Lee J. Cobb

Personal Info

Birthday

December 8, 1911

Day of Death

1976-02-11

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Lee Colt

Leo Jacoby

Cpl. Lee Cobb

Lee Cobb

Ли Дж. Кобб

لی جی. کاب

Lee J. Cobb

Biography

Lee J. Cobb 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.

Known For

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Virginian

Studio One

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Tony Awards

12 Angry Men

Naked City

Gunsmoke

Filmography

1978
The Meanest Men in the West
as Judge Henry Garth
1976
Cross Shot
as Dante Ragusa
Nick the Sting
as Robert Clark
1975
Mark Shoots First
as Il commedator Benzi
That Lucky Touch
as Henry Steedman
Blood, Sweat and Fear
as Benzi
1974
The Balloon Vendor
as Twenty Years
The Great Ice Rip-Off
as Willy Calso
Trapped Beneath the Sea
as Victor Bateman
Dr. Max
as Maxwell Gordon
1973
The Exorcist
as Lt. Bill Kinderman
The Great Kidnapping
as Jovine
Double Indemnity
as Barton Keyes
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
as Lapchance
1972
The Bull of the West
as Judge Garth
Heat of Anger
as Frank Galvin
1971
Lawman
as Vincent Bronson
Macho Callahan
as Duffy
1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Oman Hedgepath
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
as Himself
1969
Mackenna's Gold
as The Editor
1968
Coogan's Bluff
as Lt. McElroy
The Day of the Owl
as Don Mariano Arena
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
as Steve Skorsky
1967
In Like Flint
as Lloyd C. Cramden
1966
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
Our Man Flint
as Cramden
1965
The Final Hour
as Judge Henry Garth
1964
The Brazen Bell
as Judge Henry Garth
1963
Come Blow Your Horn
as Harry R. Baker
1962
The Devil's Children
as Judge Henry Garth
How the West Was Won
as Marshal Lou Ramsey
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Julio Madariaga
1960
Exodus
as Barak Ben Canaan
1959
I, Don Quixote
as Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana
But Not for Me
as Jeremiah MacDonald
Green Mansions
as Nuflo
The Trap
as Victor Massonetti
1958
Party Girl
as Rico Angelo
Man of the West
as Dock Tobin
The Brothers Karamazov
as Fyodor Karamazov
1957
The Three Faces of Eve
as Doctor Curtis Luther
The Garment Jungle
as Walter Mitchell
12 Angry Men
as Juror 3
1956
Miami Exposé
as Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Judge Bernstein
1955
The Left Hand of God
as Mieh Yang
The Road to Denver
as Jim Donovan
The Racers
as Maglio
1954
Day of Triumph
as Zadok
On the Waterfront
as Johnny Friendly
Gorilla at Large
as Detective Sgt. Garrison
Yankee Pasha
as Sultan
1953
The Tall Texan
as Capt. Theodore Bess
1952
The Fighter
as Durango
1951
The Family Secret
as Howard Clark
Sirocco
as Col. Feroud
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself
as Lt. Ed Cullen
1949
Thieves' Highway
as Mike Figlia
1948
The Dark Past
as Dr. Andrew Collins
The Luck of the Irish
as David C. Augur
The Miracle of the Bells
as Marcus Harris
Call Northside 777
as Brian Kelly
1947
Captain from Castile
as Juan Garcia
Boomerang!
as Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
Johnny O'Clock
as Inspector Koch
1946
Anna and the King of Siam
as Kralahome
1944
Winged Victory
as Doctor
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
as Arthur Deeds
1943
The Song of Bernadette
as Dr. Dozous
Buckskin Frontier
as Jeptha Marr
Tonight We Raid Calais
as Bonnard
The Moon Is Down
as Dr. Albert Winter
1941
Paris Calling
as Captain Schwabe
Men of Boys Town
as Dave Morris
1940
This Thing Called Love
as Julio Diestro
1939
Golden Boy
as Mr. Bonaparte
The Phantom Creeps
as Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)
1938
Danger on the Air
as Tony Lisotti
1937
Rustlers' Valley
as Cal Howard
North of the Rio Grande
as President Wooden
1934
The Vanishing Shadow
as Roadwork Foreman