Lee J. Cobb
Acting
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.
The Meanest Men in the West
as Judge Henry Garth
Age 66 (now 64)
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Oman Hedgepath
Age 58 (now 64)
Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man
as Himself
Age 58 (now 64)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Julio Madariaga
Age 50 (now 64)I, Don Quixote
as Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana
Age 47 (now 64)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Judge Bernstein
Age 44 (now 64)
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
as Arthur Deeds
Age 32 (now 64)
The Phantom Creeps
as Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)
Age 27 (now 64)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Ernie Wigman
Age 51 (now 64)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Captain Maximillian Gault
Age 47 (now 64)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Captain Andrew Watling
Age 44 (now 64) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Drifter - Frank MacKinnon
Age 44 (now 64)
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Also Known As
Lee Colt, Leo Jacoby, Cpl. Lee Cobb, Lee Cobb, Ли Дж. Кобб, لی جی. کاب
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