse Holloway

– The Trial (1960) … Howard Catlett

– The Kovack Affair (1959) … Jesse Holloway

– Reunion for a Revenge (1959) … Henry Turner

1960 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV series)

– Coat of Arms (1960)

1960 Tate (TV series)
Jory

– Home Town (1960) … Jory

1960 The Deputy (TV series)
Coffer

– The Truly Yours (1960) … Coffer

1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Bud Bailey

– The Murder Clause (1960) … Bud Bailey

1959-1960 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Bill Sledge / Jack

– The Gladiators (1960) … Bill Sledge

– One Came Back (1959) … Jack

1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Buzz Griffin

– Target of Hate (1960) … Buzz Griffin

1960 Men Into Space (TV series)
Dr. Narry

– Contraband (1960) … Dr. Narry

1960 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Rome Morgan

– Blackwater Swamp (1960) … Rome Morgan

1959-1960 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Leo Talley / Poke Otis

– Six Feet of Gold (1960) … Leo Talley

– The Black Pearls (1959) … Poke Otis

1959-1960 Wichita Town (TV series)
Fletcher / Wally

– Afternoon in Town (1960) … Wally

– The Night the Cowboys Roared (1959) … Fletcher

1959-1960 Bronco (TV series)
Adam Coverly / Jesse James

– Shadow of Jesse James (1960) … Jesse James

– Payroll of the Dead (1959) … Adam Coverly

1960 The Texan (TV series)
Cal Gruder

– Friend of the Family (1960) … Cal Gruder

1959 The Millionaire (TV series)
Lew Bennett

– Millionaire Timothy Mackail (1959) … Lew Bennett

1958-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Andrews / Union Soldier

– An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1959) … Union Soldier

– The Jokester (1958) … Andrews

1959 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Buckskin Frank Leslie

– The Clantons' Family Row (1959)

– The Noble Outlaws (1959) … Buckskin Frank Leslie

1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Floyd

– The Girl (1959) … Floyd

1958-1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Jack - Outlaw Leader / Mexican Police Captain

– Elfego Baca: Mustang Man, Mustang Maid (1959) … Jack - Outlaw Leader

– Elfego Baca: Move Along, Mustangers (1959) … Jack - Outlaw Leader

– Four Down and Five Lives to Go (1958) … Mexican Police Captain (uncredited)

1959 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Gunfighter

– The Gunfighter (1959) … Gunfighter

1959 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Steve Alexander

– Mr. Jinx (1959) … Steve Alexander

1959 Johnny Ringo (TV series)
Moss Taylor

– The Arrival (1959) … Moss Taylor

1959 Face of a Fugitive
Purdy

1959 The Californians (TV series)
Anthony Wayne / Deputy Anthony Wayne

– An Act of Faith (1959) … Deputy Anthony Wayne

– One Ton of Peppercorns (1959) … Anthony Wayne

1959 The Rough Riders (TV series)
Judson

– Deadfall (1959) … Judson

1959 M Squad (TV series)
Harry Blacker

– The Fire Makers (1959) … Harry Blacker

1958-1959 The Restless Gun (TV series)
Tom Quinn / Vestry

– The Pawn (1959) … Vestry

– The Way Back (1958) … Tom Quinn

1959 Black Saddle (TV series)
Niles

– Client: Steele (1959) … Niles

1959 State Trooper (TV series)
Dobie

– Hard Money, Soft Touch (1959) … Dobie

1959 Trackdown (TV series)
Joker Wells

– Hard Lines (1959) … Joker Wells (as Jim Coburn)

1959 Ride Lonesome
Whit

1958 Wagon Train (TV series)
Ike

– The Millie Davis Story (1958) … Ike

1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Claude Firman

– Ah There, Beau Brummel (1958) … Claude Firman

1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Carson

– The Voice in the Night (1958) … Carson

1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Sam

– The Night America Trembled (1957) … Sam (as Jim Coburn)

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Alternate Names:

James H. Coburn | Jim Coburn

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)

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[on Sam Peckinpah] He knew how to bring something out of an actor that even the actor didn't know was there. That's what an actor works for. What else is there? Saying lines, or being cute, or whatever. No. People think about that. People think that acting is an easy chore. "Why, I can do that". Like they have today... See more »