Lee J. Cobb

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-12-08 (65 years old)

Deathday

1976-02-11

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Lee J. Cobb

Biography

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 ...

Acting

1954

On the Waterfront

as Johnny Friendly

1960

Exodus

as Barak Ben Canaan

1949

Thieves' Highway

as Mike Figlia

1951

Sirocco

as Col. Feroud

1967

In Like Flint

as Lloyd C. Cramden

1966

Our Man Flint

as Cramden

1957

The Garment Jungle

as Walter Mitchell

1962

How the West Was Won

as Marshal Lou Ramsey

1958

Party Girl

as Rico Angelo

1973

The Exorcist

as Lt. Bill Kinderman

1948

Call Northside 777

as Brian Kelly

1963

Come Blow Your Horn

as Harry R. Baker

1968

Coogan's Bluff

as Lt. McElroy

1957

The Three Faces of Eve

as Doctor Curtis Luther

1956

1971

Lawman

as Vincent Bronson

1956

Miami Exposé

as Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott

1958

Man of the West

as Dock Tobin

1958

The Brothers Karamazov

as Fyodor Karamazov

1948

The Dark Past

as Dr. Andrew Collins

1948

The Miracle of the Bells

as Marcus Harris

1943

1939

Golden Boy

as Mr. Bonaparte

1947

Captain from Castile

as Juan Garcia

1955

1950

1969

Mackenna's Gold

as The Editor

1947

Boomerang!

as Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

1947

Johnny O'Clock

as Inspector Koch

1937

North of the Rio Grande

as President Wooden

1937

Rustlers' Valley

as Cal Howard

1959

The Trap

as Victor Massonetti

1954

Gorilla at Large

as Detective Sgt. Garrison

1973

Double Indemnity

as Barton Keyes

1968

The Day of the Owl

as Don Mariano Arena

1970

1941

Paris Calling

as Captain Schwabe

1959

But Not for Me

as Jeremiah MacDonald

1968

1948

The Luck of the Irish

as David C. Augur

1972

The Bull of the West

as Judge Garth

1943

The Moon Is Down

as Dr. Albert Winter

1943

Buckskin Frontier

as Jeptha Marr

1954

Yankee Pasha

as Sultan

1934

The Vanishing Shadow

as Roadwork Foreman

1955

The Racers

as Maglio

1978

The Meanest Men in the West

as Judge Henry Garth

1944

1976

Cross Shot

as Dante Ragusa

1955

The Road to Denver

as Jim Donovan

1940

This Thing Called Love

as Julio Diestro

1974

The Great Ice Rip-Off

as Willy Calso

1966

Death of a Salesman

as Willy Loman

1951

The Family Secret

as Howard Clark

1938

Danger on the Air

as Tony Lisotti

1953

The Tall Texan

as Capt. Theodore Bess

1974

The Balloon Vendor

as Twenty Years

1974

Trapped Beneath the Sea

as Victor Bateman

1952

The Fighter

as Durango

1939

The Phantom Creeps

as Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)

1971

1975

Mark Shoots First

as Il commedator Benzi

1954

1976

Nick the Sting

as Robert Clark

1962

The Devil's Children

as Judge Henry Garth

1965

The Final Hour

as Judge Henry Garth

1964

The Brazen Bell

as Judge Henry Garth

1975

That Lucky Touch

as Henry Steedman

1959

I, Don Quixote

as Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana

1941

Men of Boys Town

as Dave Morris

1959

1972

Heat of Anger

as Frank Galvin

1957

12 Angry Men

as Juror 3

1974

Dr. Max

as Maxwell Gordon

1949

The Phantom Creeps

as Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)

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