
Lee J. Cobb
Highest Rated: 100% The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
Lowest Rated: 20% Mackenna's Gold (1969)
Birthday: Dec 8, 1911
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
It's hard to think of an actor who has had important roles over three solid decades, but Lee J. Cobb definitely belongs on that list. The Russian Jewish actor grew up in the Bronx to working-class parents and made his film debut at the age of 23 in "The Vanishing Shadow." He was associated with the progressive Group Theatre and was named as a possible Communist by the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Red Scare. Cobb's bearing and dignity allowed him to play roles much older than his actual age, which was an enormous asset at the time. In amongst his massive and varied filmography, some of his most memorable roles include playing opposite Marlon Brando as union boss Johnny Friendly in Elia Kazan's 1954 "On The Waterfront"--for which he received an Academy Award nomination--as well as the third juror in Sidney Lumet's 1957 courtroom drama, "12 Angry Men," and Lieutenant Kinderman in the 1973 horror classic "The Exorcist." He also did television work, starring as Judge Henry Garth on four seasons of NBC's Western series "The Virginian." Cobb's stage career was equally storied, as he was the first to play the landmark role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death Of A Salesman" on Broadway.








Photos
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick The Sting | Robert Clark (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cross Shot | Dante Ragusa (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Blood, Sweat and Fear | Benzi (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Lucky Touch | Lt. Gen. Henry Steedman (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Circus Show | Vent'anni (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapped Beneath the Sea | Victor Bateman (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Max | Dr. Maxwell `'Max'` Gordon (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Ice Rip-Off | Willy Calso (Character) | - | 1974 |
84% | 87% | The Exorcist | Lieutenant William Kinderman (Character) | $441.4M | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Indemnity | Barton Keyes (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 47% | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Lapchance (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Kidnapping | Jovine (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ultimatum | Unknown (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Bull of the West | Judge Garth (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heat of Anger | Frank Galvin (Character) | - | 1972 |
70% | 62% | Lawman | Vincent Bronson (Character) | - | 1971 |
63% | 89% | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Oman Hedgepath (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Macho Callahan | Duffy (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 0% | They Came to Rob Las Vegas | Steve Skorsky (Character) | - | 1969 |
20% | 68% | Mackenna's Gold | The Editor (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day of the Owl | Don Mariano Arena (Character) | - | 1968 |
95% | 50% | Coogan's Bluff | Lt. McElroy (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 82% | Il Giorno Della Civetta | Don Mariano Arena (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mafia | Don Mariano Arena (Character) | - | 1968 |
68% | 52% | In Like Flint | Lloyd C. Cramden (Character) | - | 1967 |
77% | 68% | Our Man Flint | Cramden (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 25% | The Meanest Men in the West | Judge Henry Garth (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman (Character) | - | 1966 |
75% | 61% | Come Blow Your Horn | Harry R. Baker (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Julio Madariaga (Character) | - | 1962 |
87% | 74% | How the West Was Won | Marshal Lou Ramsey (Character) | - | 1962 |
65% | 69% | Exodus | Barak Ben Canaan (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Trap | Victor Massonetti (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Green Mansions | Nuflo (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 71% | But Not for Me | Jeremiah MacDonald (Character) | - | 1959 |
83% | 57% | Party Girl | Rico Angelo (Character) | - | 1958 |
94% | 76% | Man of the West | Dock Tobin (Character) | - | 1958 |
25% | 57% | The Brothers Karamazov | Father Karamazov (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 65% | The Garment Jungle | Walter Mitchell (Character) | - | 1957 |
100% | 97% | 12 Angry Men | Juror No. 3 (Character) | - | 1957 |
94% | 77% | The Three Faces of Eve | Doctor Curtis Luther (Character) | - | 1957 |
71% | 73% | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | Judge Bernstein (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miami Expose | Lt. Barton "Bart" Scott (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Left Hand of God | Mieh Yang (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Road to Denver | Jim Donovan (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Racers | Maglio (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day of Triumph | Zadok (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Gorilla at Large | Detective Sgt. Garrison (Character) | - | 1954 |
99% | 95% | On the Waterfront | Johnny Friendly (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yankee Pasha | Sultan (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Texan | Capt. Theodore Bess (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fighter | Durango (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Sirocco | Col. Feroud (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Family Secret | Howard Clark (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 51% | The Man Who Cheated Himself | Lt. Ed Cullen (Character) | - | 1950 |
100% | 78% | Thieves' Highway | Mike Figlia (Character) | - | 1949 |
50% | 45% | The Dark Past | Dr. Andrew Collins (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Luck of the Irish | David C. Augur (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Miracle of the Bells | Marcus Harris (Character) | - | 1948 |
80% | 73% | Call Northside 777 | Brian Kelly (Character) | - | 1948 |
33% | 39% | Johnny O'Clock | Inspector Koch (Character) | - | 1947 |
76% | 64% | Boomerang! | Chief Harold F. "Robbie" Robinson (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Captain From Castile | Juan Garcia (Character) | - | 1947 |
88% | 69% | Anna and the King of Siam | Kralahome (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Winged Victory | Doctor (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Buckskin Frontier | Jeptha Marr (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 80% | The Moon Is Down | Dr. Albert Winter (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tonight We Raid Calais | Bonnard (Character) | - | 1943 |
88% | 80% | The Song of Bernadette | Dr. Dozous (Character) | - | 1943 |
40% | 62% | Men of Boys Town | Dave Morris (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Thing Called Love | Julio Diestro (Character) | - | 1940 |
80% | 47% | Golden Boy | Mr. Bonaparte (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rustlers' Valley | Cal Howard (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North of the Rio Grande | RR President Wooden (Character) | - | 1937 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 100% | Gunsmoke | Colonel Josiah Johnson (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Unknown (Character) | 1962-1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Startime | Director | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1956 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Zocco (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Producers' Showcase | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Lights Out | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |