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What was the ethnic background of Coburn?


A few days ago, I watched In Like Flint, the entertaining and classic spy spoof starring James Coburn. Great humor and action mix. I enjoyed watching it very much, but throughout the movie, I found myself wondering about the ethnic background of Coburn. He was a unique looking man. He had extremely strong facial features, and there is definitely something about him that looked a bit Asian to me. What race was Coburn? Was he part Asian? Perhaps he was mixed with Japanese or Chinese?

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Nope, Scottish-Irish-Swedish. Anyway In like Flint is one of his best. Being a '60s buff I like all those films. I strongly recommend Point Blank! Oops that one was Lee Marvin...I always get them confused!

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That's interesting. When you added Swedish I immediately saw a similarity with Max von Sydow. Same kind of long lean face.

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Funny, this exact question was posted on the In Like Flint board yesterday, and somebody provided a response.

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