Lee J. Cobb

Oyuncu Doğum: 1911-12-08 • New York City, New York, USA

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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 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.

Lee J. Cobb

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The Brazen Bell

I, Don Quixote

Heat of Anger

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

The Devil's Children

12 Öfkeli Adam

This Thing Called Love

Day of Triumph

Alle origini della mafia

Rıhtımlar Üzerinde

The Ford Television Theatre

Şeytan

The Great Ice Rip-Off

Thieves' Highway

McCloud

Kastilyalı Kaptan

La polizia sta a guardare

The Three Faces of Eve

The Song of Bernadette

Il giorno della civetta

The Vanishing Shadow

The Oscars

Geri Tepen Silah

Buckskin Frontier

The Road to Denver

Il venditore di palloncini

The Final Hour

Dr. Max

The Young Lawyers

Batının Zaferi

The Moon Is Down

Parti Kızı

North of the Rio Grande

The Trap

Gli amici di Nick Hezard

General Electric Theater

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

General Electric Theater

Exodus

Call Northside 777

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Racers

Gunsmoke

Lux Video Theatre

Golden Boy

Mackenna'nın Altını

La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine

Mark il poliziotto spara per primo

Kanun Adamı

Batıdan Gelen Adam

The Garment Jungle

The Brothers Karamazov

The Virginian

The Virginian

Our Man Flint

Death of a Salesman

Danger on the Air

Trapped Beneath the Sea

That Lucky Touch

Tales of Tomorrow

Men of Boys Town

Coogan'ın Blöfü

The Left Hand of God

Johnny O'Clock

But Not for Me

Winged Victory

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Medic

The Miracle of the Bells

Anna and the King of Siam

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

In Like Flint

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Luck of the Irish

The Family Secret