Lee J. Cobb

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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Lee J. Cobb

Filmografia

Fronte del porto

Exodus

I corsari della strada

Damasco '25

A noi piace Flint

Il nostro agente Flint

La giungla della settima strada

La conquista del West

Il dominatore di Chicago

L'esorcista

Chiamate Nord 777

Alle donne ci penso io

L'uomo dalla cravatta di cuoio

Tonight We Raid Calais

La donna dai tre volti

L'uomo dal vestito grigio

L'uomo che amò Gatta Danzante

Io sono la legge

Miami Exposé

Dove la terra scotta

Karamazov

Pazzia

Il miracolo delle campane

Anna e il re del Siam

Bernadette

Passione

Il capitano di Castiglia

La mano sinistra di Dio

L'uomo che ingannò se stesso

L'oro di Mackenna

Boomerang - L'arma che uccide

A sangue freddo

North of the Rio Grande

Rustlers' Valley

I quattro cavalieri dell'Apocalisse

L'agguato

Gorilla in fuga

La polizia sta a guardare

Double Indemnity

Il giorno della civetta

Il silenzio si paga con la vita

Paris Calling

Ma non per me

Radiografia di un colpo d'oro

L'isola del desiderio

Il solitario del West

La luna è tramontata

Buckskin Frontier

Yankee pascià

The Vanishing Shadow

Destino sull'asfalto

Quel dannato pugno di uomini

Vittoria alata

La legge violenta della squadra anticrimine

Sangue di Caino

This Thing Called Love

The Great Ice Rip-Off

Death of a Salesman

The Family Secret

Danger on the Air

Il gigante del Texas

Il venditore di palloncini

Trapped Beneath the Sea

The fighter

The Phantom Creeps

Macho Callahan

Mark il poliziotto spara per primo

Day of Triumph

Gli amici di Nick Hezard

The Devil's Children

The Final Hour

The Brazen Bell

Toccarlo... porta fortuna

Mark il poliziotto

I, Don Quixote