Lee J. Cobb
Birthday: 1911-12-08
Deathday: 1975-11-22
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 - February 11, 1976) ) was an American actor best known for his performance in 12 Angry Men (1957), his Academy Award-nominated performance in On the Waterfront, and one of his last films, 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 Jacob in New York City, he grew up in The Bronx, before studying at New York University and making his film debut in The Vanishing Shadow (1934). Cobb performed in numerous theater productions and companies, including Group Theatre (New York) before serving in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force during World War II.
Following the war, Cobb returned to film, television and theater before being accused of being a Communist in 1951 testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee by Larry Parks, himself a former Communist Party member. Cobb was called to testify before HUAC but refused to do so for two years until, with his career threatened by the blacklist, he relented in 1953 and gave testimony in which he named 20 people as former members of the Communist Party USA. Following the hearing he resumed his career and worked with Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg, two other HUAC "friendly witnesses", on the 1954 film On the Waterfront, which is widely seen as an allegory and apologia for testifying. His 1968 performance as King Lear achieved the longest run (72 performances) for the play in Broadway history. One of his final film roles was that of police detective Lt. Kinderman in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist.
Cobb died of a heart attack in February 1976 in Woodland Hills, California, and was buried in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He was survived by his second wife, Mary Hirsch, and daughter, also an accomplished actress, Julie Cobb.
Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
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| 1955 | 44 | On the Waterfront (1954) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1959 | 48 | The Brothers Karamazov (1958) | Supporting Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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1978-05-04 | The Meanest Men in the West | Judge Henry Garth |
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1976-12-30 | Cross Shot | Dante Ragusa |
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1976-09-14 | Nick the Sting | Robert Clark |
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1975-12-22 | Mark Shoots First | Il commedator Benzi |
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1975-08-07 | That Lucky Touch | Henry Steedman |
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1975-08-01 | Blood, Sweat and Fear | Benzi |
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1974-12-21 | The Balloon Vendor | Twenty Years |
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1974-11-06 | The Great Ice Rip-Off | Willy Calso |
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1974-10-22 | Trapped Beneath the Sea | Victor Bateman |
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1974-04-04 | Dr. Max | Maxwell Gordon |
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1973-12-26 | The Exorcist | Lt. Bill Kinderman |
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1973-11-16 | The Great Kidnapping | Jovine |
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1973-10-13 | Double Indemnity | Barton Keyes |
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1973-06-28 | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Lapchance |
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1972-05-04 | The Bull of the West | Judge Garth |
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1972-03-03 | Heat of Anger | Frank Galvin |
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1971-03-11 | Lawman | Vincent Bronson |
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1971-02-28 | Macho Callahan | Duffy |
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1970-03-18 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Oman Hedgepath |
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1969-03-18 | Mackenna's Gold | The Editor |
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1968-10-02 | Coogan's Bluff | Lt. McElroy |
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1968-02-17 | The Day of the Owl | Don Mariano Arena |
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1968-02-07 | They Came to Rob Las Vegas | Steve Skorsky |
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1967-03-15 | In Like Flint | Lloyd C. Cramden |
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1966-05-07 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman |
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1966-01-16 | Our Man Flint | Cramden |
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1965-05-27 | The Final Hour | Judge Henry Garth |
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1964-03-18 | The Brazen Bell | Judge Henry Garth |
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1963-06-05 | Come Blow Your Horn | Harry R. Baker |
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1962-12-05 | The Devil's Children | Judge Henry Garth |
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1962-11-02 | How the West Was Won | Marshal Lou Ramsey |
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1962-02-07 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Julio Madariaga |
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1960-12-15 | Exodus | Barak Ben Canaan |
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1959-11-09 | I, Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana |
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1959-08-19 | But Not for Me | Jeremiah MacDonald |
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1959-03-19 | Green Mansions | Nuflo |
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1959-01-28 | The Trap | Victor Massonetti |
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1958-10-28 | Party Girl | Rico Angelo |
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1958-06-20 | Man of the West | Dock Tobin |
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1958-02-20 | The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Karamazov |
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1957-12-19 | The Three Faces of Eve | Doctor Curtis Luther |
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1957-05-01 | The Garment Jungle | Walter Mitchell |
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1957-04-10 | 12 Angry Men | Juror 3 |
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1956-09-01 | Miami Exposé | Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott |
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1956-04-12 | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Judge Bernstein |
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1955-09-02 | The Left Hand of God | Mieh Yang |
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1955-06-15 | The Road to Denver | Jim Donovan |
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1955-02-04 | The Racers | Maglio |
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1954-12-25 | Day of Triumph | Zadok |
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1954-06-22 | On the Waterfront | Johnny Friendly |
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1954-05-01 | Gorilla at Large | Detective Sgt. Garrison |
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1954-04-17 | Yankee Pasha | Sultan |
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1953-02-13 | The Tall Texan | Capt. Theodore Bess |
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1952-05-23 | The Fighter | Durango |
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1951-10-21 | The Family Secret | Howard Clark |
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1951-06-13 | Sirocco | Col. Feroud |
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1950-12-26 | The Man Who Cheated Himself | Lt. Ed Cullen |
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1949-09-20 | Thieves' Highway | Mike Figlia |
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1949-06-06 | The Phantom Creeps | Road Crew Foreman (uncredited) |
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1948-12-22 | The Dark Past | Dr. Andrew Collins |
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1948-09-15 | The Luck of the Irish | David C. Augur |
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1948-03-27 | The Miracle of the Bells | Marcus Harris |
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1948-02-13 | Call Northside 777 | Brian Kelly |
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1947-12-25 | Captain from Castile | Juan Garcia |
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1947-02-28 | Boomerang! | Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson |
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1947-01-07 | Johnny O'Clock | Inspector Koch |
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1946-08-11 | Anna and the King of Siam | Kralahome |
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1944-12-22 | Winged Victory | Doctor |
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1944-03-13 | Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane | Arthur Deeds |
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1943-12-21 | The Song of Bernadette | Dr. Dozous |
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1943-05-14 | Buckskin Frontier | Jeptha Marr |
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1943-04-30 | Tonight We Raid Calais | Bonnard |
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1943-03-14 | The Moon Is Down | Dr. Albert Winter |
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1941-12-04 | Paris Calling | Captain Schwabe |
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1941-04-11 | Men of Boys Town | Dave Morris |
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1940-12-20 | This Thing Called Love | Julio Diestro |
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1939-09-05 | Golden Boy | Mr. Bonaparte |
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1938-06-30 | Danger on the Air | Tony Lisotti |
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1937-07-23 | Rustlers' Valley | Cal Howard |
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1937-06-28 | North of the Rio Grande | President Wooden |
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1934-04-22 | The Vanishing Shadow | Roadwork Foreman |