For many of his theatre contemporaries, Lee J. Cobb was the greatest actor of his generation. In Hollywood, he became the definitive embodiment of gangsters, psychiatrists, and roaring lunatics. From 1939 until his death in 1974, Cobb contributed riveting performances to a numbe…
This is the first biography of Lee J. Cobb, the actor who originated the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. This biography follows the actor from his roots in Brooklyn, New York to his triumph on the Broadway stage and his long career as a character acto…
For many of his theater contemporaries, Lee J. Cobb (1911-1976) was the greatest actor of his generation. In Hollywood he became the definitive embodiment of gangsters, psychiatrists, and roaring lunatics. From 1939 until his death, Cobb contributed riveting performances to a nu…