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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	1.7579
Birthday	1911-12-08
Place of Birth	New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As	Lee Colt, Leo Jacoby, Cpl. Lee Cobb, Lee Cobb, Ли Дж. Кобб, لی جی. کاب,

On the Waterfront

Exodus

Thieves' Highway

Sirocco

In Like Flint

Our Man Flint

The Garment Jungle

How the West Was Won

Party Girl

The Exorcist

Call Northside 777

Come Blow Your Horn

Coogan's Bluff

Tonight We Raid Calais

The Three Faces of Eve

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Lawman

Miami Exposé

Man of the West

The Brothers Karamazov

The Dark Past

The Miracle of the Bells

Anna and the King of Siam

The Song of Bernadette

Golden Boy

Captain from Castile

The Left Hand of God

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Mackenna's Gold

Boomerang!

Johnny O'Clock

North of the Rio Grande

Rustlers' Valley

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Trap

Gorilla at Large

The Great Kidnapping

Double Indemnity

The Day of the Owl

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

Paris Calling

But Not for Me

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

The Luck of the Irish

The Bull of the West

The Moon Is Down

Buckskin Frontier

Yankee Pasha

The Vanishing Shadow

The Racers

The Meanest Men in the West

Winged Victory

Cross Shot

The Road to Denver

This Thing Called Love

The Great Ice Rip-Off

Death of a Salesman

The Family Secret

Danger on the Air

The Tall Texan

The Balloon Vendor

Trapped Beneath the Sea

The Fighter

The Phantom Creeps

Macho Callahan

Mark Shoots First

Day of Triumph

Nick the Sting

The Devil's Children

The Final Hour

The Brazen Bell

That Lucky Touch

Blood, Sweat and Fear

I, Don Quixote

Men of Boys Town

Green Mansions

Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

Heat of Anger