Steve Cochran

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-05-25 (48 years old)

Deathday

1965-06-15

Place of Birth

Eureka, California

Steve Cochran

Biography

He is perhaps best remembered for his role of Big Ed Somers, the power hungry gangster pal of James Cagney in "White Heat" (1949). Born Robert Alexander Cochran in Eureka, California, he was the son of a California lumberjack, who moved the family to Wyoming in the 1920s, where Cochran grew to adulthood. After graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1939, Cochran began working steadily as a Wyoming cowboy, while developing his acting skills working in summer stock and regional theaters and gradually moving on to Broadway. In 1945, he signed with MGM, and for the next several years, played mostly secondary roles as gangsters or boxers. He...

Acting

1946

1951

Storm Warning

as Hank Rice

1957

Il Grido

as Aldo

1946

The Chase

as Eddie Roman

1956

The Weapon

as Mark Andrews

1954

Private Hell 36

as Police Sgt. Cal Bruner

1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Nick Prenta

1951

Tomorrow Is Another Day

as Bill Clark / Mike Lewis

1950

Highway 301

as George Legenza

1959

The Beat Generation

as Dave Culloran

1954

Carnival Story

as Joe Hammond

1949

White Heat

as 'Big Ed' Somers

1961

The Deadly Companions

as Billy Keplinger

1947

Copacabana

as Steve Hunt

1945

1959

I, Mobster

as Joe Sante

1957

Slander

as H.R. Manley

1946

The Kid from Brooklyn

as Speed McFarlane

1951

The Tanks Are Coming

as Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan

1964

Mozambique

as Brad Webster

1950

Dallas

as Bryant Marlow

1958

Quantrill's Raiders

as Captain Alan 'Wes' Westcott

1953

1952

1953

The Desert Song

as Captain Claude Fontaine

1951

Raton Pass

as Cy Van Cleave

1952

Operation Secret

as Marcel Brevoort

1959

The Big Operator

as Bill Gibson

1956

Fremont: The Trailblazer

as John C. Fremont

1953

She's Back on Broadway

as Rick Sommers

1945

Wonder Man

as Ten Grand Jackson

1963

Of Love and Desire

as Steve Corey

1956

Come Next Spring

as Matt Ballot

1951

Jim Thorpe – All-American

as Peter Allendine

1953

Shark River

as Dan Webley

1948

A Song Is Born

as Tony Crow

1945

The Gay Senorita

as Tim O'Brien

Production

1965

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