 |
|
|
Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. Lee J. Cobb (1911 - 1976) Actor Born As: Leo Jacob Born: December 8, 1911, New York, NY Died: 1976 Outstanding character player of the American stage, TV and films. The son of a compositor at The Jewish Daily Forward, he was raised on New York's Lower East Side and showed early promise as a virtuoso child violinist, but a broken wrist ended his plans for a musical career. At 17 he ran away from home, going to Hollywood in an unsuccessful bid for a career in films. Returning to New York, he began acting in radio dramas while studying accounting nights at CCNY. In 1931 he was back in California, where he made his stage debut at the Pasadena Playhouse, and in 1935, again in New York, he joined the famed Group Theatre and appeared in such plays as Waiting for Lefty and Golden Boy. His stage career culminated in 1949, when he created on Broadway the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Muerte de un Viajante to rave reviews. He repeated the role in 1966 in a highly esteemed TV version. He is also remembered by TV audiences for his role of Judge Garth in the long-running El Virginiano series. In films from 1937, he played some leads and numerous character roles, often as a menacing heavy, sometimes as an imposing patriarch or a brooding community leader or business executive. Nominated for Supporting Actor 1954: ON THE WATERFRONT Nominated for Supporting Actor 1958: LOS HERMANOS KARAMAZOV (1958)
|
|
|
