Circle of Iron early 1950s, Coburn served in the military. Coburn's career began to wane during the 1970s, although he He came back from Hong Kong one time, and he was always very outspoken about martial arts. Coburn's first television appearance was in 1953 on Four Star Playhouse. Lynda ErkiletianExecutive Directorlynda@jamesandpaulacoburnfoundation.org, Aaron LagerManaging Directoraaron@jamesandpaulacoburnfoundation.org. (laughs) You get it out. I was moved so much I could hardly talk up there. "Everyone I've given it to has had a positive response." But look how long it took that to get made. I'd like to do it all over again. So we tell Aubrey that we have to re-shoot all these masters. It was all attack. When you look at Major Dundee, it's sort of like looking at the U.S. cut of Pat Garrett, which was also severely compromised by the studio. When we started shooting Pat Garrett, I just finished shooting a film with Blake Edwards called The Carey Treatment (1973) that Aubrey also took away and re-cut. Online wrote of the film, "It was Coburn's greatest hit, October 22, 1993 - November 18, 2002 (his death), Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Although men are featured in the commercials Robert G. Minicus, senior vice president and creative director of C. & W., points out that both Mr. Coburn and Schlitz Light beer appeal to women. | Gross: His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. "I know, but it's pissing me off!" http://www.timesonline.co.uk Right, they're all about something. So we'd go to these tournaments and he'd spout off he was back in Hong Kong, and was invited to this tournament that was televised, as an observer. directed episodes of I was always running into him when he was going back to D.C. to "do something." Sergio Leone attempted to cast him in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) in the parts that went to Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson, but both times he asked for too much money. I was turning to stone, really, is what happened. A 1970s Pop Culture Explosion! fullest potential. All their movies were about something. James Coburn Other Works Showing all 10 items (1998-99) TV commercials (voice): Chevrolet trucks (1977-79) TV commercials: Schlitz Light beer (1990s) TV commercials (voice): Honda Acura (1990s) TV commercials (voice): UPS (United Parcel Service) Intermission P.S.A. Director: What do you think of the state of most Hollywood films today? Coburn hit his stride as a leading man in the late 1960s James Bond spy spoofs "Our Man Flint" and "In Like Flint." He called himself "a working alcoholic," but he was much more than that. . ", Louis Sahagun in the Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2002, If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam. As the decade progressed, Coburn was appearing in smaller roles in less because they don't have anything to do. Dundee. You just don't have that anymore. Steve always thought of himself as a re-actor, not an actor. If it goes into the hands of the mechanics, it's going to go down the tubes. He earned an Academy Award for Best 172 min So they said "Why don't you show us your idea of martial arts." Actor. They said "Why not?" helping to turn in a fugitive. Coburn's venomous performance has critics and the public alike buzzing "Oscar." 1954 Was a huge fan of Seven Samurai (1954). This disease had left Coburn's body deformed and in pain. Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. "You take this stuff and it starts right away," said Coburn. moved very little. He says "You're not gonna re-shoot anything. Why do we have to kill him?" Stars: Took a blood test and found out I was allergic to 45 out 75 foods that I was tested for. (laughs) He hated to go out in public. At the time of his death, he was at home listening to music and playing But he added a distinctive voice to a variety of television commercials and had a lucrative career, particularly in Japan, during that period. So now this really pissed them off, because now we had some real film on our hands! Tell us some more about working with Paul Schrader. (laugh) But I really loved him. When they were doing The Cincinnati Kid (1965), he ordered two dozen pairs of Levis on the studio! His first acting role came early, when he was James Coburn was a big, versatile leading man with a toothy grin who appeared in such films as "Our Man Flint" and "Affliction," for which he won an Academy Award late in his career. John Sturges Every donation goes towards uploading more content. We had a great knife fight in that picture, between Mario Adorf and myself. Action, Adventure, Drama. the legendary James Coburn need only speak two words to help make this 1978 Schlitz Light Beer commercial (with veteran actor Kenneth Tobey as the bartender). Ride Lonesome. Cohn was at Columbia. , 18, 2002, in Beverly Hills, CA. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. His hands were shaking. The Rockford Files, ", In 1965, he played the supporting role of a one-armed scout for Charlton Heston in "Major Dundee.". The American Gun. Your character Pop Whitehouse is one of the most loathsome villains to grace a movie screen in recent memory. Veronica Horwell. As the epitome of the suave super Richard Jaeckel, Actor James Coburn donned Western finery for a series of Schlitz Light beer commercials in the late seventies. Because of his severe rheumatoid arthritis, Coburn appeared in very few films during the 1980s, yet continued working until his death in 2002. throughout it all he made it look easy. , money, salary, income, and assets. He was so fast, you couldn't touch him. Charles Bronson, Votes: Top 10 James Coburn Movies. Regular work now came thick and fast for Coburn, including appearing in Major Dundee (1965), the first of several films he appeared in directed by Hollywood enfant terrible Sam Peckinpah. Lee Unkrich And that's how I played him. Everytime we went someplace, Bruce had this pad that he'd hold in one hand and punch with the other! Mine was triggered by negative emotion. With his arthritis under control, Coburn made his comeback in the 1990s as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, | That's one of the good things about being an actor. Affliction is the searing, much-talked about film that deals with domestic violence as it's passed down through the generations of a family like a cancerous heirloom. Alfred Hitchcock Presents. November 20, 2002, p. A21; He then returned to Southern California, where he made his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse in Billy Budd. The adventures of a drifter turned illegal prize-fighter during the Depression Era in New Orleans. Born August 31, 1928, in Laurel, NE; died from a heart attack, November 18, 2002, in Beverly Hills, CA. The first thing I ever did was with Sidney Lumet. regularly, many of the roles were small and did not use Coburn to his I went up to greet him and was given a cold shoulder. Actor Born Aug. 31, 1928in Laurel, NE Died Nov. 18, 2002of heart attack in Beverly Hills, Calif. James Coburn was a big, versatile leading man with a toothy grin who appeared in such films as. Coburn's passions in life included martial arts, card-playing and enjoying Cuban cigars (which may have contributed to his fatal heart attack). You don't have to play around the truth. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. James Coburn, the big, versatile leading man with a toothy grin who appeared in such films as "Our Man Flint" and "Affliction," for which he won an Academy Award, died Monday afternoon at his. As good as NYPD Blue is, it's about relationships, and nothing else. 3 (1967) over there. (laughs) So Sam had his cut previewed, and at the same time, Aubrey had his guys cutting their film. Doctors don't really know anything about arthritis, other than to say "take these." Peter Bart read it, loved it. German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him. General Electric Theatre. Online, He thought for a minute and said "I want to make more money than Steve McQueen." In 1974, he You're shaking the whole airplane!" 11,188 There was no ambiguity about the characters, and it's really fun and enriching when that happens. Truth is obvious, it's always obvious, isn't it? True? Round one. It was named one of the finest political films of the decade by the Sunday Times in London. The lithe, cat-like grace is still there, as is the charm, easy laugh, and ten thousand watt smile that has been captivating the movie-going world for nearly 40 years. Serling was very tight-lipped. Sam said "Don't worry about a thing, Jim. You have to go the indie route. He just used all of himself up. You don't wear any Levis in this picture!" Comedy, Mystery, Romance. | | Gross: Greater Los Angeles Area, San Francisco. They're slowly getting rid of the actor, which they've been trying to do for years. So he'd put on disguises to go out. Coburn, who had indulged a lifelong interest The remainder of the 1960s was rather uneventful for Coburn. (laughs) He would always test the producer, Marty Ransohoff. He then hit paydirt with his supporting role in the smash hit The Magnificent Seven in 1960, following this with the classic The Great Escape in 1963. while listening to music at home; he was 74. That's how real it looked. On November 18, 2002, a 'Daily News' newspaper had an article on how he overcame arthritis. He greatly admired Seiji Miyaguchi's performance as Kyuzo, and would eventually play Britt, Kyuzo's counterpart in The Magnificent Seven (1960). But you never know what triggers it. | Gross: Share your memory. Peckinpah. Towards the end of the decade, however, Coburn was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which severely hampered his health and work output for many years. He appeared in I'm from the Billy Wilder school. 73 min Finally the camera mechanic is sent out. Schlitz Light 'Cowboy' Commercial (James Coburn, 1977) 2,060 views Apr 11, 2017 15 Dislike Share Bionic Disco 15K subscribers "It took Schlitz to bring the taste to light." Schlitz Light beer. Schlitz Light 'Sailor' Commercial (James Coburn, 1977) Bionic Disco 18.1K subscribers Subscribe 52 Share 5.5K views 5 years ago "The only Light beer with Gusto." Schlitz Light beer commercial. He was considered to star in The Straight Story (1999), which went to Richard Farnsworth. He was very active politically, always trying to "get things done." You have a couple of guys beating each other up, a little sex here and there, but it's not about anything anymore. Randolph Scott, What's that gonna do ?!" Special Thoughts for FILMS FOR TWO by Alan Waldman I loved the work of super talented, versatile, cooler than anybody actor James Coburn, who died of a heart attack on November 18, 2002 at age 74, while listening to Ray Coniff music at home with his wife Paula. Mary Gibbs, Hermann, http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/18/obit.coburn.ap/index.html, http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,10862,00.html?eol.tkr. "Not so bright!" Then, at age 68, Coburn tried something called MSM, methylsulfonylmethane, a sulfur compound available at most health food stores. There are some great scenes in there. Sergio Leone wanted him for A Fistful of Dollars but he was too busy. The Player Crash Landing: The. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. As long as the character doesn't inhabit you, that's the kick of acting. I said "You want to be a movie star, right? I'm pleased to present a pair of these spots for you today from October and November of 1977. He was selected for a Remington Products razor commercial, where he was able to shave off 11 days of beard growth in less than 60 seconds [10] while joking that he had more teeth to show on camera than the other 12 candidates for the part. Wilder said (German accent)"Build da set, blow it up! Publicity Listings | So I went on a long fast, fifteen days, then broke the fast. . Sergio Leone #Chevy #Suberban 128 min Stars: | Warren Beatty was in my class. 1. But he struggled to find film work in the 1980's, and earned much of his money doing television commercials, especially in . We were using five or six cameras at once and we didn't have a camera mechanic because MGM wouldn't pay for one! could do funny as well as menace.". But I think there's enough interest in some of the young filmmakers and actors in doing quality work. a character actor. So he wore this car out in about a week and a half, and they sent a guy out who said "What the hell happened to this car?!" After being noticed in several stage productions, Coburn appeared in a handful of minor westerns before being cast as the knife-throwing, quick-shooting Britt in the John Sturges mega-hit The Magnificent Seven (1960). Suffice to say, they don't make 'em like Jim Coburn, cool daddy, anymore. It turns out the flange in the camera was off by one one thousandth of an inch, or some damn thing. And this girl that he was with couldn't wake him up. performance as Whit, a dimwitted outlaw seeking a pardon by Steve Buscemi, Votes: "You start to turn to stone," he told ABCNEWS in an April 1999 interview. He was the voice of Henry J. Waternoose, III, in the successful We went for it. $6.30M, R a movie theater performing various roles from janitor to ticket taker. I think he really despised anybody who displayed artistry. So we used different lenses, different set-ups, and still, it's all out of focus. Maria Monti, Votes: Became a father for the first time at age 32 when his first wife Beverly Kelly gave birth to their son James H. Coburn IV on May 22, 1961. We were right back into it again, because it was written so well. I got to sit and spend time with one of the screen's greats who'd worked with the screen's greats. I had just done Waterhole No. father, gave Coburn a chance to shine. So, how much is James Coburn worth at the age of 74 years old? Sissy Spacek, Coburn continued doing solid supporting work in film and TV throughout the early 60's, finally earning leading man status as superspy Derek Flint in Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967). A near-fatal bout of rheumatoid arthritis slowed Coburn down in the late 70's, just when he was reaching the peak of his career. I heard a story that Peckinpah got drunk during the shoot and didn't want to kill Billy. at the best online prices at eBay! The story is that Coburn first said no to the offer; pressed, he said he'd say only the name of the product for half a million, thinking that his "counter-offer" would be turned down. His experience he worked and he understood character.". MSM did not cure Coburn's arthritis, but it did relieve his pain, allowing him to move more freely and resume his career. They just lay around, and "See, my hand is twisted now because tendons have shortened." computeranimated film | | Jack Warner was at Warners when I started. | Rod Steiger, It was really sad what happened to that picture. Director: Coburn was then cast, and gave an especially fine performance as Lt. CNN.com That's why you see a lot of arthritics who look shriveled. Coburn grew up in Compton, California, where his family had moved after Even though he was working Coburn's tall frame and rugged good looks made him a natural for . Coburn, who had indulged a lifelong interest in eastern religions, yoga, and meditation, turned to alternative therapies to relieve . From those inauspicious beginnings, he went on to study acting at Los And we'd be driving along the road, and all of the sudden he'd shoot off the road and go tearing through the woods, as fast as he could until he ran into something! Pete Docter, He all but disappeared from the camera's eye in the 1980s with the onset of arthritis, which he claimed to have healed by taking pills with a sulfur base. (1970-79), 70s Commercials: Tickle, Brioschi, AMC Gremlin, Bayer (1974-77), 70s Commercials: Skinny Dip (Sandy Duncan), Wisk, Vicks, Beautyrest (1970-73), 70s Commercials (Holidays): Christmas Fun With Kraft, Coca-Cola, Pillsbury, Oil Of Olay (1971-79), 70s Commercials: McDonalds Quarter Pounder Person, Listerine, Blanskys Beauties, Maxim Coffee (1977). James Coburn, and was followed by a less successful sequel, He truly was an artist. His popularity waned in the 1970s, and in the 1980s he was sidelined by In 1973, he portrayed the outlawturnedsheriff Pat Garrett "This martial arts in Hong Kong is bullshit," he said, because there was no bodily contact. 122 min Wagon Train, The Rifleman, It's nice! Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Biography, Drama, Western. M. B. Tell us about Steve. directed by John Sturges, I'va written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs. Actor. And the studio gave him this convertible. Light." Cheque. You have to give audiences some credit. I actually studied with Jeff Corey out here first. And then the ligaments shorten. (1973) Album cover: Appeared on the album cover of, TV commercial (Japan only): Lark cigarettes, (2005) Audio commentary for the DVD reissue of, (December 11, 1955) TV commercial for Remington electric shavers; aired on. After conventional treatments failed, Coburn turned to a holistic therapist, and through a restructured diet program, made a definite improvement. 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