Lee J. Cobb
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Dec 08 1911• Died Feb 11 1976
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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…
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Lee J. Cobb's Credits
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The Virginian
Richter Henry Garth
Naked City
Paul Delito
Studio One
Dr. Joseph Pearson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Captain Andrew Watling
McCloud
Alexander Montello
The Oscars
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
Matt Erwin
Lights Out
Gunsmoke
Col. Josiah Johnson
12 Angry Men
Juror 3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Tales of Tomorrow
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Captain Maximillian Gault
The Dark Past
Dr. Andrew Collins
The Exorcist
Lt. Bill Kinderman
Lux Video Theatre
Emile Zola
Medic
Henry Fisher
How the West Was Won
Marshal Lou Ramsey
On the Waterfront
Johnny Friendly
Exodus
Barak Ben Canaan
General Electric Theater
Dominic Roma
Man of the West
Dock Tobin
Origins of the Mafia
Bartolomeo Gramignano
Party Girl
Rico Angelo
Sirocco
Col. Feroud
The Young Lawyers
Golden Boy
Mr. Bonaparte
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Julio Madariaga
Coogan's Bluff
Lt. McElroy
Mackenna's Gold
The Editor
The Miracle of the Bells
Marcus Harris
Paris Calling
Captain Schwabe
Call Northside 777
Brian Kelly
Lawman
Vincent Bronson
The Day of the Owl
Don Mariano Arena
The Song of Bernadette
Dr. Dozous
In Like Flint
Lloyd C. Cramden
The Garment Jungle
Walter Mitchell
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Karamazov
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Judge Bernstein
Winged Victory
Doctor
The Trap
Victor Massonetti
Johnny O'Clock
Inspector Koch
The Three Faces of Eve
Doctor Curtis Luther
Come Blow Your Horn
Harry R. Baker
The Balloon Vendor
Twenty Years
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Lapchance
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Boomerang!
Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
Our Man Flint
Cramden
The Phantom Creeps
Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)
The Moon Is Down
Dr. Albert Winter
Dr. Max
Maxwell Gordon
Macho Callahan
Duffy
That Lucky Touch
Henry Steedman
Green Mansions
Nuflo
North of the Rio Grande
President Wooden
The Family Secret
Howard Clark
Mark Shoots First
Il commedator Benzi
Thieves' Highway
Mike Figlia
Anna and the King of Siam
Kralahome
Gorilla at Large
Detective Sgt. Garrison
Men of Boys Town
Dave Morris
Nick the Sting
Robert Clark
This Thing Called Love
Julio Diestro
Buckskin Frontier
Jeptha Marr
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Lt. Ed Cullen
The Meanest Men in the West
Judge Henry Garth
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Victor Bateman
But Not for Me
Jeremiah MacDonald
The Bull of the West
Judge Garth
The Road to Denver
Jim Donovan
The Vanishing Shadow
Roadwork Foreman
Double Indemnity
Barton Keyes
The Phantom Creeps
Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)
The Fighter
Durango
The Great Ice Rip-Off
Willy Calso
Yankee Pasha
Sultan
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Steve Skorsky
The Tall Texan
Capt. Theodore Bess
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Oman Hedgepath
Day of Triumph
Zadok
Tonight We Raid Calais
Bonnard
Heat of Anger
Frank Galvin
The Devil's Children
Judge Henry Garth
The Great Kidnapping
Jovine
The Left Hand of God
Mieh Yang
The Luck of the Irish
David C. Augur
The Brazen Bell
Judge Henry Garth
The Racers
Maglio
Danger on the Air
Tony Lisotti
Miami Exposé
Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
Blood, Sweat and Fear
Benzi
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Arthur Deeds
Rustlers' Valley
Cal Howard
Captain from Castile
Juan Garcia
The Final Hour
Judge Henry Garth
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
Himself
I, Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana
Arthur Miller on Home Ground
Cross Shot
Dante Ragusa
Tony Awards
Willy Loman (archive footage)