James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 â€" November 18, 2002) was
an American actor. He was featured in more than 70 films, largely
action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year
career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting
role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.Coburn was a capable, rough-hewn
leading man, whose toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect
tough guy in numerous leading and supporting roles in westerns and
action films, 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.
In 2002, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
nomination for producing The Mists of Avalon.During the late 1960s and
early 1970s, Coburn cultivated an image synonymous with "cool" and,
along with such contemporaries as Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Charles
Bronson and Clint Eastwood, became one of the prominent "tough-guy"
actors of his day.
an American actor. He was featured in more than 70 films, largely
action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year
career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting
role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction.Coburn was a capable, rough-hewn
leading man, whose toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect
tough guy in numerous leading and supporting roles in westerns and
action films, 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.
In 2002, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
nomination for producing The Mists of Avalon.During the late 1960s and
early 1970s, Coburn cultivated an image synonymous with "cool" and,
along with such contemporaries as Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, Charles
Bronson and Clint Eastwood, became one of the prominent "tough-guy"
actors of his day.
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