James Coburn

James Harrison Coburn III[1] (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career,[2] ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.
A capable, rough-hewn leading man, his toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect tough guy in numerous leading and supporting roles in westernsand action films,[3] such as The Magnificent Seven, Hell Is for Heroes, The Great Escape, Charade, Our Man Flint, In Like Flint, Duck, You Sucker!, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Cross of Iron. Coburn provided the voice of Mr. Waternoose in the Pixar film Monsters, Inc.[4]
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Coburn cultivated an image synonymous with "cool" [5] and, along with such contemporaries as Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, and Charles Bronson, became one of the prominent "tough-guy" actors of his day.
== Early life ==
Coburn was born in Laurel, Nebraska on August 31, 1928, the son of James Harrison Coburn II and Mylet Coburn. His father was of Scottish-Irish ancestry and his mother was an immigrant from Sweden. The elder Coburn had a garage business that was destroyed by the Great Depression.[6] Coburn himself was raised in Compton, California, where he attended Compton Junior College. In 1950, he enlisted in the United States Army, in which he served as a truck driver and occasionally a disc jockey on an Army radio station in Texas. Coburn also narrated Army training films in Mainz, Germany.[7]
== Career ==
Coburn attended Los Angeles City College,[8] where he studied acting alongside Jeff Corey and Stella Adler, and later made his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse in Herman Melville's Billy Budd.[9]
=== Early work ===
Coburn's first professional job was a live television play for Sidney Lumet.
He was selected for a Remington Products razor commercial in which he was able to shave off 11 days of beard growth in less than 60 seconds,[10] while joking that he had more teeth to show on camera than the other 12 candidates for the part.[11]
Coburn's film debut came in 1952 as the sidekick of Pernell Roberts in the Randolph Scott western Ride Lonesome.[12] He soon got a job in another Western Face of a Fugitive (1959).
Coburn also appeared in dozens of television roles including, with Roberts, several episodes of NBC's Bonanza. Coburn appeared twice each on two other NBC westerns Tales of Wells Fargo with Dale Robertson, one episode in the role of Butch Cassidy, and The Restless Gun with John Payne in "The Pawn" and "The Way Back", the latter segment alongside Bonanza's Dan Blocker.[13]
Coburn's third film was a major breakthrough for him - as the knife-wielding Britt in The Magnificent Seven (1960), directed by John Sturges for the Mirisch Company. Coburn was hired through the intervention of his friend, Robert Vaughn.
=== Television Star ===
During the 1960 to 1961 season, Coburn co-starred with Ralph Taeger and Joi Lansing in the NBC adventure/drama series, Klondike, set in the Alaskan gold rush town of Skagway.
When Klondike was cancelled, Taeger and Coburn were regrouped as detectivesin Mexico in NBC's equally short-lived Acapulco.
Coburn also made two guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, both times as the murder victim in "The Case of the Envious Editor" and "The Case of the Angry Astronaut." In 1962, he portrayed the role of Col. Briscoe in the episode "Hostage Child" on CBS's Rawhide.
=== Supporting Actor ===
Coburn had a good role in Hell Is for Heroes (1962), a war movie with Steve McQueen. Coburn followed this with another war film with McQueen, The Great Escape (1963), directed by Sturges for the Mirisches; Coburn played an Australian. For the Mirisches, Coburn narrated Kings of the Sun (1963).
Coburn was one of the villains in Charade (1963), starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. He was then cast as a glib naval officer in Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily, replacing James Garner, who had moved up to the lead when William Holden pulled out. This led to Coburn being signed to a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox.[14]
Coburn had another excellent support role as a one-armed Indian tracker in Major Dundee (1965), directed by Sam Peckinpah.
At Fox, he was second-billed in the pirate film A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), supporting Anthony Quinn. He had a cameo in The Loved One (1965).
==== Our Man Flint and Stardom ====
Coburn became a genuine star following the release of the James Bond parody film Our Man Flint (1966), playing super agent Derek Flint for Fox. The movie was a solid success at the box office.
He followed it with What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), a wartime comedy from Blake Edwards which was made for the Mirisches; Coburn was top billed. The film was a commercial disappointment. Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) was a crime movie made at Columbia.
Back at Fox, Coburn made a second Flint film, In Like Flint (1967), which was popular but Coburn did not wish to make any more. He went over to Paramount to make a Western comedy, Waterhole No. 3 (1967), and the political satire The President's Analyst (1967). Neither film performed particularly well at the box office but over the years The President's Analyst has become a cult film. In 1967 Coburn was voted the twelfth biggest star in Hollywood.[15]
Over at Columbia, Coburn was in a swinging sixties heist film, Duffy (1968) which flopped. He was one of several stars who had cameos in Candy (1968) then played a hitman in Hard Contract (1969) for Fox, another flop.
Coburn tried a change of pace, an adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play, Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) directed by Sidney Lumet, but the film was not popular.
In 1971, Coburn starred in the Zapata Western Duck, You Sucker!, with Rod Steiger and directed by Sergio Leone, as an Irish explosives expert and revolutionary who has fled to Mexico during the time of the Mexican Revolutionin the early 20th century. This was not as highly regarded as Leone's four previous Westerns but was hugely popular in Europe, especially France.
Back in the US he made another film with Blake Edwards, the thriller The Carey Treatment (1972). It was badly cut by MGM and was commercially underwhelming. So too was The Honkers (1972) where Coburn played a rodeo rider.
Coburn went back to Italy to make another Western, A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1973). He then re-teamed with director Sam Peckinpah for the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, in which he played Pat Garrett. In 1973 Coburn was voted the 23rd most popular star in Hollywood.[16]
In 1973, Coburn was among the featured celebrities dressed in prison gear on the cover of the album Band on the Run made by Paul McCartney and his band Wings. Coburn was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Bruce Lee along with Steve McQueen, Bruce's brother, Robert Lee, Peter Chin, Danny Inosanto, and Taky Kimura. Coburn gave a speech: "Farewell, Brother. It has been an honor to share this space in time with you. As a friend and a teacher, you have given to me, have brought my physical, spiritual and psychological selves together. Thank you. May peace be with you"[17]
Coburn was one of several stars in the popular The Last of Sheila (1973). He then starred in a series of thrillers: Harry in Your Pocket (1974) and The Internecine Project (1975). Neither was widely seen.
=== Decline as Star ===
Coburn began to drop back down the credit list: he was third billed in Bite the Bullet (1975) behind Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen for Richard Brooks. He co-starred with Charles Bronson in Hard Times (1975), the directorial debut of Walter Hill, but it was very much Bronson's film. The movie was popular.
Coburn played the lead in the action film Sky Riders (1976) then played Charlton Heston's antagonist in The Last Hard Men (1976). He was one of the many stars in Midway (1976) then had the star role in Cross of Iron (1977) for Sam Peckinpah, playing a German soldier. This critically acclaimed war epic performed poorly in the United States but was a huge hit in Europe. Peckinpah and Coburn remained close friends until Peckinpah's death in 1984.
Coburn returned to television in 1978 to star in a three-part mini-series version of a Dashiell Hammett detective novel, The Dain Curse, tailoring his character to bear a physical resemblance to the author. During that same year as a spokesman for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, he was paid $500,000 to promote its new product in television advertisements by saying only two words: "Schlitz. Light."[18] In Japan his masculine appearance was so appealing he became an icon for its leading cigarette brand. He also supported himself in later years by exporting rare automobiles to Japan.[19] He was deeply interested in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, and collected sacred Buddhist artwork.[20] He narrated a film about the 16th Karmapa called "The Lion's Roar".[21]
Coburn starred in Firepower (1979) with Sophia Loren, replacing Charles Bronson when the latter pulled out. He had a cameo in The Muppet Movie (1979) and had leading roles in Goldengirl (1980) and The Baltimore Bullet (1980). He was Shirley MacLaine's husband in Loving Couples (1980) and had the lead in a Canadian film, Crossover (1980).
=== Final Years ===
Coburn moved almost entirely into supporting roles such as those of the villains in both High Risk (1981) and Looker (1981). He hosted a TV series of the horror-anthology type, Darkroom, in 1981 and 1982.
He supported Walter Mondale's campaign in the 1984 presidential election[22].
Coburn also portrayed Dwight Owen Barnes in the PC video game C.E.O.,developed by Artdink as a spin-off of its A-Train series.[23]
Because of his severe rheumatoid arthritis, Coburn appeared in very few films during the 1980s, yet he continued working until his death in 2002. This disease had left Coburn's body deformed and in pain. "You start to turn to stone," he told ABC News in an April 1999 interview. "See, my hand is twisted now because tendons have shortened." For 20 years, he tried a host of both conventional and unconventional treatments, but none of them worked. "There was so much pain that...every time I stood up, I would break into a sweat," he recalled. Then, at the age of 68, Coburn tried something called MSM, methylsulfonylmethane, a sulfur compound available at most health food stores. The result, he said, was nothing short of miraculous. "You take this stuff and it starts right away," said Coburn. "Everyone I've given it to has had a positive response." Though the MSM did not cure Coburn's arthritis, it did relieve his pain, allowing him to move more freely and resume his career.[24][25]
Coburn was in a relationship with British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul in the late 1970s. They co-wrote her song "Losin' the Blues For You."
Coburn returned to film in the 1990s and appeared in supporting roles in Young Guns II, Hudson Hawk, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Maverick, Eraser, The Nutty Professor, Affliction, and Payback. Coburn's performance in Affliction eventually earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, he provided the voice of Henry J. Waternoose III in Monsters, Inc., a joint production of Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Studios.
== Cars ==
Coburn's interest in fast cars began with his father's garage business and continued throughout his life, as he exported rare cars to Japan.[8] Coburn was credited with having introduced Steve McQueen to Ferraris, and in the early 1960s owned a Ferrari 250 GT Lusso and a Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California SWB. His Spyder was the thirteenth of just fifty-six built. Coburn imported the pre-owned car in 1964, shortly after completing The Great Escape. [26] The car was restored and sold for $10,894,400 to English broadcaster Chris Evans, setting a new world record for the highest price ever paid for an automobile at auction.[27]
Cal Spyder #2377 was repainted several times during Coburn's ownership; it has been black, silver and possibly burgundy. He kept the car at his Beverly Hills-area home, where it was often serviced by Max Balchowsky, who also worked on the suspension and frame modifications on those Mustang GTs used in the filming of McQueen's Bullitt. Coburn sold the Spyder in 1987 after twenty-four years of ownership. Over time he also owned the above-noted Lusso, a Ferrari Daytona, at least one Ferrari 308 and a 1967 Ferrari 412P sports racer.[28]
== Personal life and death ==
Coburn was married twice. His first marriage was to Beverly Kelly, in 1959; they had two children together.[29] They divorced in 1979 after 20 years of marriage.[29] He later married his second wife, actress Paula Murad Coburn, on October 22, 1993, they remained married until Coburn's death in 2002.[29]Coburn died of a heart attack at the age of 74 on November 18, 2002 while listening to music at his Beverly Hills home.[29]
Coburn's second wife, the former Paula Murad, died of cancer less than two years after her husband, on July 30, 2004, at the age of 48.[30]
== Critical analysis ==
In The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, critic David Thomson states that "Coburn is a modern rarity: an actor who projects lazy, humorous sexuality. He has made a variety of flawed, pleasurable films, the merits of which invariably depend on his laconic presence. Increasingly, he was the best thing in his movies, smiling privately, seeming to suggest that he was in contact with some profound source of amusement".[31] Film critic Pauline Kael remarked on Coburn's unusual characteristics, stating that "he looked like the child of the liaison between Lt. Pinkerton and Madame Butterfly".[32] George Hickenlooper, who directed Coburn in The Man from Elysian Fields called him "the masculine male".[33] Andy García called him "the personification of class, the hippest of the hip", and Paul Schrader noted "he was of that 50's generation. He had that part hipster, part cool-cat aura about him. He was one of those kind of men who were formed by the Rat Pack kind of style."[34]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1959	Ride Lonesome 	Whit 	
1959	Face of a Fugitive 	Purdy 	
1960	The Magnificent Seven 	Britt 	
1962	Hell Is for Heroes 	Cpl. Frank Henshaw 	
1963	The Great Escape 	Fg. Off. Louis Sedgwick, "The Manufacturer"	
1963	Charade 	Tex Panthollow 	
1963	Kings of the Sun 	Narrator 	Uncredited
1963	The Man from Galveston 	Boyd Palmer 	
1964	The Americanization of Emily 	Lt. Cmdr. Paul "Bus" Cummings 	
1965	Major Dundee 	Samuel Potts 	
1965	A High Wind in Jamaica 	Zac 	
1965	The Loved One 	Immigration Officer 	
1966	Our Man Flint 	Derek Flint 	
1966	What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 	Lieutenant Christian 	
1966	Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round 	Eli Kotch 	
1967	In Like Flint 	Derek Flint 	
1967	Waterhole No. 3 	Lewton Cole 	
1967	The President's Analyst 	Dr. Sidney Schaefer 	Also producer
1968	Duffy 	Duffy 	
1968	Candy 	Dr. A.B. Krankheit 	
1969	Hard Contract 	John Cunningham 	
1970	Last of the Mobile Hot Shots 	Jeb Thornton 	
1971	Duck, You Sucker! 	John H. Mallory 	Renamed A Fistful of Dynamite for U.S. release
1972	The Carey Treatment 	Dr. Peter Carey 	
1972	The Honkers 	Lew Lathrop 	Steve Ihnat
1972	A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die 	Colonel Pembroke 	
1973	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 	Pat Garrett 	
1973	The Last of Sheila 	Clinton Green 	
1973	Harry in Your Pocket 	Harry 	
1974	The Internecine Project 	Robert Elliot 	
1975	Bite the Bullet 	Luke Matthews 	
1975	Hard Times 	Speed 	
1975	Jackpot 	 	
1976	Sky Riders 	Jim McCabe 	
1976	The Last Hard Men 	Zach Provo 	
1976	Midway 	Capt. Vinton Maddox 	
1977	White Rock 	Narrator 	
1977	Cross of Iron 	Sergeant Rolf Steiner 	
1978	California Suite 	Pilot in Diana Barrie's Film on Airplane 	Uncredited
1979	Firepower 	Fanon 	
1979	The Muppet Movie 	El Sleezo Cafe Owner 	Cameo
1979	Goldengirl 	Jack Dryden 	
1980	The Baltimore Bullet 	Nick Casey 	
1980	Loving Couples 	Dr. Walter Kirby 	
1980	Mr. Patman 	Patman 	
1981	High Risk 	Serrano 	
1981	Looker 	John Reston 	
1981	Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls	Henry Bellamy 	
1985	Martin's Day 	Lt. Lardner 	
1986	Death of a Soldier 	Maj. Patrick Dannenberg 	
1989	Train to Heaven 	Gregorius 	
1989	Call from Space 	 	Short
1990	Young Guns II 	John Simpson Chisum 	
1991	Hudson Hawk 	George Kaplan 	
1993	The Hit List 	Peter Mayhew 	
1993	Deadfall 	Mike/Lou Donan 	
1993	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 	Mr. Crisp 	
1994	Maverick 	Commodore Duvall 	
1995	The Set-Up 	Jeremiah Cole 	
1996	The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson 	Himself 	
1996	Eraser 	WitSec Chief Arthur Beller 	
1996	The Nutty Professor 	Harlan Hartley 	
1997	Keys to Tulsa 	Harmon Shaw 	
1997	Affliction 	Glen Whitehouse 	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
1999	Payback 	Justin Fairfax 	
2000	Intrepid 	Captain Hal Josephson 	
2000	The Good Doctor 	Dr. Samuel Roberts 	Short
2001	Texas Rangers 	Narrator 	
2001	Proximity 	Jim Corcoran 	
2001	The Yellow Bird 	Rev. Increase Tutwiler 	Short
2001	The Man from Elysian Fields 	Alcott 	
2001	Monsters, Inc. 	Mr. Henry J. Waternoose III 	Voice
2002	Snow Dogs 	James "Thunder Jack" Johnson 	
2002	American Gun 	Martin Tillman 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1957 	Studio One in Hollywood 	Sam 	Episode: "The Night America Trembled"
1958 	Suspicion 	Carson 	Episode: "The Voice in the Night"
1958 	General Electric Theater 	Claude Firman 	Episode: "Ah There, Beau Brummel"
1958 	Wagon Train 	Ike Daggett 	Episode: "The Millie Davis Story"
1958–1959	The Restless Gun 	Vestry / Tom Quinn 	2 episodes
1958–1959	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color 	Jack - Outlaw Leader / Mexican Police Captain 	Uncredited
3 episodes
1958–1959	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 	Union Sergeant / Andrews 	2 episodes
1958–1961	The Rifleman 	Ambrose / Cy Parker 	2 episodes
1958–1962	Tales of Wells Fargo 	Ben Crider / Idaho 	2 episodes
1959 	Trackdown 	Joker Wells 	Episode: "Hard Lines"
1959 	State Trooper 	Dobie 	Episode: "Hard Money, Soft Touch"
1959 	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 	Jess 	Episode: "A Thread of Respect"
1959 	Black Saddle 	Niles 	Episode: "Client: Steele"
1959 	M Squad 	Harry Blacker 	Episode: "The Fire Makers"
1959 	The Rough Riders 	Judson 	Episode: "Deadfall"
1959 	The Californians 	Deputy Anthony Wayne 	2 episodes
1959 	Johnny Ringo 	Moss Taylor 	Episode: "The Arrival"
1959 	Whirlybirds 	Steve Alexander 	Episode: "Mr. Jinx"
1959 	Tombstone Territory 	Chuck Ashley 	Episode: "The Gunfighter"
1959 	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 	Buckskin Frank Leslie 	Episode: "The Noble Outlaws"
1959 	The DuPont Show with June Allyson 	Episode: "The Girl" 	
1959 	The Millionaire 	Lew Bennett 	Episode: "Millionaire Timothy Mackail"
1959–1960	Bronco 	Jesse James / Adam Coverly 	2 episodes
1959–1960	Wichita Town 	Wally / Fletcher 	2 episodes
1959–1960	Bat Masterson 	Leo Talley / Poke Otis 	2 episodes
1959–1960	Have Gun – Will Travel 	Bill Sledge / Jack 	2 episodes
1959–1960	Wanted: Dead or Alive 	Howard Catlett / Jesse Holloway / Henry Turner	3 episodes
1959–1960	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 	Doyle / Jess Newton 	2 episodes
1959–1961	Laramie 	Finch / Gil Spanner 	2 episodes
1959–1962	Bonanza 	Elmer Trace / Ross Marquette / Pete Jessup 	3 episodes
1960 	The Texan 	Cal Gruder 	Episode: "Friend of the Family"
1960 	Sugarfoot 	Rome Morgan 	Episode: "Blackwater Swamp"
1960 	Men into Space 	Dr. Narry 	Episode: "Contraband"
1960 	Bourbon Street Beat 	Buzz Griffin 	Episode: "Target of Hate"
1960 	Peter Gunn 	Bud Bailey 	Episode: "The Murder Clause"
1960 	The Deputy 	Coffer 	Episode: "The Truly Yours"
1960 	Tate 	Jory 	Episode: "Home Town"
1960 	Richard Diamond, Private Detective 	 	Episode: "Coat of Arms"
1960 	Death Valley Days 	 	"Pamela's Oxen"
1960 	Lawman 	Lank Bailey / Blake Carr 	2 episodes
1960–1961	Klondike 	Jeff Durain / Jefferson Durain 	10 episodes
1961 	The Murder Men 	Arthur Troy 	TV film
1961 	The Untouchables 	Dennis Garrity 	Episode: "The Jamaica Ginger Story"
1961 	The Tall Man 	John Miller 	Episode: "The Best Policy"
1961 	Stagecoach West 	Sam Murdock 	Episode: "Come Home Again"
1961 	The Detectives 	Duke Hawkins 	Episode: "The Frightened Ones"
1961 	The Aquanauts 	Joe Casey 	Episode: "River Gold"
1961–1962	Perry Mason 	General Addison Brand / Donald Fletcher 	2 episodes
1962 	Naked City 	Harry Brind 	Episode: "Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud"
1962 	The Dick Powell Show 	Charlie Allnut 	Episode:" The Safari"
1962 	Checkmate 	Gresch 	Episode: "A Chant of Silence"
1962 	Rawhide 	Colonel Briscoe 	Episode: "Hostage Child"
1962 	Cain's Hundred 	Arthur Troy 	Episode: "Blues for a Junkman: Arthur Troy"
1963 	Stoney Burke 	Jamison 	Episode: "The Test"
1963 	Combat! 	Corporal Arnold Kanger 	Episode: "Masquerade"
1963 	The Greatest Show on Earth 	Kelly 	Episode: "Uncaged"
1963 	The Eleventh Hour 	Steve Kowlowski 	Episode: "Oh, You Shouldn't Have Done It"
1963 	The Twilight Zone 	Major French 	Episode: "The Old Man in the Cave"
1964 	Route 66 	Hamar Neilsen 	Episode: "Kiss the Monster - Make Him Sleep"
1964 	The Defenders 	Earl Chafee 	Episode: "The Man Who Saved His Country"
1977 	The Rockford Files 	Director 	Episode: "Irving the Explainer"
1978 	The Dain Curse 	Hamilton Nash 	Miniseries
1980 	Superstunt 	 	TV film
1981 	Darkroom (TV series) 	Host 	Series
1981 	Valley of the Dolls 	Henry Bellamy 	Miniseries
1983 	Malibu 	Tom Wharton 	TV film
1983 	Digital Dreams 	 	TV film
1984 	Faerie Tale Theatre 	The Gyspy 	Episode: "Pinocchio"
1984 	Draw! 	Sam Starret 	TV film
1985 	Sins of the Father 	Frank Murchison 	TV film
1986 	The Wildest West Show of the Stars 	Grand Marshall 	TV film
1990–1992	Captain Planet and the Planeteers 	Looten Plunder (voice) 	15 episodes
1991 	Silverfox 	Robert Fox 	TV film
1991–1998	Streak 	Noah Reynolds 	Main cast
450 episodes
1992 	True Facts 	 	TV film
1992 	Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 	Jim Hathaway 	TV film
1992 	The Fifth Corner 	Dr. Grandwell 	2 episodes
1992 	Murder, She Wrote 	Cyrus Ramsey 	Episode: "Day of the Dead"
1992 	Mastergate 	Major Manley Battle 	TV film
1994 	Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice 	Jeffrey Winslow 	TV film
1994 	Greyhounds 	 	TV film
1995 	The Avenging Angel 	Porter Rockwell 	TV film
1995 	Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder 	Jeffery Winslow 	TV film
1995 	Picket Fences 	Walter Brock 	Episode: "Upbringings"
1995 	Christmas Reunion 	Santa 	TV film
1996 	Football America 	Narrator 	TV film
1996 	Okavango: Africa's Savage Oasis 	Narrator 	TV film
1996 	The Cherokee Kid 	Cyrus B. Bloomington 	TV film
1997 	Profiler 	Charles Vanderhorn 	2 episodes
1997 	Skeletons 	Frank Jove 	TV film
1997 	The Second Civil War 	Jack Buchan 	TV film
1998 	Mr. Murder 	Drew Oslett, Sr. 	TV miniseries
1998 	Stories from My Childhood 	The Archbishop (voice) 	Episode: "The Wild Swans"
1999 	Vengeance Unlimited 	Boone Paladin (voice) 	Uncredited
Episode: "Judgment"
1999 	Noah's Ark 	The Peddler 	TV film
1999 	Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story	Morris Gunn 	TV film
2000 	Missing Pieces 	Atticus Cody 	TV film
2000 	Scene by Scene 	Himself 	
2001 	Mandrilla 	Phil Snowman 	Episode: "Where's Johnny/Sally Spook"
2001 	Walter and Henry 	Charlie 	TV film
2002 	Arliss 	Slaughterhouse Sid Perelli 	Episode: "The Immortal", (final appearance)
== External Links==
*Genealogy of James Coburn