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Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Oyuncu · 1911 – 1976 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

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  • Film8.6

    12 Angry Men

    12 Öfkeli Adam

    1957 · 10K votes

  • Film7.7

    The Exorcist

    Şeytan

    1973 · 8.9K votes

  • Film7.0

    How the West Was Won

    Batının Zaferi

    1962 · 517 votes

  • Film7.8

    On the Waterfront

    Rıhtımlar Üzerinde

    1954 · 1.9K votes

  • Film6.6

    Mackenna's Gold

    Mackenna'nın Altını

    1969 · 221 votes

  • Film7.1

    The Song of Bernadette

    1943 · 134 votes

  • Film6.3

    Coogan's Bluff

    Coogan'ın Blöfü

    1968 · 389 votes

  • Film6.7

    Exodus

    1960 · 239 votes

  • Film6.5

    The Brothers Karamazov

    1958 · 52 votes

  • Film6.6

    Man of the West

    Batıdan Gelen Adam

    1958 · 246 votes

  • Film6.8

    Party Girl

    Parti Kızı

    1958 · 70 votes

  • Film6.0

    Sirocco

    1951 · 50 votes

  • Film6.3

    The Left Hand of God

    1955 · 45 votes

  • Film6.5

    Lawman

    Kanun Adamı

    1971 · 141 votes

  • Film6.5

    Our Man Flint

    1966 · 136 votes

  • Film6.0

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    Mahşerin Dört Atlısı

    1962 · 60 votes

  • Film6.7
  • Film6.0
  • Film5.7

    Green Mansions

    Yeşillikler İçinde

    1959 · 33 votes

  • Film6.2

    In Like Flint

    1967 · 89 votes

  • Film7.2

    The Three Faces of Eve

    1957 · 156 votes

  • Film6.2
  • Film6.7

    Call Northside 777

    1948 · 181 votes

  • Film8.4

    This Thing Called Love

    1940 · 5 votes

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  • Dizi
  • Dizi6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • Dizi5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • Dizi5.9
  • Dizi5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • Dizi6.2
  • Dizi6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • Dizi7.2

    McCloud

    1970 · 53 votes

  • Dizi7.1

    The Oscars

    1953 · 85 votes

  • Dizi7.8
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  • Dizi6.3
  • Dizi6.0

    Lights Out

    1949 · 5 votes

  • Dizi6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • Dizi6.4

    Tales of Tomorrow

    1951 · 7 votes

  • Dizi7.0

    The Young Lawyers

    1970 · 2 votes

  • Dizi6.3

    Medic

    1954 · 7 votes

  • Dizi8.0

    Alle origini della mafia

    Origins of the Mafia

    1976 · 1 votes

  • Dizi6.8