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James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn III was an American actor who featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.
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entertainment · American actor (1928–2002) · actor · screenwriter · film actor · television director · voice actor · television actor · stage actor · also James Coburn, Coburn
Born 31 August 1928 · Died 18 November 2002 · Q4227
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2008· 1 entry
For $10,894,400 to English broadcaster Chris Evans
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2002· 2 entries
Died 2002-11-18.
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Received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries nomination for producing The Mists of Avalon
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Affliction (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Coburn won an Academy Award for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in Affliction
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1996· 1 entry
Coburn tried methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), a sulfur compound available at most health food stores
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1994).
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1993· 2 entries
In Versailles, France; they remained married until Coburn's death in 2002
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He later married actress Paula Murad on October 22, 1993, in Versailles, France; they remained married until Coburn's death in 2002.
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1981· 1 entry
Coburn moved almost entirely into supporting roles, such as those of the villains in both High Risk (1981) and Looker (1981)
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1978· 1 entry
To star in a three-part miniseries version of a Dashiell Hammett detective novel, The Dain Curse, tailoring his character to bear a physical resemblance to the author
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1973· 2 entries
Was voted the 23rd-most popular star in Hollywood
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Coburn was among the featured celebrities dressed in prison gear on the cover of the album Band on the Run made by Paul McCartney and his band Wings
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1971· 1 entry
Coburn starred in the Zapata Western Duck, You Sucker
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1967· 1 entry
Coburn was voted the 12th-biggest star in Hollywood
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1966· 1 entry
And established Coburn as a star
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1964· 2 entries
Shortly after completing The Great Escape
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Coburn had said he would do A Fistful of Dollars if they paid him $25,000, which was too expensive for the production's tiny budget
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1959· 1 entry
As the sidekick of Pernell Roberts in the Randolph Scott Western Ride Lonesome
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1950· 1 entry
Coburn was drafted into the U
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1928· 2 entries
The son of James Harrison Coburn II (1902–1975) and Mylet S
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Born 1928-08-31.
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