Lee J. Cobb

Actor Dec 8 (died age 64) New York City, New York, USA 1934–1979 (45 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

12 Angry Men

Juror 3

Film

The Exorcist

Lt. Bill Kinderman

Film

On the Waterfront

Johnny Friendly

Film

How the West Was Won

Marshal Lou Ramsey

Film

Coogan's Bluff

Lt. McElroy

Film

Exodus

Barak Ben Canaan

Film

The Three Faces of Eve

Doctor Curtis Luther

Film

Man of the West

Dock Tobin

Filmography

Acting (104)

Movies (84)

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

1979

The Meanest Men in the West

as Judge Henry Garth

Cross Shot

as Dante Ragusa

Nick the Sting

as Robert Clark

That Lucky Touch

as Henry Steedman

Mark Shoots First

as Il commedator Benzi

6.6

Blood, Sweat and Fear

1975

as Benzi

5.6

The Great Ice Rip-Off

as Willy Calso

The Balloon Vendor

as Twenty Years

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

as Victor Bateman

5.8

Dr. Max

1974

as Maxwell Gordon

The Exorcist

1973

as Lt. Bill Kinderman

Double Indemnity

as Barton Keyes

The Great Kidnapping

as Jovine

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973

as Lapchance

5.7

Heat of Anger

1972

as Frank Galvin

The Bull of the West

as Judge Garth

Lawman

as Vincent Bronson

Macho Callahan

as Duffy

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

as Oman Hedgepath

5.8

Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

1970

as Himself

Mackenna's Gold

as The Editor

The Day of the Owl

as Don Mariano Arena

Coogan's Bluff

as Lt. McElroy

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

as Steve Skorsky

In Like Flint

as Lloyd C. Cramden

Death of a Salesman

as Willy Loman

Our Man Flint

as Cramden

The Final Hour

as Judge Henry Garth

The Brazen Bell

1964

as Judge Henry Garth

Come Blow Your Horn

1963

as Harry R. Baker

4.8

How the West Was Won

1962

as Marshal Lou Ramsey

7.0

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962

as Julio Madariaga

5.9

The Devil's Children

1962

as Judge Henry Garth

Exodus

as Barak Ben Canaan

The Trap

as Victor Massonetti

Green Mansions

as Nuflo

But Not for Me

as Jeremiah MacDonald

6.0

I, Don Quixote

1959

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

Party Girl

1958

as Rico Angelo

6.8

The Brothers Karamazov

as Fyodor Karamazov

Man of the West

as Dock Tobin

12 Angry Men

as Juror 3

The Garment Jungle

as Walter Mitchell

The Three Faces of Eve

1957

as Doctor Curtis Luther

7.2

Miami Exposé

1956

as Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott

5.3

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

as Judge Bernstein

The Road to Denver

as Jim Donovan

The Left Hand of God

as Mieh Yang

The Racers

as Maglio

On the Waterfront

as Johnny Friendly

Day of Triumph

as Zadok

Gorilla at Large

1954

as Detective Sgt. Garrison

Yankee Pasha

as Sultan

The Tall Texan

as Capt. Theodore Bess

The Fighter

as Durango

Sirocco

as Col. Feroud

The Family Secret

as Howard Clark

The Man Who Cheated Himself

as Lt. Ed Cullen

Thieves' Highway

as Mike Figlia

The Phantom Creeps

as Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)

3.8

The Dark Past

1948

as Dr. Andrew Collins

5.9

Call Northside 777

1948

as Brian Kelly

6.7

The Miracle of the Bells

1948

as Marcus Harris

5.9

The Luck of the Irish

1948

as David C. Augur

5.8

Boomerang!

1947

as Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

Captain from Castile

as Juan Garcia

Johnny O'Clock

as Inspector Koch

Anna and the King of Siam

as Kralahome

Winged Victory

as Doctor

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

1944

as Arthur Deeds

The Song of Bernadette

1943

as Dr. Dozous

7.1

Tonight We Raid Calais

as Bonnard

The Moon Is Down

as Dr. Albert Winter

Buckskin Frontier

as Jeptha Marr

Men of Boys Town

as Dave Morris

Paris Calling

as Captain Schwabe

This Thing Called Love

as Julio Diestro

Golden Boy

as Mr. Bonaparte

The Phantom Creeps

as Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)

Danger on the Air

as Tony Lisotti

Rustlers' Valley

as Cal Howard

North of the Rio Grande

as President Wooden

The Vanishing Shadow

as Roadwork Foreman

Television (20)

Origins of the Mafia

1976

as Bartolomeo Gramignano

McCloud

1970

as Alexander Montello

7.1

The Young Lawyers

1970

5.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Ernie Wigman

5.7

The Virginian

1962

as Ritcher Henry Garth

6.4

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

as Captain Maximillian Gault

6.3

Naked City

1958

as Paul Delito

5.5

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Captain Andrew Watling

6.0

Tony Awards

1956

as Willy Loman (archive footage)

5.9

Tony Awards

1956

as Willy Loman (archive footage)

Gunsmoke

1955

as Col. Josiah Johnson

Medic

as Henry Fisher

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

1953

as Dominic Roma

6.4

The Ford Television Theatre

as Matt Erwin

Tales of Tomorrow

Lux Video Theatre

as Emile Zola

Lights Out

Studio One

as Dr. Joseph Pearson

5.0