Lee J. Cobb

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1911-12-08
  • event Death Date 1976-02-11
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 8.6
  • info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Lee J. Cobb

7.9

On the Waterfront

1954-06-22

6.6

Exodus

1960-12-15

7.3

Thieves' Highway

1949-09-20

5.9

Sirocco

1951-06-13

6.1

In Like Flint

1967-03-15

6.4

Our Man Flint

1966-01-16

6.4

The Garment Jungle

1957-05-01

7

How the West Was Won

1962-11-02

6.8

Party Girl

1958-10-28

7.7

The Exorcist

1973-12-26

6.6

Call Northside 777

1948-02-13

4.8

Come Blow Your Horn

1963-06-05

6.4

Coogan's Bluff

1968-10-02

5.4

Tonight We Raid Calais

1943-04-30

6.9

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956-04-12

7.2

The Three Faces of Eve

1957-12-19

5.8

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973-06-28

6.6

Lawman

1971-03-11

5.3

Miami Exposé

1956-09-01

6.6

Man of the West

1958-06-20

6.6

The Brothers Karamazov

1958-02-20

5.8

The Dark Past

1948-12-22

6.1

The Miracle of the Bells

1948-03-27

6.1

Anna and the King of Siam

1946-08-11

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The Song of Bernadette

1943-12-21

6.4

Golden Boy

1939-09-05

7.2

Captain from Castile

1947-12-25

6.3

The Left Hand of God

1955-09-02

6.3

The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950-12-26

6.5

Mackenna's Gold

1969-03-18

6.9

Boomerang!

1947-02-28

6.1

Johnny O'Clock

1947-01-07

6

North of the Rio Grande

1937-06-28

6

Rustlers' Valley

1937-07-23

5.9

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962-02-07

6.8

The Trap

1959-01-28

5.6

Gorilla at Large

1954-05-01

6.8

The Great Kidnapping

1973-11-16

4.9

Double Indemnity

1973-10-13

7

The Day of the Owl

1968-02-17

5.7

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970-03-18

5.2

Paris Calling

1941-12-04

6

But Not for Me

1959-08-19

5.7

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

1968-02-07

5.7

The Luck of the Irish

1948-09-15

5.3

The Bull of the West

1972-05-04

6.7

The Moon Is Down

1943-03-14

6

Buckskin Frontier

1943-05-14

4

Yankee Pasha

1954-04-17

6.5

The Vanishing Shadow

1934-04-22

6

The Racers

1955-02-04

4.1

The Meanest Men in the West

1978-05-04

7.3

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

2023-10-05

5.5

Winged Victory

1944-12-22

6.1

Cross Shot

1976-12-30

6

The Road to Denver

1955-06-15

8

This Thing Called Love

1940-12-20

7

The Great Ice Rip-Off

1974-11-06

5.9

Death of a Salesman

1966-05-07

5.7

The Family Secret

1951-10-21

5.9

Danger on the Air

1938-06-30

5.5

The Tall Texan

1953-02-13

7

The Balloon Vendor

1974-12-21

5.8

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974-10-22

6

The Fighter

1952-05-23

4.2

The Phantom Creeps

1939-01-07

4.3

Macho Callahan

1971-02-28

6.7

Mark Shoots First

1975-12-22

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Day of Triumph

1954-12-25

6.7

Nick the Sting

1976-09-14

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The Devil's Children

1962-12-05

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The Brazen Bell

1964-03-18

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The Final Hour

1965-05-27

6.3

That Lucky Touch

1975-08-07

5.6

Blood, Sweat and Fear

1975-08-01

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I, Don Quixote

1959-11-09

6.3

Men of Boys Town

1941-04-11

5.6

Green Mansions

1959-03-19

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Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man

1970-02-18

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Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

1944-03-13

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Heat of Anger

1972-03-03

8.6

12 Angry Men

1957-04-10

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Dr. Max

1974-04-04

3.2

The Phantom Creeps

1949-06-06

6.5

Gunsmoke

1955-09-10

5.3

Naked City

1958-09-30

4.4

Studio One

1948-11-07

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958-10-06

6.4

The Virginian

1962-09-19

7.1

McCloud

1970-02-17

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

5.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963-10-04

5.6

Medic

1954-09-13

5

The Young Lawyers

1970-09-21

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

6

Tales of Tomorrow

1951-08-03

5.3

Lights Out

1949-07-19

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

6.3

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959-09-21

5

Tony Awards

1956-04-01

5.5

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956-10-05

6.4

The Virginian

1962-09-19

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Origins of the Mafia

1976-11-19

6

The Ford Television Theatre

1952-10-02