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James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who had a 45-year career and was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances. He was a rough-hewn leading man, known for his toothy grin and lanky physique. He was a perfect tough guy in roles in Westerns and action films, supporting roles in The Magnificent Seven, Hell Is for Heroes, The Great Escape, Charade, and Hard Times. He also had lead roles in films like Our Man Flint and its sequel In Like Flint. Coburn won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction. In 2002, he received a nomination for an Outstanding Miniseries Primetime Emmy Award for producing The Mists of Avalon. Coburn was born in Laurel, Nebraska, on August 31, 1928, the son of James Harrison Coburn II and Mylet S. Coburn. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1950, where he served as a truck driver and occasionally a disc jockey on an Army radio station in Texas. He studied acting at Los Angeles City College and made his television debut in 1953.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: James Harrison Coburn III
Born: Laurel, Nebraska, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: August 31, 1928
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1953-2002
Children: 2
Spouses: Beverly Kelly, Paula Murad
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Awards and Nominations Received by James Coburn
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Movies Featuring James Coburn
The Great Escape
Duck, You Sucker
Charade
Cross of Iron
Hard Times
Midway
Maverick
Snow Dogs
Looker
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Eraser
Young Guns II
Screwballs
The Americanization of Emily
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Hell Is for Heroes
The Last Hard Men
Deadfall
I Am Bruce Lee
Intrepid
Missing Pieces
Guns for Hire: The Making of ‘The Magnificent Seven’
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey
Kurosawa
I Love Muppets
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Walter and Henry
Proximity
Blood and Steel: The Making of ‘Enter the Dragon’
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
White Room
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Mr. Patman
Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls
Loving Couples
High Risk
Skullduggery
Bruce Lee: The Legend
Pinocchio
Draw!
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Death of a Soldier
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Martin’s Day
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
The Baltimore Bullet
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
The Honkers
The Last of Sheila
Major Dundee
Duffy
The Set Up
Bite the Bullet
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
The Hit List
Firepower
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Ride Lonesome
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
A High Wind in Jamaica
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots
Face of a Fugitive
Kings of the Sun
The Carey Treatment
Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Noah’s Ark
The President’s Analyst
In Like Flint
Goldengirl
Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist
The Avenging Angel
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
The Loved One
Candy
The Life of Bruce Lee
The Second Civil War
White Rock
Keys to Tulsa
The Path of the Dragon
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Hard Contract
The Internecine Project
The Cherokee Kid
Sky Riders
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah’s Last Western
The Curse of the Dragon
Formula 1 - Speed fever
The Dain Curse
Mr. Murder
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero
The Man from Galveston
Waterhole #3
Career Timeline
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2004
Blood and Steel: The Making of ‘Enter the Dragon’
Self
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
2001
Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days
Narrator (voice)
Walter and Henry
Charlie
Proximity
Jim Corcoran
2000
Intrepid
Captain Hal Josephson
Missing Pieces
Atticus Cody
Guns for Hire: The Making of ‘The Magnificent Seven’
Self
Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Kurosawa
Self
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
Self (archive footage)
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Host
The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson
Himself
The Second Civil War
Jack Buchan
Keys to Tulsa
Harmon Shaw
1994
Maverick
The Life of Bruce Lee
Self - Actor & Student of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon
Himself (archive footage)
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Deadfall
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
Self
The Hit List
Peter Mayhew
The Curse of the Dragon
Self
1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Death of a Soldier
Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
1972
Duck, You Sucker
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Colonel Pembroke
The Honkers
Lew Lathrop
The Carey Treatment
Dr. Peter Carey
1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Eli Kotch
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Lieutenant Christian
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