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Biography

Lean, athletic actor who gained fame for his suave characterizations and smooth, comic action leads. After army service, Coburn studied acting in California and…more

Born

8/31/1928, Laurel, Nebraska, USA

Died

11/18/2002

Birth Name

James Harrison Coburn Jr.

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (6)

Role
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  Looten Plunder (1990-1993)
  - S 6: Ep 13 Greed Is the Word
    2/24/96
  - S 6: Ep 12 Delta Gone
    2/17/96
  - S 6: Ep 9 One of the Gang
    1/27/96
  - S 6: Ep 8 Old Ma River
    11/25/95
  - S 6: Ep 6 A Good Bomb Is Hard to Find
    11/11/95
  - + 84 More Credits
- The Fifth Corner
  Dr. Grandwell
  - S 1: Ep 3 Eva
    4/24/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 Trio (2)
    4/17/92
  - S 1: Ep 1 Trio (1)
    4/17/92
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Sword of Damocles
  - S 1: Ep 5 Woman at Her Toilette
  - + 1 More Credits
- Darkroom
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Rarest of Wines
    1/15/82
  - S 1: Ep 15 Who's There?
    1/15/82
  - S 1: Ep 14 Exit Line
    1/15/82
  - S 1: Ep 13 Guillotine
    1/8/82
  - S 1: Ep 12 Lost in Translation
    1/8/82
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone
  Major French
  - S 5: Ep 7 The Old Man in the Cave
    11/8/63
- Acapulco
  Gregg Miles
  - S 1: Ep 8 Murder With Love
    4/24/61
  - S 1: Ep 7 Blood Money
    4/17/61
  - S 1: Ep 5 Death Is A Smiling Man
    4/10/61
  - S 1: Ep 6 Fisher's Daughter
    4/3/61
  - S 1: Ep 4 Carbon Copy-Cat
    3/20/61
  - + 3 More Credits
- Klondike
  Jeff Durain
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Hostages
    2/13/61
  - S 1: Ep 16 Sitka Madonna
    2/6/61
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Man Who Owned Skagway
    1/30/61
  - S 1: Ep 14 Queen Of The Klondike
    1/23/61
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Golden Burro
    1/16/61
  - + 12 More Credits
Guest Star (96)

Role
- Arli$$
  "Slaugterhouse" Sid Perelli
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Immortal
    6/16/02
- Politically Incorrect
  Self
  - S 9: Ep 22 Clive Barker, Joe Lockhart, James Coburn, Cheri Jacobus
    10/2/01
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Atticus Cody
  - S 49: Ep 3 Missing Pieces
    2/6/00
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 150 Show #581
    4/27/99
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 19 James Coburn, Seth MacFarlane, and Lisa Loeb
    4/23/99
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 71: Ep 1 The 71st Annual Academy Awards
    3/21/99
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 6: Ep 113 Show #1178
    2/26/99
- Vengeance Unlimited
  Boone Paladin (voice)
  - S 1: Ep 12 Judgment
    1/21/99
- E! True Hollywood Story
  himself
  - S 2: Ep 26 Steve McQueen
    9/27/98
- Profiler
  Charles Vanderhorn
  - S 1: Ep 15 Shadow of Angels, Part II (a.k.a. Gestalt)
    2/15/97
  - S 1: Ep 14 Shadow of Angels, Part I (a.k.a. Noblesse Oblige)
    2/15/97
- Picket Fences
  Walter Brock
  - S 3: Ep 21 Upbringings
    5/5/95
- One On One With John Tesh
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 170 May 20, 1992
    5/20/92
- Murder, She Wrote
  Cyrus Ramsey
  - S 8: Ep 19 Day of the Dead
    4/26/92
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 24 February 20, 1992
    2/20/92
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Gypsy
  - S 3: Ep 3 Pinocchio
    5/14/84
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 8 Bob Hope's All-Star Birthday Party at Annapolis
    5/25/82
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 11 James Coburn/Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham
    2/6/82
- The Fall Guy
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Fall Guy (2)
    11/4/81
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Fall Guy (1)
    11/4/81
- The Muppet Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 4 James Coburn
    10/11/80
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 165 May 20, 1980
    5/20/80
  - S 3: Ep 158 May 16, 1977
    5/16/77
- The Muppet Show
  El Sleezo Cafe Owner
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Muppet Movie
    6/22/79
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 145 April 10, 1972
    4/10/72
  - S 4: Ep 49 November 25, 1971
    11/25/71
- Film '72
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 15 Film '76 Episode 15
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 May 26, 1969
    5/26/69
  - S 6: Ep 51 December 8, 1971
    12/8/71
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 88 January 3, 1968
    1/3/68
  - S 14: Ep 166 May 11, 1977
    5/11/77
  - S 10: Ep 216 August 1, 1973
    8/1/73
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 82 December 26, 1967
    12/26/67
  - S 18: Ep 159 Week of May 19, 1980
    5/19/80
  - S 15: Ep 179 May 13, 1977
    5/13/77
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 38: Ep 1 The 38th Annual Academy Awards
    4/18/66
  - S 72: Ep 1 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/00
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Academy Awards
    4/9/79
  - S 45: Ep 1 The 45th Annual Academy Awards
    3/27/73
- The Defenders (1961)
  Earl Chafee
  - S 3: Ep 29 The Man Who Saved His Country
    5/9/64
- Route 66
  Hamar Nielsen
  - S 4: Ep 16 Kiss the Monster, Make Him Sleep
    1/24/64
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Kelly
  - S 1: Ep 7 Uncaged
    10/29/63
- Combat!
  Corporal Arnold Kanger
  - S 2: Ep 3 Masquerade
    10/1/63
- Naked City
  Harry Brind
  - S 3: Ep 33 Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud
    6/20/62
- Bonanza
  Trace
  - S 3: Ep 32 The Long Night
    5/6/62
- Perry Mason
  General Addison Brand
  - S 5: Ep 25 The Case of the Angry Astronaut
    4/7/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Charlie Allnut
  - S 1: Ep 27 Safari
    4/3/62
- Rawhide
  Colonel Briscoe
  - S 4: Ep 22 Hostage Child
    3/9/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Arthur Troy
  - S 1: Ep 21 Blues for a Junkman
    2/20/62
- King of Diamonds
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 22 Backlash
    1/30/62
- The Rifleman
  Ambrose
  - S 4: Ep 12 The High Country
    12/18/61
- Cheyenne
  Deputy Kell
  - S 6: Ep 2 Trouble Street
    10/2/61
- The Cheyenne Show
  Deputy Kell
  - S 2: Ep 2 Cheyenne: Trouble Street
    10/2/61
- Frontier Justice
  Jess Newton
  - S 3: Ep 1 A Thread Of Respect
    8/3/61
- Laramie
  Gil Spanner
  - S 2: Ep 21 Mark Of The Manhunters
    3/14/61
- Bonanza
  Ross Marquette
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Dark Gate
    3/4/61
- Outlaws
  Cully Scott
  - S 1: Ep 15 Cully
    2/16/61
- The Untouchables
  Dennis Garrity
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Jamaica Ginger Story
    2/2/61
- The Tall Man
  John Miller
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Best Policy
    1/28/61
- Stagecoach West
  Sam Murdock
  - S 1: Ep 14 Come Home Again
    1/10/61
- Perry Mason
  Donald Fletcher
  - S 4: Ep 13 The Case of the Envious Editor
    1/7/61
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Duke Hawkins
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Frightened Ones
    1/6/61
- The Aquanauts
  Casey
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Aquanauts: River Gold
    1/4/61
- Lawman (1958)
  Lank Balley
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Catcher
    12/4/60
- Zane Grey Theater
  Doyle
  - S 5: Ep 2 Desert Flight
    10/13/60
- Death Valley Days
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 1 Pamela's Oxen
    9/24/60
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Howard Caflett
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Trial
    9/21/60
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  Victor Tavo
  - S 4: Ep 20 Coat of Arms
    8/2/60
- Tate
  Jory
  - S 1: Ep 1 Home Town
    6/8/60
- The Deputy
  Coffer
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Truly Yours
    4/9/60
- Peter Gunn
  Bud Bailey
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Murder Clause
    3/28/60
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Sledge
  - S 3: Ep 27 The Gladiators
    3/19/60
- Bourbon Street Beat
  Buzz Griffin
  - S 1: Ep 22 Target of Hate
    3/7/60
- Men into Space
  Dr. Nanny
  - S 1: Ep 21 Contraband
    3/2/60
- Bat Masterson
  Leo Talley
  - S 2: Ep 20 Six Feet of Gold
    2/25/60
- Wichita Town
  Wally
  - S 1: Ep 20 Afternoon in Town
    2/17/60
- Bronco
  Jesse James
  - S 2: Ep 9 Shadow of Jesse James
    1/12/60
- Lawman (1958)
  Blake Carr
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Showdown
    1/10/60
- The Texan
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 17 Friend of the Family
    1/4/60
- The Millionaire
  Bennet
  - S 6: Ep 15 Millionaire Timothy Mackail
    12/30/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Jack
  - S 3: Ep 15 One Came Back
    12/26/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Union soldier
  - S 5: Ep 13 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
    12/20/59
- The June Allyson Show
  Floyd
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Girl
    11/30/59
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  Buckskin Frank Leslie
  - S 5: Ep 13 The Noble Outlaws
    11/24/59
- Bonanza
  Pete Jessup
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Truckee Strip
    11/21/59
- Whirlybirds
  Steve Alexander
  - S 3: Ep 27 Mr. Jinx
    10/5/59
- Johnny Ringo
  Moss Taylor
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Arrival
    10/1/59
- The Twilight Zone
  Major French
- Wichita Town
  Fletcher
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Night the Cowboys Roared (Pilot)
    9/30/59
- Bat Masterson
  Polk Otis
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Black Pearls
    7/1/59
- M Squad
  Mr. Blacker
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Fire Makers
    4/17/59
- The Restless Gun
  Vestry
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Pawn
    4/6/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Jesse Holloway
  - S 1: Ep 30 The Kovack Affair
    3/28/59
- Black Saddle
  Niles
  - S 1: Ep 10 Client: Steele
    3/21/59
- State Trooper
  Dobie
  - S 3: Ep 8 Hard Money, Soft Touch
    3/19/59
- Trackdown
  Joker Wells
  - S 2: Ep 25 Hard Lines
    3/11/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Jess Newton
  - S 3: Ep 19 A Thread Of Respect
    2/12/59
- Bronco
  Adam Coverly
  - S 1: Ep 10 Payroll of the Dead
    1/27/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Turner
  - S 1: Ep 21 Reunion for Revenge
    1/24/59
- The Restless Gun
  Tom Quinn
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Way Back
    12/29/58
- The Rifleman
  Cy Parker
  - S 1: Ep 12 Young Englishman
    12/16/58
- Wagon Train
  Ike
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Millie Davis Story
    11/26/58
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Andrews
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Jokester
    10/19/58
- Tales of Wells Fargo
  Idaho
  - S 3: Ep 6 Butch Cassidy
    10/13/58
- General Electric Theater
  Claude Firman
  - S 6: Ep 31 Ah There, Beau Brummel
    5/4/58
- Suspicion
  Carson
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Voice in the Night
    3/24/58
- Maverick
  Commodore Duvall
- Studio One
  (as Jim Coburn) Sam
  - S 10: Ep 1 The Night America Trembled
    9/9/57
Director (1)

Role
- The Rockford Files
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 8 Irving the Explainer
    11/18/77

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- In 1999 James won a Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Affliction. He was also nominated for a SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
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- James enjoyed playing the flute.
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- James first film was Face of a Fugitive in 1959.
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- James Coburn: Actors are boring when they are not working. It's a natural condition, because they don't have anything to do. They just lay around, and that's why so many of them get drunk. They really get to be boring people. My wife will attest to that.
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