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Lee J. Cobb

1911 - 1976

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Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacoby; December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American actor, known both for film roles and his work on the Broadway stage, as well as for his television role in the series, The Virginian. He often played arrogant, intimidating and abrasive characters, but he also acted as respectable figures such as judges and police officers. Cobb originated the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's 1949 play Death of a Salesman under the direction of Elia Kazan, and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for On the Waterfront (1954) and The Brothers Karamazov (1958). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee J. Cobb has received more than 3,001,502 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Lee J. Cobb is the 1,238th most popular actor (down from 987th in 2019), the 2,202nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,851st in 2019) and the 598th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.0M

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  • 56.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lee J. Cobb ranks 1,238 out of 9,996Before him are Ernst Busch, Victor Mature, Hema Malini, Patrick Dewaere, Dominic Purcell, and Andrei Mironov. After him are Vladimír Menšík, Edmund Kean, Matt Dillon, Timothy Spall, Katey Sagal, and Judd Hirsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lee J. Cobb ranks 82Before him are Elizabeth Bishop, Renée Simonot, William Stuart-Houston, Thanom Kittikachorn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and David Ogilvy. After him are Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Shiing-Shen Chern, Andor Lilienthal, Viktor Barna, David Seymour, and Luis Walter Alvarez. Among people deceased in 1976, Lee J. Cobb ranks 69Before him are Carol Reed, Phil Ochs, Mikhail Gurevich, Géza Anda, David Elazar, and Alexandros Panagoulis. After him are Willi Hennig, Mickey Cohen, Walter H. Schottky, Gilbert Ryle, Adolph Zukor, and Mukaghali Makatayev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee J. Cobb ranks 2,202 out of 18,182Before him are Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Richard Rodgers (1902), Edward Witten (1951), Samuel Fuller (1912), Charles Whitman (1941), and David Baltimore (1938). After him are Annie Jump Cannon (1863), George Crumb (1929), Henry Winkler (1945), Thomas Tew (1649), Bill Finger (1914), and Matt Dillon (1964).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lee J. Cobb ranks 598Before him are Fred Willard (1939), Alyssa Milano (1972), Tony Lip (1930), Lisa Bonet (1967), Kim Hunter (1922), and Victor Mature (1913). After him are Matt Dillon (1964), Katey Sagal (1954), Judd Hirsch (1935), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Ben Johnson (1918), and Daryl Hannah (1960).

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