Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

出生 : 1911-12-08, New York City, New York, USA

死亡 : 1976-02-11

略歴

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.

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The Meanest Men in the West
Judge Henry Garth
Bronson and Marvin star as murderous half-brothers who are running from the law as well as each other. A climatic confrontation proves to each of them just how mean the other can be. "The Meanest Men in the West" is actually an amalgam of two episodes of the hit 1960's TV series, "The Virginian." In one installment, a wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped by a nasty gunslinger. But the crime is only just a means for the ruffian to draw the tough title character into a blood- thirsty revenge scheme. In the second, a drifter burglarizes the Shiloh ranch. Then an unhinged girl relies on the man to aid in her flight from home.
Cross Shot
Dante Ragusa
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
Nick the Sting
Robert Clarke
Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.
Nick the Sting
Robert Clark
Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.
Mark Shoots First
Il commedator Benzi
Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".
That Lucky Touch
Henry Steedman
A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting.
Blood, Sweat and Fear
Benzi
Police believe that a respectable industrialist is actually the head of drug smuggling ring in Milan.
The Balloon Vendor
Twenty Years
A young boy tries to make living out of a puppet show when his mother abandons him and his father.
The Great Ice Rip-Off
Willy Calso
A retired cop goes up against a slick jewel thief and his gang, who have pulled a diamond heist and are trying to smuggle the diamonds cross-country.
Trapped Beneath the Sea
Victor Bateman
Based on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story of four men who find themselves trapped in a mini-submarine in the ocean depths.
Dr. Max
Maxwell Gordon
A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.
エクソシスト
Lt. William F. Kinderman
イラク。アメリカの古生物学者でもあるメリン神父は、古代遺跡の中から悪魔パズズの偶像を発見。それは、不吉な兆候を予感させた…。一方、ワシントンで仮住まいをしている女優クリスの一家に異変が起き始めた。一人娘のリーガンが恫喝的な声色で卑猥な言動を発し、その表情も変貌していく。科学的検査では何ひとつ解明されないどころか、娘の行状が日増しにひどくなっていくことに苦しむクリスは、カラス神父に救いを求めた。悪魔が少女に取り憑いたとしか思えないカラス神父は、教会に悪魔払いを要請。数少ない経験者であるメリンが到着し、ついに壮絶な悪魔払いが始まるのだが…。
The Great Kidnapping
Jovine
In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a northern industrial town devastated by a recent wave of violence and kidnappings..
Double Indemnity
Barton Keyes
A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Lapchance
On the run from her violent husband, Catherine Crocker witnesses a train robbery and is taken prisoner by a frontier outlaw gang, led by a bandit who’s hiding a secret of his own.
The Bull Of The West
Judge Garth
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "Nobility of Kings" (10 Nov. 1965).
Heat of Anger
Frank Galvin
A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.
Lawman
Vincent Bronson
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
西部番外地
Duffy
A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the prison camp, reunites with his old partner and sets out to kill the man who was responsible for his being in the camp in the first place. However, after accidentally killing a Confederate officer, he finds himself pursued by a gang of vicious bounty hunters intent on collecting the reward put up by the dead officer's widow.
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Oman Hedgepath
Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
Himself
A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.
マッケンナの黄金
The Editor
A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
マンハッタン無宿
Lt. McElroy
大ヒット作「ダーティハリー」を生んだ監督ドン・シーゲル×主演クリント・イーストウッドの名コンビが初めて組んだ作品。 アリゾナの片田舎の保安官補クーガンは、逮捕された凶悪犯の身柄を引き取りに、単身ニューヨークへとやって来る。だが、煩雑な警察組織のやり方になじめずクーガンは、独断で犯人を強引に連行するが、悪党一味の作戦にひっかかり逃がしてしまう。ニューヨーク市警の協力を得られぬまま、怒りが爆発したクーガンの大都会での追跡劇が始まる…。
The Day of the Owl
Don Mariano Arena
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
They Came to Rob Las Vegas
Steve Skorsky
After successfully assaulting an armored car between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the ambitions of the diverse members of the intrepid criminal gang collide, causing undesirable consequences.
In Like Flint
Lloyd C. Cramden
Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play.
Our Man Flint
Cramden
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
The Final Hour
Judge Henry Garth
two episodes of the TV series "The Virginan" edited together.
The Brazen Bell
Judge Henry Garth
Come Blow Your Horn
Harry R. Baker
The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.
The Devil's Children
Judge Henry Garth
西部開拓史
Marshal Lou Ramsey
ジョン・フォードら3人の監督によるオムニバス形式の壮大な歴史絵巻。アメリカ西部開拓時代の50年間を、三代にわたる開拓一家の視点から壮大なスケールで描く。ジョン・ウェイン、グレゴリー・ペックら豪華なキャストにも注目。
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Julio Madariaga
Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl became a general with a son (Heinrich) in the SS and in WWII he got a high job within the occupation administration in France.
Exodus
Barak Ben Canaan
Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.
I, Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana
The original TV play which evolved into the hit musical, "Man of La Mancha".
But Not for Me
Jeremiah MacDonald
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.
Green Mansions
Nuflo
A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace, he goes to the mountains and the forests of the Amazon. There he encounters Rima, the Bird Girl, an orphan living a life of nature, who is feared by a local jungle tribe.
The Trap
Victor Massonetti
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
Party Girl
Rico Angelo
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
西部の人
Dock Tobin
Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is stranded with singer Billie Ellis and gambler Sam Beasley when their train is held up. For shelter, Jones leads them to his nearby former home, where he was brought up an outlaw. Finding the gang still living in the shack, Jones pretends to be ready to return to a life crime.
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Karamazov
Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons include Dmitri, the eldest, an elegant officer, always broke and at odds with his father, betrothed to Katya, herself lovely and rich. The other brothers include a sterile aesthete, a factotum who is a bastard, and a monk. Family tensions erupt when Dmitri falls in love with one of his father's mistresses, the coquette Grushenka. Two brothers see Dmitri's jealousy of their father as an opportunity to inherit sooner. Acts of violence lead to the story's conclusion: trials of honor, conscience, forgiveness, and redemption.
イブの三つの顔
Doctor Curtis Luther
A doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.
The Garment Jungle
Walter Mitchell
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
十二人の怒れる男
Juror 3
既に法廷劇の代名詞となって久しい、アメリカ映画史に輝く傑作ドラマ。元々は高い評価を受けたTV作品で、その脚本・演出コンビによる映画版だが、そのいかにもTV向きの密室劇を上手くスクリーンに転化させた手腕は見事の一言。17歳の少年が起こした殺人事件に関する陪審員の討論が始まったが、誰が見ても有罪と思えたその状況下で、ひとりの陪審員が無罪を主張した事から物語は動き始める……。
Miami Exposé
Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott
A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Judge Bernstein
Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria (Marisa Pavan), which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife (Jennifer Jones) to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins (Fredric March). Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
The Left Hand of God
Mieh Yang
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.
The Road to Denver
Jim Donovan
The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill finally gives up on his younger brother and heads for Colorado. He gets a job and all is well until his brother shows up and takes a job that puts them on opposite sides of the law.
The Racers
Maglio
An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.
Day of Triumph
Zadok
A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
波止場
Johnny Friendly
テリーは元ボクサーだが、落ちぶれた今は波止場で荷役をする日雇い労働者であった。テリーがボクサーをやめることになったのは、ギャングの一味である兄のチャーリーの指示で八百長をやってしまったからだったのである。 不幸にも、八百長試合の相手のウィルソンはタイトル戦に挑戦するまでのボクサーになった。 テリーはある日、地元のギャングであるジョニーの命令で、古い友人を呼び出し、結果的に殺害に関与してしまう。
Gorilla at Large
Detective Sgt. Garrison
At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.
Yankee Pasha
Sultan
Director Joseph Pevney's 1954 swashbuckling adventure saga stars Jeff Chandler as an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates. The cast also includes Rhonda Fleming, Mamie Van Doren, Rex Reason, Lee J. Cobb, Hal March, Arthur Space, Benny Rubin, Harry Lauter and, as a promotional gimmick, Miss Universe 1953 (Christiane Martel of France) and a slew of other pageant contestants (Miss USA, Miss Japan, Miss Panama, Miss Norway, Miss Uruguay, Miss South Africa and Miss Australia).
The Tall Texan
Capt. Theodore Bess
Groups of desperate travelers journey together throughout the Southwest and soon find trouble when they all get gold fever. The action and drama are heightened when they discover gold…on an Indian burial ground!
The Fighter
Durango
A boxer, in Mexico, sets out to avenge the murder of his family by using the money from his winnings to purchase weapons.
The Family Secret
Howard Clark
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Sirocco
Col. Feroud
A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Lt. Ed Cullen
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Thieves' Highway
Mike Figlia
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
The Phantom Creeps
Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)
Not a feature, but an edited version of the 1939 serial "The Phantom Creeps" which was released to TV in 1949.
The Dark Past
Dr. Andrew Collins
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
The Luck of the Irish
David C. Augur
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
The Miracle of the Bells
Marcus Harris
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.
Call Northside 777
Brian Kelly
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Captain from Castile
Juan Garcia
Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia, and adoring servant girl Catana join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy...
Boomerang!
Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson
In a quiet Connecticut town, a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner. The citizens are horrified and demand action from the police. All of the witnesses identify John Waldron, a nervous out-of-towner, as the killer. Although Waldron vehemently denies the crime, no one will believe him. District Attorney Henry Harvey is then put on the case and faces political opposition in his attempt to prove Waldron's innocence. Based on a true story.
Johnny O'Clock
Inspector Koch
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Anna and the King of Siam
Kralahome
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Winged Victory
Doctor
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane
Arthur Deeds
U.S. Army Air Force pilot Bob Chilton and North American Aircraft designer Arthur Deeds show an Air Force colonel and major the new P-51B aircraft, explaining the changes in this new model and taking the plane through its paces with full description of its flight characteristics.
The Song of Bernadette
Dr. Dozous
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.
Buckskin Frontier
Jeptha Marr
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Tonight We Raid Calais
Bonnard
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.
The Moon Is Down
Dr. Albert Winter
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
Paris Calling
Captain Schwabe
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive. When her mother dies on the road to Bordeaux as a result of Nazi bombing, she returns to Paris and joins the underground movement. Nicholas Jordan, an American member of the RAF, stranded in Paris after the evacuation is also working with the Paris underground. Marianne kills her former fiancée, a pro-Nazi informant, for the traitorous state papers he is carrying, and she and Jordan try to flee over a French seaport...
Men of Boys Town
Dave Morris
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
This Thing Called Love
Julio Diestro
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Golden Boy
Mr. Bonaparte
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
The Phantom Creeps
Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Danger on the Air
Tony Lisotti
Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.
Rustlers' Valley
Cal Howard
Hoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle a herd of pedigree cattle and take over the valley.
North of the Rio Grande
President Wooden
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
The Vanishing Shadow
Roadwork Foreman
A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'