Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-05-25 (48 years old)
Deathday
1965-06-15
Place of Birth
Eureka, California
Also known As
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Robert Alexander Cochran
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...
1946
as Cliff Scully
1951
as Hank Rice
1957
as Aldo
1946
as Eddie Roman
1956
as Mark Andrews
1954
as Police Sgt. Cal Bruner
1950
as Nick Prenta
1951
as Bill Clark / Mike Lewis
1950
as George Legenza
1959
as Dave Culloran
1954
as Joe Hammond
1949
as 'Big Ed' Somers
1961
as Billy Keplinger
1947
as Steve Hunt
1945
as Jimmy Casey
1965
as Dave
1951
as Chuck Daniels
1959
as Joe Sante
1957
as H.R. Manley
1946
as Speed McFarlane
1951
as Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan
1964
as Brad Webster
1950
as Bryant Marlow
1958
as Captain Alan 'Wes' Westcott
1953
as Paul Blake
1952
as Ben Kirby
1953
as Captain Claude Fontaine
1951
as Cy Van Cleave
1952
as Marcel Brevoort
1959
as Bill Gibson
1956
as John C. Fremont
1953
as Rick Sommers
1945
as Ten Grand Jackson
1963
as Steve Corey
1956
as Matt Ballot
1945
as Jack Higgins
1951
as Peter Allendine
1953
as Dan Webley
1948
as Tony Crow
1945
as Tim O'Brien
2007
1965
as Director
1965
as Screenplay
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