Lee J. Cobb
1911-12-08 ( 113 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist 2023-10-05
The Meanest Men in the West 1978-05-04
Cross Shot 1976-12-30
Nick the Sting 1976-09-14
Mark Shoots First 1975-12-22
That Lucky Touch 1975-08-07
Blood, Sweat and Fear 1975-08-01
The Balloon Vendor 1974-12-21
The Great Ice Rip-Off 1974-11-06
Trapped Beneath the Sea 1974-10-22
Dr. Max 1974-04-04
The Exorcist 1973-12-26
The Great Kidnapping 1973-11-16
Double Indemnity 1973-10-13
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing 1973-06-28
The Bull of the West 1972-05-04
Heat of Anger 1972-03-03
Lawman 1971-03-11
Macho Callahan 1971-02-28
The Liberation of L.B. Jones 1970-03-18
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man 1970-02-18
Mackenna's Gold 1969-03-18
Coogan's Bluff 1968-10-02
The Day of the Owl 1968-02-17
They Came to Rob Las Vegas 1968-02-07
In Like Flint 1967-03-15
Death of a Salesman 1966-05-07
Our Man Flint 1966-01-16
The Final Hour 1965-05-27
The Brazen Bell 1964-03-18
Come Blow Your Horn 1963-06-05
The Devil's Children 1962-12-05
How the West Was Won 1962-11-02
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1962-02-07
Exodus 1960-12-15
I, Don Quixote 1959-11-09
But Not for Me 1959-08-19
Green Mansions 1959-03-19
The Trap 1959-01-28
Party Girl 1958-10-28
Man of the West 1958-06-20
The Brothers Karamazov 1958-02-20
The Three Faces of Eve 1957-12-19
The Garment Jungle 1957-05-01
12 Angry Men 1957-04-10
Miami Exposé 1956-09-01
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956-04-12
The Left Hand of God 1955-09-02
The Road to Denver 1955-06-15
The Racers 1955-02-04
Day of Triumph 1954-12-25
On the Waterfront 1954-06-22
Gorilla at Large 1954-05-01
Yankee Pasha 1954-04-17
The Tall Texan 1953-02-13
The Fighter 1952-05-23
The Family Secret 1951-10-21
Sirocco 1951-06-13
The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950-12-26
Thieves' Highway 1949-09-20
The Phantom Creeps 1949-06-06
The Dark Past 1948-12-22
The Luck of the Irish 1948-09-15
The Miracle of the Bells 1948-03-27
Call Northside 777 1948-02-13
Captain from Castile 1947-12-25
Boomerang! 1947-02-28
Johnny O'Clock 1947-01-07
Anna and the King of Siam 1946-08-11
Winged Victory 1944-12-22
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane 1944-03-13
The Song of Bernadette 1943-12-21
Buckskin Frontier 1943-05-14
Tonight We Raid Calais 1943-04-30
The Moon Is Down 1943-03-14
Paris Calling 1941-12-04
Men of Boys Town 1941-04-11
This Thing Called Love 1940-12-20
Golden Boy 1939-09-05
The Phantom Creeps 1939-01-07
Danger on the Air 1938-06-30
Rustlers' Valley 1937-07-23
North of the Rio Grande 1937-06-28
The Vanishing Shadow 1934-04-22

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