James Coburn

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James Harrison Coburn III (August 24, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor.

He appeared in more than 70 films, mainly action roles, and he made 100 television appearances during his 45 years in Affliction, ultimately receiving an Academy Award in 1999 for his support role as Glen Whitehouse. Coburn, a tenacious, gritty leading man, with a toothy smile and lanky body made him a natural tough guy in a number of leading and supporting roles in westerns and action films, including The Magnificent Seven, Hell Is for Heroes, The Great Escape, Charade, Our Man Flint, Isacher, You Sucker!, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.

Mr. Waternoose appeared in Pixar film Monsters, Inc., by Coburn.

In 2002, Coburn earned a Primetime Emmy Award for directing The Mists of Avalon, alongside Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, and Charles Bronson, making him one of his time's most popular "tough" actors.

Early life

James Harrison Coburn III was born in Laurel, Nebraska, on August 31, 1928, the son of James Harrison Coburn II (October 6, 1902 – December 20, 1975) and Mylet S. Coburn (née Johnson; November 20, 1984). His father and namesake were of Scots-Irish descent, and his mother was an immigrant from Sweden. His father owned a garage business in Laurel that was shattered by the Great Depression. Coburn was born in Compton, California, where he attended Compton Junior College.

Coburn was drafted in the United States Army in 1950, where he worked as a truck driver and occasionally as a disc jockey on an Army radio station in Texas. In Mainz, West Germany, he also narrated Army training films. He attended Los Angeles City College, where he learned acting with fellow Future actor Jeff Corey under Stella Adler's tutelage, and later performed his first appearance at the La Jolla Playhouse in Herman Melville's Billy Budd.

Personal life

Coburn has been married twice. Beverly Kelly's first marriage was in 1959; the two children were born together. After 20 years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1979.

Paula Murad Coburn married in Versailles, France, on October 22, 1993; the pair remained married until Coburn's death in 2002. The James and Paula Coburn Foundation, a non-profit group, was founded by the couple.

Coburn, a martial arts student and a mentor of fellow actor Bruce Lee, was a co-worker. Coburn, one of Lee's pallbearers at the funeral on July 25, 1973, was one of his pallbearers at the funeral.

On November 18, 2002, Coburn died after a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 74. Paula's wife reported that he died in her arms. Paula Coburn died of cancer less than two years ago on July 30, 2004, at the age of 48.

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Early career

Sidney Lumet's first professional work was a live television show.

He was chosen for a Remington Products razor commercial, where he was able to shave off 11 days of beard growth in less than 60 seconds while joking that he had more teeth to show on camera than the other 12 candidates for the role.

In 1959, Coburn's debut appeared in the Randolph Scott Western Ride Lonesome as the sidekick of Pernell Roberts. Face of a Fugitive (1959): He landed a job in another Western town.

He has appeared in scores of television roles, including, with Roberts, numerous episodes of NBC's Bonanza. In "The Pawn" and "The Way Back" respectively, he appeared twice in 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, the latter segment with Bonanza's Dan Blocker. In 1958, "Butch Cassidy" first appeared on television.

As the knife-wielding Britt in The Magnificent Seven (1960), directed by John Sturges for the Mirich Company, Coburn's third film was a major breakthrough for him. Coburn was hired on Robert Vaughn's recommendation.

In the NBC adventure/drama series Klondike, set in the Alaskan gold rush town of Skagway, Coburn co-starred Ralph Taeger and Joi Lansing during the 1960-61 season.

In Mexico's similarly short-lived Acapulco, Klondike was recalled as detectives in NBC's short-lived Acapulco.

In "The Case of the Envious Editor" and "The Case of the Angry Astronaut," Coburn appeared on CBS' Perry Mason, both as the murder suspect. In 1962, he portrayed Col. Briscoe in CBS's "Hostage Child."

In Hell Is for Heroes (1962), a war film starring Steve McQueen, Coburn was a good actor. He continued with McQueen's The Great Escape (1963), directed by Sturges for the Mirisches, where Coburn appeared as an Australian. Coburn narrated Kings of the Sun (1963) for the Mirisches.

In Charade (1963), starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, Coburn was one of the villains. In Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily, he was portrayed as a glib naval officer, replacing James Garner, who had risen to the lead when William Holden was withdrawn. Coburn was signed to a seven-year deal with 20th Century Fox, which culminated in his release.

In Major Dundee (1965), directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Charlton Heston, Coburn had another outstanding support role as a one-armed Indian tracker.

He was second-billed in the pirate film A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), which featured Anthony Quinn. He appeared in The Loved One (1965).

Later career

Coburn started to fall back on the credit list: he was third billed in writer-director Richard Brooks' film Bite the Bullet (1975), alongside Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen. In 1966, Charles Bronson's directorial debut, Walter Hill's first film, he costarred, but it was still Bronson's film. The film was a hit.

Coburn appeared 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 actors in Midway (1976), and later appeared in Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron (1977) as a German soldier. This critically acclaimed war epic farewelled in the United States, but it was also a huge hit in Europe. Peckinpah and Coburn were close friends until Peckinpah's death in 1984.

In 1978, Coburn appeared in a three-part miniseries version of a Dashiell Hammett detective book, The Dain Curse, tailoring his appearance to fit the author's physical appearance. He was paid $500,000 to advertise its latest product in television advertisements during the same year as a spokesman for Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company by saying only two words: "Schlitz." "Light" is the product of light. His masculine appearance in Japan made him a hero for the country's most popular cigarette brand. He also supported himself in later years by exporting rare cars to Japan. He was deeply interested in Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, and he acquired sacred Buddhist artwork. He narrated The Lion's Roar, a film about the 16th Karmapa.

When Coburn left Firepower (1979) with Sophia Loren, she succeeded Charles Bronson. He appeared in The Muppet Movie (1979) and appeared in Goldengirl (1980) and The Baltimore Bullet (1980). He was Shirley MacLaine's husband in Loving Couples (1980) and took the lead in a Canadian film called Crossover (1980).

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