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Acting

Lee J. Cobb

Career: Active from 1937 to 1978, busiest in 1959 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 55
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: 12 Angry Men
94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lee J. Cobb Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Cringe Humor
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 6
Social Commentary 6
Moral Ambiguity 5
Character Study 5
Moral Conflict 5
Mystery 5
Classic Western 4
Historical Setting 4
Psychological Tension 4
Historical Drama 4
Ensemble Cast 3
Film Noir 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

22 titles · average score 60

The Meanest Men in the West

37

as Judge Henry Garth

Nick the Sting

63

as Robert Clark

Cross Shot

63

as Dante Ragusa

Mark Shoots First

63

as Il commedator Benzi

The Exorcist

80

as Lt. Bill Kinderman

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

58

as Lapchance

The Great Kidnapping

69

as Jovine

Double Indemnity

46

as Barton Keyes

Lawman

66

as Vincent Bronson

Macho Callahan

50

as Duffy

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

65

as Oman Hedgepath

The Young Lawyers

TV show

1960s

16 titles · average score 64

Coogan's Bluff

77

as Lt. McElroy

The Day of the Owl

73

as Don Mariano Arena

They Came to Rob Las Vegas

39

as Steve Skorsky

In Like Flint

65

as Lloyd C. Cramden

Our Man Flint

71

as Cramden

Death of a Salesman

71

as Willy Loman

The Brazen Bell

as Judge Henry Garth

Come Blow Your Horn

66

as Harry R. Baker

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Richter Henry Garth / Ritcher Henry Garth

How the West Was Won

70

as Marshal Lou Ramsey

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

56

as Julio Madariaga

Exodus

67

as Barak Ben Canaan

1950s

36 titles · average score 66

Green Mansions

46

as Nuflo

The Trap

67

as Victor Massonetti

Party Girl

75

as Rico Angelo

Man of the West

83

as Dock Tobin

12 Angry Men

94

as Juror 3

The Three Faces of Eve

73

as Doctor Curtis Luther

Miami Exposé

60

as Lt. Barton 'Bart' Scott

The Left Hand of God

58

as Mieh Yang

Gorilla at Large

49

as Detective Sgt. Garrison

On the Waterfront

89

as Johnny Friendly

Sirocco

52

as Col. Feroud

The Man Who Cheated Himself

80

as Lt. Ed Cullen

1940s

21 titles · average score 65

Thieves' Highway

87

as Mike Figlia

Call Northside 777

76

as Brian Kelly

The Dark Past

52

as Dr. Andrew Collins

The Luck of the Irish

62

as David C. Augur

Boomerang!

71

as Chief Harold F. 'Robbie' Robinson

Johnny O'Clock

45

as Inspector Koch

Captain from Castile

67

as Juan Garcia

Anna and the King of Siam

78

as Kralahome

Tonight We Raid Calais

60

as Bonnard

The Moon Is Down

73

as Dr. Albert Winter

The Song of Bernadette

81

as Dr. Dozous

This Thing Called Love

73

as Julio Diestro

1930s

6 titles · average score 61

Golden Boy

70

as Mr. Bonaparte

The Phantom Creeps

41

as Road Crew Foreman (archive footage)

Danger on the Air

63

as Tony Lisotti

North of the Rio Grande

68

as President Wooden

Rustlers' Valley

61

as Cal Howard

The Vanishing Shadow

as Roadwork Foreman