James Coburn
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James Coburn | |
Birth name | James Harrison Coburn |
Born | August 31 1928 Laurel, Nebraska USA |
Died | November 18 2002 (aged 74) Beverly Hills, California USA |
Years active | 1958 – 2002 |
Notable roles | Derek Flint in Our Man Flint and In Like Flint Corporal Steiner in Cross of Iron Glen Whitehouse in Affliction |
Academy Awards | |
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Best Supporting Actor 1997 Affliction |
James Harrison Coburn (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He became famous in the 1960s when he made many Western movies, such as The Magnificent Seven. But after that, he acted in other different types of roles, and became a more complete and successful actor. He was very ill in the 1980s and he almost did not make any movies in that entire decade, but he got better and then started acting again in the 1990s. He won an Academy Award in 1998.