Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 — February 11, 1976) was an American actor. He was best known for his performances in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, 12 Angry Men (1957), and The Exorcist (1973). He also played the role of Willy Loman in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia Kazan. On television, Cobb costarred in the first four seasons of the popular, long-running western series The Virginian. He typically played arrogant, intimidating, and abrasive characters, but often had roles as respectable figures such as judges. Born Leo Jacob in New York City, he grew up in The Bronx, before studying at New York University and making his film debut in The Vanishing Shadow (1934). Cobb performed in numerous theater productions and companies, including Group Theatre (New York) before serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force during World War II.
Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 — February 11, 1976) was an American actor. He was best known for his performances in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, 12 Angry Men (1957), and The Exorcist (1973). He also played the role of Willy Loman in the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia Kazan. On television, Cobb costarred in the first four seasons of the popular, long-running western series The Virginian. He typically played arrogant, intimidating, and abrasive characters, but often had roles as respectable figures such as judges. Born Leo Jacob in New York City, he grew up in The Bronx, before studying at New York University and making his film debut in The Vanishing Shadow (1934). Cobb performed in numerous theater productions and companies, including Group Theatre (New York) before serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force during World War II.
Following the war, Cobb returned to film, television and theater before being accused of being a Communist in 1951 testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee by Larry Parks, himself a former Communist Party member. Cobb was called to testify before HUAC but refused to do so for two years until, with his career threatened by the blacklist, he relented in 1953 and gave testimony in which he named 20 people as former members of the Communist Party USA. Following the hearing he resumed his career and worked with Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg, two other HUAC "friendly witnesses", on the 1954 film On the Waterfront, which is widely seen as an allegory and apologia for testifying. His 1968 performance as King Lear achieved the longest run (72 performances) for the play in Broadway history. One of his final film roles was that of police detective Lt. Kinderman in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.
Cobb died of a heart attack in February 1976 in Woodland Hills, California, and was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He was survived by his second wife, Mary Hirsch, and daughter, also an accomplished actress, Julie Cobb.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Meanest Men in the West
Character:Judge Henry Garth
Release Date:04/05/1978
Cross Shot
Character:Dante Ragusa
Release Date:30/12/1976
Nick the Sting
Character:Robert Clark
Release Date:14/09/1976
Mark Shoots First
Character:Il commedator Benzi
Release Date:22/12/1975
That Lucky Touch
Character:Henry Steedman
Release Date:07/08/1975
Blood, Sweat and Fear
Character:Benzi
Release Date:01/08/1975
The Balloon Vendor
Character:Twenty Years
Release Date:21/12/1974
The Great Ice Rip-Off
Character:Willy Calso
Release Date:06/11/1974
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Character:Victor Bateman
Release Date:22/10/1974
Dr. Max
Character:Maxwell Gordon
Release Date:04/04/1974
The Exorcist
Character:Lt. Bill Kinderman
Release Date:26/12/1973
The Great Kidnapping
Character:Jovine
Release Date:16/11/1973
Double Indemnity
Character:Barton Keyes
Release Date:13/10/1973
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Character:Lapchance
Release Date:28/06/1973
The Bull of the West
Character:Judge Garth
Release Date:04/05/1972
Heat of Anger
Character:Frank Galvin
Release Date:03/03/1972
Lawman
Character:Vincent Bronson
Release Date:11/03/1971
Macho Callahan
Character:Duffy
Release Date:28/02/1971
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Character:Oman Hedgepath
Release Date:18/03/1970
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Character:Himself
Release Date:18/02/1970
Mackenna's Gold
Character:The Editor
Release Date:18/03/1969
Coogan's Bluff
Character:Lt. McElroy
Release Date:02/10/1968
The Day of the Owl
Character:Don Mariano Arena
Release Date:17/02/1968
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Character:Steve Skorsky
Release Date:07/02/1968
In Like Flint
Character:Lloyd C. Cramden
Release Date:15/03/1967
Death of a Salesman
Character:Willy Loman
Release Date:07/05/1966
Our Man Flint
Character:Cramden
Release Date:16/01/1966
The Final Hour
Character:Judge Henry Garth
Release Date:27/05/1965
The Brazen Bell
Character:Judge Henry Garth
Release Date:18/03/1964
Come Blow Your Horn
Character:Harry R. Baker
Release Date:05/06/1963
The Devil's Children
Character:Judge Henry Garth
Release Date:05/12/1962
How the West Was Won
Character:Marshal Lou Ramsey
Release Date:02/11/1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Character:Julio Madariaga
Release Date:07/02/1962
Exodus
Character:Barak Ben Canaan
Release Date:15/12/1960
I, Don Quixote
Character:Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana
Release Date:09/11/1959
But Not for Me
Character:Jeremiah MacDonald
Release Date:19/08/1959
Green Mansions
Character:Nuflo
Release Date:19/03/1959
The Trap
Character:Victor Massonetti
Release Date:28/01/1959
Party Girl
Character:Rico Angelo
Release Date:28/10/1958
Man of the West
Character:Dock Tobin
Release Date:01/10/1958
The Brothers Karamazov
Character:Fyodor Karamazov
Release Date:20/02/1958
The Three Faces of Eve
Character:Doctor Curtis Luther
Release Date:19/12/1957
The Garment Jungle
Character:Walter Mitchell
Release Date:01/05/1957
12 Angry Men
Character:Juror 3
Release Date:10/04/1957
Miami Exposé
Character:Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
Release Date:01/09/1956
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Character:Judge Bernstein
Release Date:12/04/1956
The Left Hand of God
Character:Mieh Yang
Release Date:02/09/1955
The Road to Denver
Character:Jim Donovan
Release Date:15/06/1955
The Racers
Character:Maglio
Release Date:04/02/1955
Day of Triumph
Character:Zadok
Release Date:25/12/1954
On the Waterfront
Character:Johnny Friendly
Release Date:22/06/1954
Gorilla at Large
Character:Detective Sgt. Garrison
Release Date:01/05/1954
Yankee Pasha
Character:Sultan
Release Date:17/04/1954
The Tall Texan
Character:Capt. Theodore Bess
Release Date:13/02/1953
The Fighter
Character:Durango
Release Date:23/05/1952
The Family Secret
Character:Howard Clark
Release Date:21/10/1951
Sirocco
Character:Col. Feroud
Release Date:13/06/1951
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Character:Lt. Ed Cullen
Release Date:26/12/1950
Thieves' Highway
Character:Mike Figlia
Release Date:20/09/1949
The Phantom Creeps
Character:Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)
Release Date:06/06/1949
The Dark Past
Character:Dr. Andrew Collins
Release Date:22/12/1948
The Luck of the Irish
Character:David C. Augur
Release Date:15/09/1948
The Miracle of the Bells
Character:Marcus Harris
Release Date:27/03/1948
Call Northside 777
Character:Brian Kelly
Release Date:13/02/1948
Captain from Castile
Character:Juan Garcia
Release Date:25/12/1947
Boomerang!
Character:Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
Release Date:28/02/1947
Johnny O'Clock
Character:Inspector Koch
Release Date:07/01/1947
Anna and the King of Siam
Character:Kralahome
Release Date:11/08/1946
Winged Victory
Character:Doctor
Release Date:22/12/1944
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Character:Arthur Deeds
Release Date:13/03/1944
The Song of Bernadette
Character:Dr. Dozous
Release Date:21/12/1943
Buckskin Frontier
Character:Jeptha Marr
Release Date:14/05/1943
Tonight We Raid Calais
Character:Bonnard
Release Date:30/04/1943
The Moon Is Down
Character:Dr. Albert Winter
Release Date:14/03/1943
Paris Calling
Character:Captain Schwabe
Release Date:04/12/1941
Men of Boys Town
Character:Dave Morris
Release Date:11/04/1941
This Thing Called Love
Character:Julio Diestro
Release Date:20/12/1940
Golden Boy
Character:Mr. Bonaparte
Release Date:05/09/1939
The Phantom Creeps
Character:Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)
Release Date:07/01/1939
Danger on the Air
Character:Tony Lisotti
Release Date:30/06/1938
Rustlers' Valley
Character:Cal Howard
Release Date:23/07/1937
North of the Rio Grande
Character:President Wooden
Release Date:28/06/1937
The Vanishing Shadow
Character:Roadwork Foreman
Release Date:22/04/1934
Television Appearances
Origins of the Mafia
Character:Bartolomeo Gramignano
The Young Lawyers
Character:
McCloud
Character:Alexander Montello
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Ernie Wigman
The Virginian
Character:Richter Henry Garth
The Virginian
Character:Ritcher Henry Garth
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Captain Maximillian Gault
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
Naked City
Character:Paul Delito
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Captain Andrew Watling
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Drifter - Frank MacKinnon
Tony Awards
Character:Willy Loman (archive footage)
Gunsmoke
Character:Col. Josiah Johnson
Medic
Character:Henry Fisher
The Oscars
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Dominic Roma
General Electric Theater
Character:Grayson Foxhall
The Ford Television Theatre
Character:Matt Erwin
Tales of Tomorrow
Character:
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Emile Zola
Lights Out
Character:
Studio One
Character:Dr. Joseph Pearson
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