Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

1911-12-08 New York City, New York, USA 84 Credits

Biography

Lee J. Cobb (December 8, 1911 — February 11, 1976) was an American actor. He was best known for his performances in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, 12 Angry Men (1957), and 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...

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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, the last film of Alexandre O. Philippe explores the uncharted depths of William Friedkin’s mi...

The Meanest Men in the West

The Meanest Men in the West

1978

as Judge Henry Garth

4.1
Acting

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...

Cross Shot

Cross Shot

1976

as Dante Ragusa

6.1
Acting

A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.

Nick the Sting

Nick the Sting

1976

as Robert Clark

6.7
Acting

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 business...

Mark Shoots First

Mark Shoots First

1975

as Il commedator Benzi

6.6
Acting

Mark Terzi goes to Genoa to take on the case of a serial killer who calls himself "The Sphinx".

That Lucky Touch

That Lucky Touch

1975

as Henry Steedman

6.0
Acting

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 ...

Blood, Sweat and Fear

Blood, Sweat and Fear

1975

as Benzi

5.6
Acting

Police believe that a respectable industrialist is actually the head of drug smuggling ring in Milan.

The Balloon Vendor

The Balloon Vendor

1974

as Twenty Years

7.0
Acting

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

The Great Ice Rip-Off

1974

as Willy Calso

7.0
Acting

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

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

as Victor Bateman

5.8
Acting

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-subma...

Dr. Max

Dr. Max

1974

as Maxwell Gordon

Acting

A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.

The Exorcist

The Exorcist

1973

as Lt. Bill Kinderman

7.7
Acting

When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say there is nothing they can do. As people begin to die, ...

The Great Kidnapping

The Great Kidnapping

1973

as Jovine

6.8
Acting

In early seventies Italy, plagued by criminality and political terrorism, a fearless police commissioner is sent to restore law and order in a norther...

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

1973

as Barton Keyes

4.8
Acting

A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing ...

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973

as Lapchance

5.8
Acting

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’...

The Bull of the West

The Bull of the West

1972

as Judge Garth

5.4
Acting

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

Heat of Anger

1972

as Frank Galvin

Acting

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...

Lawman

Lawman

1971

as Vincent Bronson

6.5
Acting

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 st...

Macho Callahan

Macho Callahan

1971

as Duffy

4.3
Acting

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 pri...

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

as Oman Hedgepath

5.8
Acting

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's ...

Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man

Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man

1970

as Himself

Acting

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 ...

Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

1969

as The Editor

6.6
Acting

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 ke...

Coogan's Bluff

Coogan's Bluff

1968

as Lt. McElroy

6.4
Acting

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads int...

The Day of the Owl

The Day of the Owl

1968

as Don Mariano Arena

7.1
Acting

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 sup...

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

1968

as Steve Skorsky

5.9
Acting

After successfully assaulting an armored car between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the ambitions of the diverse members of the intrepid criminal gang col...

In Like Flint

In Like Flint

1967

as Lloyd C. Cramden

6.1
Acting

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 t...

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1966

as Willy Loman

5.9
Acting

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's ...

Our Man Flint

Our Man Flint

1966

as Cramden

6.4
Acting

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agen...

The Final Hour

The Final Hour

1965

as Judge Henry Garth

Acting

Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together.

The Brazen Bell

The Brazen Bell

1964

as Judge Henry Garth

Acting
Come Blow Your Horn

Come Blow Your Horn

1963

as Harry R. Baker

4.8
Acting

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

The Devil's Children

1962

as Judge Henry Garth

Acting

An old farmer, who has raised his daughter and son with the utmost severity, is soon faced with a mess in the family: the daughter sets fire to a barn...

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

as Marshal Lou Ramsey

7.0
Acting

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962

as Julio Madariaga

6.0
Acting

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi ...

Exodus

Exodus

1960

as Barak Ben Canaan

6.7
Acting

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyp...

I, Don Quixote

1959

as Miguel de Cervantes / Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quijana

Acting

The original TV play which evolved into the hit musical, "Man of La Mancha".

But Not for Me

But Not for Me

1959

as Jeremiah MacDonald

6.0
Acting

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 nubi...

Green Mansions

Green Mansions

1959

as Nuflo

6.0
Acting

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...

The Trap

The Trap

1959

as Victor Massonetti

6.8
Acting

Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the air...

Party Girl

Party Girl

1958

as Rico Angelo

6.8
Acting

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 realiz...

Man of the West

Man of the West

1958

as Dock Tobin

6.6
Acting

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...

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

1958

as Fyodor Karamazov

6.6
Acting

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons ...

The Three Faces of Eve

The Three Faces of Eve

1957

as Doctor Curtis Luther

7.2
Acting

A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle

1957

as Walter Mitchell

6.4
Acting

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...

12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957

as Juror 3

8.5
Acting

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of m...

Miami Exposé

Miami Exposé

1956

as Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott

5.3
Acting

A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956

as Judge Bernstein

6.8
Acting

Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which ...

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God

1955

as Mieh Yang

6.3
Acting

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...

The Road to Denver

The Road to Denver

1955

as Jim Donovan

6.0
Acting

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 finall...

The Racers

The Racers

1955

as Maglio

6.0
Acting

An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.

Day of Triumph

Day of Triumph

1954

as Zadok

Acting

A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.

On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954

as Johnny Friendly

7.9
Acting

Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in lo...

Gorilla at Large

Gorilla at Large

1954

as Detective Sgt. Garrison

5.6
Acting

At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.

Yankee Pasha

Yankee Pasha

1954

as Sultan

4.0
Acting

Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.

The Tall Texan

The Tall Texan

1953

as Capt. Theodore Bess

4.5
Acting

Groups of desperate travelers journey together throughout the Southwest and soon find trouble when they all get gold fever. The action and drama are h...

The Fighter

The Fighter

1952

as Durango

4.3
Acting

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

The Family Secret

1951

as Howard Clark

5.7
Acting

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

Sirocco

Sirocco

1951

as Col. Feroud

5.8
Acting

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.

The Man Who Cheated Himself

The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950

as Lt. Ed Cullen

6.2
Acting

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Thieves' Highway

Thieves' Highway

1949

as Mike Figlia

7.3
Acting

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 fa...

The Phantom Creeps

The Phantom Creeps

1949

as Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)

3.4
Acting

An edited version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

The Dark Past

The Dark Past

1948

as Dr. Andrew Collins

5.8
Acting

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 ab...

The Luck of the Irish

The Luck of the Irish

1948

as David C. Augur

5.7
Acting

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

The Miracle of the Bells

1948

as Marcus Harris

5.9
Acting

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...

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

1948

as Brian Kelly

6.6
Acting

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 t...

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile

1947

as Juan Garcia

7.1
Acting

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 f...

Boomerang!

Boomerang!

1947

as Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

7.0
Acting

When a kindly priest is murdered while waiting at a street corner in a quiet Connecticut town, the citizens are horrified and demand action from the p...

Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock

1947

as Inspector Koch

6.2
Acting

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 partn...

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

as Kralahome

6.1
Acting

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

1944

as Doctor

5.5
Acting

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 ...

Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Airplane

1944

as Arthur Deeds

Acting

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, ex...

The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette

1943

as Dr. Dozous

7.0
Acting

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anythi...

Buckskin Frontier

Buckskin Frontier

1943

as Jeptha Marr

6.0
Acting

A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.

Tonight We Raid Calais

Tonight We Raid Calais

1943

as Bonnard

5.4
Acting

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 mi...

The Moon Is Down

The Moon Is Down

1943

as Dr. Albert Winter

6.7
Acting

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.

Paris Calling

Paris Calling

1941

as Captain Schwabe

5.4
Acting

Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi st...

Men of Boys Town

Men of Boys Town

1941

as Dave Morris

6.1
Acting

Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.

This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

1940

as Julio Diestro

8.0
Acting

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

Golden Boy

1939

as Mr. Bonaparte

6.5
Acting

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 gangste...

The Phantom Creeps

The Phantom Creeps

1939

as Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)

4.2
Acting

A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

Danger on the Air

Danger on the Air

1938

as Tony Lisotti

5.9
Acting

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

Rustlers' Valley

1937

as Cal Howard

6.0
Acting

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

North of the Rio Grande

1937

as President Wooden

6.0
Acting

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

The Vanishing Shadow

1934

as Roadwork Foreman

6.5
Acting

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 ...