- Films
- 59
- Avg rating
- 6.86
- Peak run
- 1954’57
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Lee by the numbers
Average
6.86
37 rated films
Vote weighted
6.94
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.65
rating spread
Career
40y
1937 to 1976
Total votes
1.9M
across every film
Best
9.0
12 Angry Men
Worst
6.1
In Like Flint
Newest first
Filmography
| 1976 | Nick the Sting | Robert Clark | · | 338 |
| 1975 | That Lucky Touch | Lt. Gen. Henry Steedman | · | 430 |
| 1975 | Blood, Sweat and Fear | Benzi | · | 269 |
| 1973 |  The Exorcist | Lt. Kinderman | 8.1 | 506K |
| 1973 | The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing | Harvey Lapchance | 6.2 | 1,877 |
| 1973 | La polizia sta a guardare | Jovine | · | 351 |
| 1971 | Lawman | Vincent Bronson | 7.0 | 7,244 |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Oman Hedgepath | 6.8 | 1,443 |
| 1970 | Macho Callahan | Duffy | · | 538 |
| 1969 |  Mackenna's Gold | The Editor | 6.7 | 10,900 |
| 1968 |  Coogan's Bluff | Lt. McElroy | 6.4 | 21,267 |
| 1968 | Mafia | Don Mariano Arena | 7.0 | 2,467 |
| 1968 | They Came to Rob Las Vegas | Steve Skorsky | · | 893 |
| 1967 | In Like Flint | Cramden | 6.1 | 6,566 |
| 1966 | Our Man Flint | Cramden | 6.4 | 7,720 |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn | Harry Baker | 6.0 | 1,314 |
| 1962 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Julio Madariaga | 6.5 | 2,686 |
| 1962 |  How the West Was Won | Marshal Lou Ramsey (segment: The Outlaws) | 7.1 | 25,928 |
| 1960 |  Exodus | Barak Ben Canaan | 6.7 | 13,093 |
| 1959 | But Not for Me | Jeremiah MacDonald | · | 628 |
Better together?
Lee J. Cobb's regulars
- Henry HathawayDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.25 avg▲+0.46
- Jane WyattCo-star · 3 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.15
- Elia KazanDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.65 avg▲+0.58
- Henry KingDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.40
- Nunnally JohnsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.15 avg▲+0.29
- Irving PichelDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.16
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Lee J. Cobb
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1959Lee J. Cobb
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1955Lee J. Cobb
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