{"id":18485,"date":"2023-05-19T12:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/?page_id=18485"},"modified":"2023-06-07T15:23:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:23:31","slug":"lee-j-cobb-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/exhibitions\/lee-j-cobb-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee J. Cobb Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\">Lee J. Cobb (American, 1911-1976)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cobb was an actor of stage, film, and television known for his Broadway work as well as having the lead role in the Western series <em>The Virginian.<\/em> He often played intimidating characters and respectful authority figures. Cobb originated the role of Willy Loman in <em>Death of a Salesman<\/em> in 1949 under director Elia Kazan and was praised by writer Arthur Miller on his performance. Cobb was nominated for Academy Awards for <em>On the Waterfront<\/em> and <em>The Brothers Karamazov<\/em> in the 1950s, and also starred in well-known films such as <em>The Exorcist, How the West was Won<\/em>, and <em>12 Angry Men<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"17649\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy-707x900.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy-707x900.webp 707w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy-236x300.webp 236w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy-768x978.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy-1206x1536.webp 1206w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy-493x628.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2023\/03\/Image086-copy.webp 1507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eileen Darby,<em> Lee J. Cobb in the play \u201cDeath of a Salesman\u201d<\/em>, 1948, silver gelatin print, 14 x 11 in., Gift of Robert Flynn Johnson, 2021.11.9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" data-id=\"14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/museum\/files\/2021\/01\/blank-image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14895\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee J. 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