Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 - February 11, 1976) ) was an American actor best known for his performance in 12 Angry Men (1957), his Academy Award-nominated performance in On the Waterfront, and one of his last films, 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	12.095
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,

On the Waterfront

Exodus

Thieves' Highway

Sirocco

Our Man Flint

In Like Flint

The Garment Jungle

How the West Was Won

Party Girl

Call Northside 777

Coogan's Bluff

The Exorcist

Tonight We Raid Calais

Come Blow Your Horn

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Three Faces of Eve

Miami Exposé

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

Lawman

Man of the West

The Brothers Karamazov

The Miracle of the Bells

The Dark Past

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!

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Johnny O'Clock

The Trap

North of the Rio Grande

Rustlers' Valley

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 Moon Is Down

Buckskin Frontier

The Bull of the West

Yankee Pasha

The Racers

The Vanishing Shadow

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

Day of Triumph

The Meanest Men in the West

Nick the Sting

The Final Hour

The Brazen Bell

The Devil's Children

That Lucky Touch

Blood, Sweat and Fear

Mark Shoots First

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