James Coburn studied acting at UCLA, and then moved to New York to study under noted acting coach Stella Adler. 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.
In 1966 Coburn starred n the wonderful 007 spy spoof Our Man Flint, followed the next year by the sequel In Like Flint.
