Deceased

How Did Lee J. Cobb Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 64

Also known asLee Colt, Leo Jacoby, Cpl. Lee Cobb, Lee Cobb, Ли Дж. Кобб, لی جی. کابGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn08/12/1911Born inNew York City, New York, USADied11/02/1976 (aged 64)Died inWoodland HillsCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ348351 ↗Buried atMount Sinai Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#5248 ↗

Lee J. Cobb was an American actor, known both for film roles and his work on the Broadway stage, as well as for his starring role on the television series The Virginian. He often played arrogant, intimidating, and abrasive characters, but he also acted as respectable figures such as judges and police officers. He was nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, all in the Best Supporting Actor category.

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Filmography88 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1978	The Meanest Men in the WestMovie	Judge Henry Garth	67
1976	Cross ShotMovie	Dante Ragusa	65
1976	Nick the StingMovie	Robert Clark	65
1975	That Lucky TouchMovie	Henry Steedman	64
1975	Blood, Sweat and FearMovie	Benzi	64
1974	Dr. MaxMovie	Maxwell Gordon	63
1974	The Balloon VendorMovie	Twenty Years	63
1974	The Great Ice Rip-OffMovie	Willy Calso	63
1973	The ExorcistMovie	Lt. Bill Kinderman	62
1973	The Man Who Loved Cat DancingMovie	Lapchance	62
1973	Double IndemnityMovie	Barton Keyes	62
1973	The Great KidnappingMovie	Jovine	62
1972	The Bull of the WestMovie	Judge Garth	61
1972	Heat of AngerMovie	Frank Galvin	61
1971	LawmanMovie	Vincent Bronson	60
1971	Macho CallahanMovie	Duffy	60
1970	McCloudSeries	Alexander Montello	59
1970	The Liberation of L.B. JonesMovie	Oman Hedgepath	59
1970	Annie: The Women in the Life of a ManMovie	Himself	59
1969	Mackenna's GoldMovie	The Editor	58
1968	Coogan's BluffMovie	Lt. McElroy	57
1968	The Day of the OwlMovie	Don Mariano Arena	57
1968	They Came to Rob Las VegasMovie	Steve Skorsky	57
1967	In Like FlintMovie	Lloyd C. Cramden	56
1966	Our Man FlintMovie	Cramden	55
1966	Death of a SalesmanMovie	Willy Loman	55
1965	The Final HourMovie	Judge Henry Garth	54
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeries	Ernie Wigman	52
1963	Come Blow Your HornMovie	Harry R. Baker	52
1962	The VirginianSeries	Richter Henry Garth	51
1962	How the West Was WonMovie	Marshal Lou Ramsey	51
1962	The Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseMovie	Julio Madariaga	51
1962	The Devil's ChildrenMovie	Judge Henry Garth	51
1960	ExodusMovie	Barak Ben Canaan	49
1959	Green MansionsMovie	Nuflo	48
1959	The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries	Captain Maximillian Gault	48
1959	But Not for MeMovie	Jeremiah MacDonald	48
1959	The TrapMovie	Victor Massonetti	48
1958	Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries	—	47
1958	Naked CitySeries	Paul Delito	47
1958	Man of the WestMovie	Dock Tobin	47
1958	Party GirlMovie	Rico Angelo	47
1958	The Brothers KaramazovMovie	Fyodor Karamazov	47
1957	12 Angry MenMovie	Juror 3	46
1957	The Three Faces of EveMovie	Doctor Curtis Luther	46
1957	The Garment JungleMovie	Walter Mitchell	46
1956	Tony AwardsSeries	Willy Loman (archive footage)	45
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries	Drifter - Frank MacKinnon	45
1956	The Man in the Gray Flannel SuitMovie	Judge Bernstein	45
1956	Miami ExposéMovie	Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott	45
1955	GunsmokeSeries	Col. Josiah Johnson	44
1955	The Left Hand of GodMovie	Mieh Yang	44
1955	The Road to DenverMovie	Jim Donovan	44
1954	On the WaterfrontMovie	Johnny Friendly	43
1954	Yankee PashaMovie	Sultan	43
1954	MedicSeries	Henry Fisher	43
1954	Day of TriumphMovie	Zadok	43
1953	General Electric TheaterSeries	Grayson Foxhall	42
1953	The OscarsSeries	Self	42
1952	The Ford Television TheatreSeries	Matt Erwin	41
1951	SiroccoMovie	Col. Feroud	40
1951	Tales of TomorrowSeries	—	40
1951	The Family SecretMovie	Howard Clark	40
1950	The Man Who Cheated HimselfMovie	Lt. Ed Cullen	39
1950	Lux Video TheatreSeries	Emile Zola	39
1949	Lights OutSeries	—	38
1949	Thieves' HighwayMovie	Mike Figlia	38
1949	The Phantom CreepsMovie	Road Crew Foreman (uncredited)	38
1948	Studio OneSeries	Dr. Joseph Pearson	37
1948	Call Northside 777Movie	Brian Kelly	37
1948	The Dark PastMovie	Dr. Andrew Collins	37
1948	The Luck of the IrishMovie	David C. Augur	37
1947	Boomerang!Movie	Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson	36
1947	Johnny O'ClockMovie	Inspector Koch	36
1947	Captain from CastileMovie	Juan Garcia	36
1946	Anna and the King of SiamMovie	Kralahome	35
1944	Winged VictoryMovie	Doctor	33
1943	The Song of BernadetteMovie	Dr. Dozous	32
1943	The Moon Is DownMovie	Dr. Albert Winter	32
1943	Tonight We Raid CalaisMovie	Bonnard	32
1943	Buckskin FrontierMovie	Jeptha Marr	32
1941	Men of Boys TownMovie	Dave Morris	30
1941	Paris CallingMovie	Captain Schwabe	30
1940	This Thing Called LoveMovie	Julio Diestro	29
1939	Golden BoyMovie	Mr. Bonaparte	28
1939	The Phantom CreepsMovie	Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)	28
1937	North of the Rio GrandeMovie	President Wooden	26
1937	Rustlers' ValleyMovie	Cal Howard	26