James Coburn was an American actor.

He was born on August 31st 1928 in Laurel, in Nebraska and died of an cardiac arrest on November 18th 2002 in Cedar the Sinai Hospital of Los Angeles, California.

He was unforgettable “a presence” of the screen, at the same time off-hand and charismatic.

It will remain forever in the memory of the film enthusiasts as an actor fêtiche of Sam Peckinpah with memorable roles as in Major Dundee , Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (the role of its life) and Cross off Iron .

Its most popular role (which will solidify it in a kind of unconscious collective) will be that of the revolutionist dynamiter John Mallory in splendid the It was once the revolution of Sergio Leone in 1971.

It turns in the Seven Mercenaries in 1960 and took part in the Great Escape in 1963 with his large friend Steve McQueen.

Youth

It settles very young person in California where his/her father is ruined by the stock exchange Crise of 1930 wanting to remake fortune. Raise of the Junior College of Compton then of City College of Los Angeles, it finds its vocation quickly. November 11th 1959, it Marie with Beverly Kelly until in 1979. They had 2 children.

Its interpretation in the part “Country girl” is worth a reward to him and allows him to obtain a role in “Billy Budd” assembled â La Jolla Playhouse. James becomes a popular actor of second plan during a few years.

Career

Its virile sophistication, its cat-like step, its paces of dandy and the ascetic hardness of its face (affublé of impressive teeth) agree as much to the world Viril of John Sturges, Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone or Walter Hill that with the comic universe of a Blake Edwards.

It passes briskly from action film to the American comedy. Of the Great Escape from John Sturges with Charade of Stanley Donen. In 1965, it reaches the row of high-speed motorboat with its creation of a new spy of charm, a transitory rival of James Bond : Flint.

It turns in 1st film of Walter Hill: the Brawler in 1975 with Charles Bronson and incarnates again a figure of cow particularly hard servant boy dandy in superb the the wild Ride of Richard Brooks the same year.

With his friend Bruce Lee, James Coburn had written “the Iron Circle” adapted to the screen by Richard Moore in whom neither one nor the other appeared.

Decline of the Eighties

In 1978, at the request of a Peckinpah sick and depressive, it ensures the direction of the second team on Convoy.

But in 1984, its career marks a brake with the disappearance of his/her friend and his realizer fetish: Sam Peckinpah.

He faces Kirk Douglas in a telefilm: the Duel Of the Heroes , the same year. The film of TV tells the confrontation of two old cow-boy in a west of shoddy goods. End of a kind, one time and a certain category of actor.

He continues to walk his legendary nonchalance and his inimitable relaxation according to the expression of a critic in “œuvrettes of circumstance to enticing casting but stripped of interest”.

Perhaps too imposing for its time, the realizers do not find any more a big role to him…

With rock bottom, it must face painful crises of arthritis who weaken it considerably. He stated to be himself neat itself with pills containing Soufre. He moves away from the plates during a few years. he will keep a crippled hand of it.

the Oscar

Whereas one believed it lost for the cinema, James puts an end to a semi-retirement with the beginning of the year 1990 with secondary but always marked roles his presence raising the interest of westerns like Maverick in 1994 with Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster or Young Guns 2 in 1991. Hardly buckled remake of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid.

It still holds its own role in The Player in 1992. Its second career is completed in beauty with a telefilm of the cabled chain HBO distributed in the French rooms: The Second Civilian War 1997 formidable sardonic fable of Joe Dante.

By miracle, he is not forgotten by Hollywood and takes down for Affliction in 1998 the Oscar of the best supporting role. Terrifying composition of an alcoholic patriarch, inspired, he says, of Sam Peckinpah: he is splendid there…

Last years

James Coburn, in spite of the disease, will not cease playing and will lend even his voice at the time of documentary the The Last Days in 2001 over the last days of Marilyn Monroe and for the drawing of animation Monstres and Co in 2002.

He holds a last role of hard to cook in 2002 in a Disney production: Dogs Of Snows.

He dies little of time after an cardiac arrest. Strange turn of the destiny, Rod Steiger its double in mythical film It was once the revolution of Sergio Leone had just disappeared very little from front time.

Catalog of films

• 1959 : the Ride of revenge ( Wrinkle Lonesome ): Whit
• 1959 : Face off has Fugitive : Purdy
• 1960 : the Seven Mercenaries ( The Magnificent Seven ): Britt
• 1960 : Klondike (series TV): Jeff Durain (1960-1961)
• 1961: The Murder Men : Arthur Troy
• 1961 : Acapulco (series TV): Gregg Miles
• 1962: the Hell is for the heroes ( Hell Is for Heroes ): Cpl. Henshaw
• 1963 : the Great Escape ( The Great Escape ): Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick " The Manufacturer"
• 1963 : Charade : Tex Panthollow
• 1963 : The Man from Galveston : Boyd Micrometer caliper
• 1963: Kings of the sun ( Kings off the Sun ): Narrator
• 1964 : Plays of the love and the war ( The Americanization off Emily ): Lt. Cmdr. “Drunk” Cummings
• 1965: Major Dundee : Samuel Potts
• 1965: Cyclone in Jamaica ( has High Wind in Jamaica ): Zac
• 1965 : the Dear missing ( The Loved One ): Immigration Officer
• 1966: Our Man Flint : Derek Flint
• 1966 : Which did you make with the war, dad? ( What Did You C in the War, Daddy? ): Lt. Christian
• 1966: Dead Heat one has Merry-Go-Round : Eli Kotch
• 1967 : F like Flint ( In Like Flint ): Derek Flint
• 1967 : Waterhole #3 : Lewton Sticks
• 1967: the Insane mission of Doctor Schaeffer ( The President' S Analyst ): Dr. Sidney Schaefer
• 1968: Duffy : Duffy
• 1968 : Candy : Dr. A.B. Krankheit
• 1969: Hardware Contract : John Cunningham
• 1970: Last off the Mobile Hot Shots : Jeb
• 1971 : It was once the revolution ( Giù tested it ): John H. Mallory
• 1972: clandestine Operation ( The Carey Treatment ): Dr. Peter Carey
• 1972: The Honkers : Lew Lathrop
• 1972 : the Horde of the bastards ( Una Ragione per vivere E una per morire ): coll Pembroke
• 1973: Pat Garrett and Billy Kid ( Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ): Sheriff Pat Garrett
• 1973: dangerous Invitations ( The Last off Sheila ): Clinton Green
• 1973 : Harry in Your Pocket : Harry
• 1974 : remote Crime ( The Internecine Project ): Robert Elliot
• 1975: the wild Ride ( Cock the Bullet ): Luke Matthews
• 1975 : the Brawler ( Hardware Times ): Spencer “Speed” Weed
• 1976: Intervention Delta ( Sky Riders ): Jim McCabe
• 1976: the Law of hatred ( The Last Hardware Men ): Zach Provo
• 1976 : the Battle of Midway ( Midway ): Capt. Vinton Maddox
• 1977 : Cross of iron ( Cross-country race off Iron ): Unteroffizier/Feldwebel Rolf Steiner
• 1978: The Dain Curse (serial TV): Hamilton Nash
• 1978: California hotel ( California Continuation ): Pile in Diana Barrie' S film one airplane
• 1979: the Weapon with the fist ( Firepower ): Jerry Pennon/Eddie
• 1979: The Muppet Movie : El Sleezo Coffee Owner
• 1979: Of gold at the end of the track ( Goldengirl ): Jack Dryden
• 1980: Superstunt II (TV)
• 1980: Revenge in Baltimore ( The Baltimore Bullet ): Nick Casey
• 1980 : Love with four hands ( Loving Couples ): Walter
• 1980: Mr. Patman : Patman
• 1981 : Risks of the adventure ( High Risk ): Serrano
• 1981 : Jacqueline Susann' S Valley off the Frauds (TV): Henry Bellamy
• 1981: Video crime ( Looker ): John Reston
• 1981: Darkroom (series TV): Host (unknown episodes)
• 1983: DIGITAL Dreams (TV)
• 1983: Malibu (TV): Tom Wharton
• 1984: Martin' S Day : Lt. Lardner
• 1984 : the Duel of the heroes ( Draw! ) (TV): Sam Starret
• 1985: Sins off the Father (TV): Frank Murchison
• 1986 : Death off has Soldier : Maj. Patrick Dannenberg
• 1988: The Edge and Beyond (series TV): Narrator
• 1989 : Cal from Space
• 1990: Tåg till himlen : Gregorius
• 1990 : Young Guns II : John Chisum
• 1990: Captain Planet and the Planeteers (series TV): Looten Plunder (unknown episodes, 1990-1993)
• 1991: Hudson Hawk, gentleman burglar ( Hudson Hawk ): George Kaplan
• 1992: Of the heroes per thousands ( Landing Crash landing: The Rescue off Flight 232 ) (TV): Jim Hathaway
• 1992: True Facts (TV)
• 1992: The Fifth Corner (series TV): Dr. Grandwell (unknown episodes)
• 1992: Mastergate (TV): Major Manley Battle
• 1993: Deadfall : Mike/Lou
• 1993: Christmas Meeting (TV): Santa
• 1993 : the Law of the professional ( The Hit List ) (TV): Peter Mayhew
• 1993: Sister Act, act 2 ( Sister Act 2: Back in the Dress ): Mr. Crisp
• 1994: Ray Alexander: In Taste for Justice (TV): Jeffrey Winslow
• 1994 : Maverick : Commodore Duval
• 1994: Greyhounds (TV)
• 1995: The Set Up : Jeremiah Sticks
• 1995: The Avenging Angel (TV): To carry Rockwell
• 1995: Ray Alexander: With Menu for Murder (TV): Jeffery Winslow
• 1996 : Saugatuck ( Skeletons ): Frank Jove
• 1996 : the Eraser ( Eraser ): Chief To bleat WITSEC
• 1996: the Professor foldingue ( The Nutty Professor ): Harlan Hartley
• 1996 : Okavango: Africa' S Savage Oasis (TV): Narrator
• 1996 : The Cherokee Kid (TV): Cyrus B. Bloomington
• 1997: The Second Civilian War (TV): Jack Buchan
• 1997: Keys to Tulsa : Harmon Shaw
• 1997 : Affliction : Glen Whitehouse
• 1998 : Mr. Murder (TV): Drew Oslett, Sr.
• 1999 : Payback : Justin Fairfax
• 1999: Noah's Ark ( Noah' S Ark ) (TV): Peddler
• 1999 : Loves and rock' roll ( Shake, Rattle and Roll: Year American Love Story ) (TV): Morris Gunn
• 2000: Dale' S All Stars (series TV): Hemself (unknown episodes)
• 2000: The Good Doctor : Dr. Samuel Roberts
• 2000: Sun of ash ( Missing Parts ) (TV): Atticus Cody
• 2000 : Intrepid : Captain Hall Josephson
• 2000: World' S Scariest Ghosts: Caught one Types (TV): Host
• 2001 : Proximity : Jim Corcoran
• 2001: Texas rangers, the revenge of the dispensers of justice ( Texas Rangers ): Narrator (voice)
• 2001: Yellow Bird : rev. Increase Tutwiler
• 2001: Walter and Henry (TV): Charlie
• 2001 : the Man of Elysian Fields ( The Man from Elysian Fields ): Alcott
• 2001 : Monsters and Co ( Monsters, Inc. ): Henry J. Waternoose (voice)
• 2002: Dogs of snows ( Snow Dogs ): James “Thunder Jack” Johnson
• 2002: American Gun : Martin Tillman

Rewards

• Homage at the time of the Festival of the American cinema of Deauville 1986.
• Oscar of the best actor in a supporting role in 1998 for Affliction .

External bond

• James Coburn on Internet Movie Database

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