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Lee J. Cobb

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

A powerhouse actor of both stage and screen, Cobb joined the Group Theater in 1935, appearing in Clifford Odets' "Waiting for Lefty" and "Golden Boy" before making his screen debut in 1937. He often played boorish characters or heavies, most memorably as the corrupt boss in "On The Waterfront" (1954) and the bigot in "Twelve Angry Men" (1957). He is also remembered for creating the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's 1949 play "Death of a Salesman," which he recreated for television in 1966.

Highest rated movies

100% 12 Angry Men
100% The Man Who Cheated Himself
100% Thieves' Highway
99% On the Waterfront
95% Coogan's Bluff
95% Man of the West
94% The Three Faces of Eve
89% Anna and the King of Siam

Photos

ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, Lee J. Cobb, 1946. ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright CALL NORTHSIDE 777, James Stewart, Lee J. Cobb, 1948. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. DANGER ON THE AIR, Lee J. Cobb, 1938 THE DARK PAST, Lee J. Cobb, 1948 DARK PAST, Lee J. Cobb, 1948 THE FIGHTER, Lee J. Cobb, 1952 THE GARMENT JUNGLE, Lee J. Cobb, 1957 JOHNNY O'CLOCK, from left, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, examining a reel of film on-set, 1947 JOHNNY O'CLOCK, Lee J. Cobb, 1947 JOHNNY O'CLOCK, Lee J. Cobb, 1947 JOHNNY O'CLOCK, Lee J. Cobb, 1947 THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, from left: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, 1950. ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, Alan Wells, Lee J Cobb, 1950, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, John Dall, Lee J Cobb, 1950, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All Rights Reserved THE MOON IS DOWN, Lee J. Cobb, 1943, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved SIROCCO, Lee J. Cobb, 1951 TONIGHT WE RAID CALAIS, Lee J. Cobb, Annabella, 1943. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE TRAP, Lee J. Cobb, 1959 OUR MAN FLINT, James Coburn (front left), Lee J. Cobb (front), Sigrid Valdis (front right), 1966. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. SIROCCO, Humphrey Bogart, Lee J. Cobb, 1951
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
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 Mark Shoots First commendator 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
78% 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
73% 63% Lawman Vincent Bronson (Character) - 1971
63% 92% 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% 67% 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% 51% In Like Flint Lloyd C. Cramden (Character) - 1967
76% 68% Our Man Flint Cramden (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 22% 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% 60% Come Blow Your Horn Harry R. Baker (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 47% The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Julio Madariaga (Character) - 1962
88% 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
95% 76% Man of the West Dock Tobin (Character) - 1958
25% 57% The Brothers Karamazov Father Karamazov (Character) - 1958
100% 97% 12 Angry Men Juror No. 3 (Character) - 1957
94% 77% The Three Faces of Eve Doctor Curtis Luther (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 67% The Garment Jungle Walter Mitchell (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 48% 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 50% 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% 52% The Man Who Cheated Himself Lt. Ed Cullen (Character) - 1950
100% 79% Thieves' Highway Mike Figlia (Character) - 1949
50% 45% The Dark Past Dr. Andrew Collins (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 50% The Luck of the Irish David C. Augur (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 56% The Miracle of the Bells Marcus Harris (Character) - 1948
81% 73% Call Northside 777 Brian Kelly (Character) - 1948
33% 40% 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
89% 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
83% 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
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Colonel Josiah Johnson (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Alexander Montello (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Judge Henry Garth (Character) 1962-1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Director 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre 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 No Score Yet Lights Out Unknown (Character) 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Tomorrow Unknown (Character) 1951