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James Coburn

1928 - 2002

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James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career. Coburn was a capable, rough-hewn leading man, whose toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect tough guy in numerous roles in Westerns and action films. He played supporting roles in The Magnificent Seven, Hell Is for Heroes, The Great Escape, Charade and Hard Times as well as the lead role in Our Man Flint and its sequel In Like Flint, The President's Analyst, Duck, You Sucker!, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and Cross of Iron. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Coburn has received more than 7,590,967 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). James Coburn is the 257th most popular actor (up from 288th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from United States (up from 523rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Actor.

James Coburn is most famous for his roles in films such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."

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  • 7.6M

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  • 66.98

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  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Coburn ranks 257 out of 13,578. Before him are Sidney Poitier, Malcolm McDowell, Mads Mikkelsen, Nick Nolte, Faye Dunaway, and Reese Witherspoon. After him are Angela Lansbury, Alan Bates, Bill Murray, Sylvia Kristel, Emma Thompson, and Talia Shire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, James Coburn ranks 27. Before him are Jeanne Moreau, Yves Klein, Alexander Grothendieck, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and Shirley Temple. After him are Kim Yong-nam, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, Martin Cooper, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Martin Landau. Among people deceased in 2002, James Coburn ranks 18. Before him are Ruth Handler, László Kubala, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Traudl Junge, and Chuck Jones. After him are Niki de Saint Phalle, Ivan Illich, Linda Lovelace, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Fritz Walter, and Abu Nidal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Coburn ranks 493 out of 20,380. Before him are Buffalo Bill (1846), Nick Nolte (1941), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Dian Fossey (1932), Faye Dunaway (1941), and Reese Witherspoon (1976). After him are Eugene O'Neill (1888), Ray Kroc (1902), Patricia Highsmith (1921), George R. R. Martin (1948), Richard E. Byrd (1888), and Francis Fukuyama (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Coburn ranks 127. Before him are Shirley Temple (1928), John Malkovich (1953), Sidney Poitier (1927), Nick Nolte (1941), Faye Dunaway (1941), and Reese Witherspoon (1976). After him are Bill Murray (1950), Talia Shire (1946), John Cazale (1935), Jean Seberg (1938), Nancy Reagan (1921), and David Carradine (1936).

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Television and Movie Roles

Monsters, Inc.
Waternoose (voice)
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
Nov 1st 20017.8 / 10
The Nutty Professor
Harlan Hartley
When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.
Jun 28th 19965.6 / 10
Duck, You Sucker
John H. Mallory
At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.
Oct 20th 19717.705 / 10