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Steve Cochran‌

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Birthday

calendar1917-05-25

Popularity

star5.6

Steve Cochran

Eureka, California

Steve Cochran

Eureka, California

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1917-05-25

Popularity

star5.6

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).

Movie Credits

The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives‌
star7.8
calendar 1946

Storm Warning

Storm Warning‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

Il Grido

Il Grido‌
star7.5
calendar 1957

The Chase

The Chase‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

The Weapon

The Weapon‌
star5.9
calendar 1956

Private Hell 36

Private Hell 36‌
star6.2
calendar 1954

The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry‌
star7.1
calendar 1950

Tomorrow Is Another Day

Tomorrow Is Another Day‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Highway 301

Highway 301‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation‌
star4.9
calendar 1959

Carnival Story

Carnival Story‌
star4.6
calendar 1954

White Heat

White Heat‌
star7.7
calendar 1949

The Deadly Companions

The Deadly Companions‌
star5.6
calendar 1961

Copacabana

Copacabana‌
star5.4
calendar 1947

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous‌
star4.4
calendar 1945

Tell Me In The Sunlight

Tell Me In The Sunlight‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison‌
star6.4
calendar 1951

I, Mobster

I, Mobster‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Slander

Slander‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

The Tanks Are Coming

The Tanks Are Coming‌
star8.3
calendar 1951

Mozambique

Mozambique‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

Quantrill's Raiders

Quantrill's Raiders‌
star4.5
calendar 1958

Back to God's Country

Back to God's Country‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

The Lion and the Horse

The Lion and the Horse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

The Desert Song

The Desert Song‌
star6.5
calendar 1953

Raton Pass

Raton Pass‌
star4.8
calendar 1951

Operation Secret

Operation Secret‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

The Big Operator

The Big Operator‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

Fremont: The Trailblazer

Fremont: The Trailblazer‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

She's Back on Broadway

She's Back on Broadway‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Wonder Man

Wonder Man‌
star6.6
calendar 1945

Of Love and Desire

Of Love and Desire‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring‌
star6.0
calendar 1956

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Jim Thorpe – All-American

Jim Thorpe – All-American‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Shark River

Shark River‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Gay Senorita

The Gay Senorita‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains‌
star6.4
calendar 2007

Tv Credits

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Route 66

Route 66‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Naked City

Naked City‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Bus Stop

Bus Stop‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents‌
star4.3
calendar 1950

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke‌
star5.7
calendar 1962

Mr. Broadway

Mr. Broadway‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954