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Lee J. Cobb is a Actor and Director American born on 8 december 1911 at New York City (USA)

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb
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Birth name Leo Jacoby
Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1911 at New York City (USA)
Death 11 february 1976 (at 64 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor. He is best known for his performances in 12 Angry Men (1957), On the Waterfront (1954), 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 western series The Virginian. He typically played arrogant, intimidating, and abrasive characters, but often had roles as respectable figures such as judges and police officers.

Biography

Débuts au théâtre et au cinéma
Cobb poursuit des études à l'université de New York quand il rejoint un groupe de théâtre de sensibilité de gauche, en 1935, et joue dans l'œuvre de Clifford Odets Waiting for Lefty (pièce mettant en scène des conducteurs de taxis pendant la Grande Dépression, selon une lecture fortement marxiste). En 1937, il débute au cinéma avec Ali Baba Goes to Town réalisé par David Butler. On le connaît alors surtout pour le rôle de Willy Loman dans Mort d'un commis voyageur d'Arthur Miller, dirigé par Elia Kazan. En 1957, Sidney Lumet lui confie le rôle du troisième juré dans le film Douze hommes en colère qui est encore considéré aujourd'hui comme un des plus grands chefs-d'œuvre du Septième art.

Il interprète aussi le rôle du mentor de James Coburn dans F comme Flint et Our Man Flint. Il joue aussi dans le téléfilm Mort d'un commis voyageur, avec d'autres acteurs, encore peu connus : Gene Wilder, Bernie Kopell, et George Segal. Il est nommé pour un Emmy Award à cette occasion.


Témoin devant la HUAC
Cobb est sur les listes des communistes « possibles » du House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) du fait de ses débuts au théâtre dans un groupe marqué politiquement. Appelé à témoigner dans cette chasse aux sorcières, il commence par refuser, ce qui lui vaut quelques menaces, puis s'y résout en 1953 en dénonçant une vingtaine de personnes comme anciens membres du Parti communiste des États-Unis d'Amérique (CPUSA).

Après l'audience, il reprend sa carrière et travaille avec Kazan et Budd Schulberg, deux autres témoins de la HUAC, dans le film Sur les quais (1954), dans lequel on voit souvent une apologie pour leur comportement de donneurs.


Décès
Lee J. Cobb meurt d'une crise cardiaque à 64 ans, en 1976 à Woodland Hills et est enterré au Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery de Los Angeles.

Best films

The Exorcist (1973)
(Actor)
On the Waterfront (1954)
(Actor)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
(Actor)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
(Actor)
Captain from Castile (1947)
(Actor)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
(Actor)

Usually with

Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(11 films)
Lyle Wheeler
Lyle Wheeler
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lee J. Cobb (73 films)

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Actor

Green Mansions, 1h44
Directed by Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Indiens d'Amazonie
Actors Anthony Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Silva, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Nuflo
Rating53% 2.6535452.6535452.6535452.6535452.653545
A young man named Abel (Anthony Perkins) narrowly escapes Caracas, Venezuela after it is overtaken by rebels. He decides to seek revenge, as his father, the former Minister of War, was killed. After getting supplies, he takes a canoe to the far shore, where he is nearly killed by a leopard, but is saved by the native, Indian-like people.
The Brothers Karamazov, 2h25
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Yul Brynner, Maria Schell, Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, William Shatner, Richard Basehart
Roles Fyodor Karamazov
Rating66% 3.347643.347643.347643.347643.34764
The story follows Fyodor, the patriarch of the Karamazov family and his sons. When he tries to decide an heir, the tensions between the brothers of the film run high, leading to infighting and murder.
Man of the West, 1h40
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Julie London, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur O'Connell, Jack Lord, John Dehner
Roles Dock Tobin
Rating70% 3.543823.543823.543823.543823.54382
Link Jones (Gary Cooper) rides into Crosscut, Texas to have a bite to eat, then catch a train to Fort Worth, where he intends to use the savings of his community of Good Hope to hire a schoolteacher.
Party Girl
Party Girl (1958)
, 1h39
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly
Roles Rico Angelo
Rating69% 3.4955253.4955253.4955253.4955253.495525
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending Chicago mobsters in court. At a party for mob boss Rico Angelo, he meets chorus girl Vicki Gaye, who accepted $100 to attend the party and another $400 from another gangster, Louis Canetto, from his gambling winnings.
12 Angry Men, 1h35
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Assassinat, L'action se déroule en une journée, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, John Fiedler
Roles Juror 3
Rating89% 4.497794.497794.497794.497794.49779
The story begins in a New York City courtroom, where an 19-year-old boy from a slum is on trial for allegedly stabbing his father to death. Final closing arguments are presented, and the judge then instructs the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty of murder. The judge further informs them that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence.
The Three Faces of Eve, 1h31
Directed by Nunnally Johnson, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse
Actors Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer, Mimi Gibson
Roles Doctor Curtis Luther
Rating71% 3.598353.598353.598353.598353.59835
Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who is subject to severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts. Eventually she is sent to see a personality psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and while having a conversation, a "new personality", the wild, fun-loving Eve Black, emerges. Eve Black knows everything about Eve White, but Eve White is unaware of Eve Black. When Eve Black becomes the dominant personality, Eve White's husband leaves her and abandons their daughter, Bonnie. Eve White is sent to an asylum after Eve Black tries to kill Eve White's daughter.
The Garment Jungle, 1h28
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia
Roles Walter Mitchell
Rating65% 3.2949353.2949353.2949353.2949353.294935
Alan Mitchell is a returning Korean War veteran who joins his father Walter's garment company, Roxton Fashions. The firm has been paying protection money to gangsters led by Artie Ravidge to keep the union out.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, 2h33
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, Fredric March, Ann Harding, Keenan Wynn, Marisa Pavan
Roles Judge Bernstein
Rating70% 3.546313.546313.546313.546313.54631
Tom and Betsy Rath live in a rundown house in Westport, Connecticut around 1953 (1955 in the movie). They have three television-addicted children (two girls and a boy) and have money problems. Tom is 33 years old, a Harvard graduate. He barely survived as an Army paratroop officer during World War II, having fought in both the European and Pacific combat theaters, during which he had an extramarital affair.
Miami Exposé, 1h13
Directed by Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold, Harry Lauter, Alan Napier, Hugh Sanders
Roles Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
Rating59% 2.9986152.9986152.9986152.9986152.998615
Miami police lieutenant Bart Scott informs his captain of his plans to retire. His fiancee, Ann Easton, a widow whose husband was killed in the line of duty, refuses to marry Bart until he quits the force.
The Left Hand of God, 1h27
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E. G. Marshall, Jean Porter
Roles Mieh Yang
Rating63% 3.1990153.1990153.1990153.1990153.199015
In 1947, Catholic priest Father O'Shea (Humphrey Bogart) makes his way to a remote mission in China to replace a priest who was killed there. He meets Dr. David Sigman (E.G. Marshall), his wife Beryl (Agnes Moorehead), and nurse Anne Scott (Gene Tierney), the only other Western residents. They run a hospital for the surrounding villagers, at a time when competing warlords and Communists are engaged in civil war.
The Racers
The Racers (1955)
, 1h52
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Bella Darvi, Gilbert Roland, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, Katy Jurado
Roles Maglio
Rating54% 2.7096852.7096852.7096852.7096852.709685
Race-car driver Gino Borgesa meets a ballerina, Nicole Laurent, whose pet poodle causes a crash at the track. She persuades an ex-lover to give Gino money for a new car. They begin a romance, although Gino warns her that his racing comes first.
On the Waterfront, 1h48
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Leif Erickson
Roles Johnny Friendly
Rating80% 4.048984.048984.048984.048984.04898
Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play "D and D" ("deaf and dumb"), accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing.
Gorilla at Large, 1h23
Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Circus films
Actors Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb, Raymond Burr, Lee Marvin, Peter Whitney
Roles Detective Sgt. Garrison
Rating54% 2.7079552.7079552.7079552.7079552.707955
Cyrus Miller's circus has come to the fairgrounds, where barker Joey Matthews invites the crowd to come see the great gorilla, Goliath.
Yankee Pasha, 1h24
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, Lee J. Cobb, Hal March, Rex Reason
Roles Sultan
Rating62% 3.1432653.1432653.1432653.1432653.143265
[On-screen text: "Salem, Mass. 1800"] Fur trapper Jason Starbuck (Jeff Chandler) arrives in Salem. A general store owner challenges him to a horse race, but his rider's fiancee, Roxana Reil, gives a helpful tip to Starbuck on how to win the race.
The Fighter, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown, Lee J. Cobb, Frank Silvera, Hugh Sanders, Claire Carleton
Roles Durango
Rating58% 2.9089952.9089952.9089952.9089952.908995
A boxer, in Mexico, sets out to avenge the murder of his family by using the money from his winnings to purchase weapons.