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 Millers 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.
Johnny Friendly
Filme 1954
Barak Ben Canaan
Filme 1960
Mike Figlia
Filme 1949
Col. Feroud
Filme 1951
Lloyd C. Cramden
Filme 1967
Cramden
Filme 1966
Walter Mitchell
Filme 1957
Marshal Lou Ramsey
Filme 1962
Rico Angelo
Filme 1958
Lt. Bill Kinderman
Filme 1973
Lt. McElroy
Filme 1968
Bonnard
Filme 1943
Judge Bernstein
Filme 1956
Doctor Curtis Luther
Filme 1957
Lapchance
Filme 1973
Vincent Bronson
Filme 1971
Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
Filme 1956
Dock Tobin
Filme 1958
Fyodor Karamazov
Filme 1958
Dr. Andrew Collins
Filme 1948
Kralahome
Filme 1946
Dr. Dozous
Filme 1943
Mr. Bonaparte
Filme 1939
Juan Garcia
Filme 1947
Mieh Yang
Filme 1955
Lt. Ed Cullen
Filme 1950
The Editor
Filme 1969
Inspector Koch
Filme 1947
Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
Filme 1947
President Wooden
Filme 1937
Cal Howard
Filme 1937
Julio Madariaga
Filme 1962
Victor Massonetti
Filme 1959
Detective Sgt. Garrison
Filme 1954
Jovine
Filme 1973
Barton Keyes
Filme 1973
Don Mariano Arena
Filme 1968
Oman Hedgepath
Filme 1970
Captain Schwabe
Filme 1941
Jeremiah MacDonald
Filme 1959
Steve Skorsky
Filme 1968
Judge Garth
Filme 1972
Dr. Albert Winter
Filme 1943
Jeptha Marr
Filme 1943
Roadwork Foreman
Filme 1934
Maglio
Filme 1955
Judge Henry Garth
Filme 1978
Self (archive footage)
Filme 2023
Doctor
Filme 1944
Dante Ragusa
Filme 1976
Jim Donovan
Filme 1955
Julio Diestro
Filme 1940
Willy Calso
Filme 1974
Howard Clark
Filme 1951
Tony Lisotti
Filme 1938
Capt. Theodore Bess
Filme 1953
Twenty Years
Filme 1974
Victor Bateman
Filme 1974
Durango
Filme 1952
Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)
Filme 1939
Duffy
Filme 1971
Il commedator Benzi
Filme 1975
Zadok
Filme 1954
Robert Clark
Filme 1976
Judge Henry Garth
Filme 1965
Judge Henry Garth
Filme 1962
Judge Henry Garth
Filme 1964
Henry Steedman
Filme 1975
Benzi
Filme 1975
Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana
Filme 1959
Dave Morris
Filme 1941
Nuflo
Filme 1959
Himself
Filme 1970
Arthur Deeds
Filme 1944
Juror 3
Filme 1957
Maxwell Gordon
Filme 1974
Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)
Filme 1949
Col. Josiah Johnson
Tv 1955
Paul Delito
Tv 1958
Dominic Roma
Tv 1953
Tv 1958
Richter Henry Garth
Tv 1962
Tv 1970
Emile Zola
Tv 1950
Ernie Wigman
Tv 1963
Henry Fisher
Tv 1954
Tv 1970
Captain Andrew Watling
Tv 1956
Tv 1951
Tv 1949
Self
Tv 1953
Captain Maximillian Gault
Tv 1959
Willy Loman (archive footage)
Tv 1956
Grayson Foxhall
Tv 1953
Drifter - Frank MacKinnon
Tv 1956
Ritcher Henry Garth
Tv 1962
Bartolomeo Gramignano
Tv 1976
Matt Erwin
Tv 1952