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Steve Cochran
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Steve Cochran
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1917-05-25,Eureka, California
Gender
Male
Biography
He is perhaps best remembered for his role of Big Ed Somers, the power hungry gangster pal of James Cagney in "White Heat" (1949). Born Robert Alexander Cochran in Eureka, California, he was the son of a California lumberjack, who moved the family to Wyoming in the 1920s, where Cochran grew to adulthood. After graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1939, Cochran began working steadily as a Wyoming cowboy, while developing his acting skills working in summer stock and regional theaters and gradually moving on to Broadway. In 1945, he signed with MGM, and for the next several years, played mostly secondary roles as gangsters or boxers. He made his film debut with "Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion" (1945) and quickly followed with "Wonder Man" (1945). Released from his contract in 1948, he returned to Broadway where he worked with Mae West; the next year he signed on with Warner Brothers, where he earned leading roles in such films as "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950), "Highway 301" (1950) and "Tomorrow is Another Day" (1951). Warner Brothers often had him playing the villain in several of its western films, such as "Dallas" (1950), and "Back to God's Country" (1953). With the end of his contract in 1953, he began his own film company, Robert Alexander Productions, while also freelancing for other studios and moving on to guest star roles on television shows. He would show up in such television shows as Death Valley Days, Burke's Law, The Untouchables, Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66, and The Virginian. A notorious womanizer, Cochran was married and divorced three times, and was often in the Hollywood tabloids reportedly having affairs with such actresses as Mae West, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Crawford, Merle Oberon, Ida Lupino and Mamie Van Doren. Cochran died under mysterious circumstances. In May 1965, Cochran had revived his production company, and together with three women, whom he had hired as his assistants, boarded his 40-foot yacht to travel to Central and South America to look for filming locations. On June 25, 1965, the yacht drifted into Port Champerico, Guatemala, with three alive but very distraught women aboard and the body of Steve Cochran, who had died ten days earlier. The women did not know how to operate the boat, and were dependent upon its drifting to shore after his death. There were numerous rumors of murder and poisoning, and actress / former lover Merle Oberon used her influence to push for further police investigation, but no evidence of foul play was ever determined. The official cause of his death was given as Acute Infectious Edema (lung infection).

Filmography

The Best Years of Our Lives

7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25

6.6

Storm Warning
1951-02-10

7.5

Il Grido
1957-09-26

6.2

The Chase
1946-11-16

5.9

The Weapon
1956-09-01

Private Hell 36

6.2

Private Hell 36
1954-09-03

The Damned Don't Cry

7.1

The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13

Tomorrow Is Another Day

6.5

Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951-08-08

6.6

Highway 301
1950-12-01

The Beat Generation

5.2

The Beat Generation
1959-07-03

4.6

Carnival Story
1954-04-16

7.7

White Heat
1949-09-02

The Deadly Companions

5.7

The Deadly Companions
1961-06-06

5.354

Copacabana
1947-05-30

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

4.714

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945-07-05

Tell Me In The Sunlight

0

Tell Me In The Sunlight
1965-01-01

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

6.4

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951-05-18

6.5

I, Mobster
1959-02-01

6.3

Slander
1957-01-18

The Kid from Brooklyn

6.2

The Kid from Brooklyn
1946-03-21

The Tanks Are Coming

8.3

The Tanks Are Coming
1951-10-31

5.333

Mozambique
1964-12-07

6.4

Dallas
1950-12-30

Quantrill's Raiders

4.5

Quantrill's Raiders
1958-04-27

Back to God's Country

6

Back to God's Country
1953-11-01

The Lion and the Horse

5.7

The Lion and the Horse
1952-05-16

The Desert Song

6.5

The Desert Song
1953-05-30

4.8

Raton Pass
1951-04-07

Operation Secret

5

Operation Secret
1952-11-05

The Big Operator

5.8

The Big Operator
1959-08-01

Fremont: The Trailblazer

0

Fremont: The Trailblazer
1956-01-01

She's Back on Broadway

5.7

She's Back on Broadway
1953-03-14

6.6

Wonder Man
1945-06-08

Of Love and Desire

5

Of Love and Desire
1963-09-11

Come Next Spring

6

Come Next Spring
1956-03-09

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

5.5

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945-05-10

Jim Thorpe – All-American

6.2

Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951-08-24

0

Shark River
1953-11-13

6.5

A Song Is Born
1948-10-19

The Gay Senorita

0

The Gay Senorita
1945-08-08

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

6.4

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
2007-10-26

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

6.3

Route 66
1960-10-07

5.5

Naked City
1958-09-30

4.7

Studio One
1948-11-07

General Electric Theater

6

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

The Twilight Zone

8.438

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

0

Bus Stop
1961-10-01

6.4

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Lux Video Theatre

6

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

3

Climax!
1954-10-07

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.2

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

5.7

Stoney Burke
1962-10-01

0

Mr. Broadway
1964-09-26

Letter to Loretta

6.2

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

4.7

Studio One
1948-11-07

4.7

Studio One
1948-11-07

3

Climax!
1954-10-07