ACTOR James Coburn, who took on the tough-guy role in such films The Magnificent Seven, but whose anguished portrayal of an abusive father in Affliction finally earned him an Oscar, has died, aged 74.

James Coburn, who played tough-guy roles in such films as Our Man Flint and The Magnificent Seven, and won an Oscar for his portrait of a dissolute father in Affliction, has died at the age of 74.