Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/25/1917
Place of Birth
Eureka, California
Also Known As
Стив КокранRobert Alexander Cochran
Steve Cochran
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...
Known For
White Heat
as 'Big Ed' Somers
Il Grido
as Aldo
The Chase
as Eddie Roman
A Song Is Born
as Tony Crow
Raton Pass
as Cy Van Cleave
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Cliff Scully
Mozambique
as Brad Webster
The Desert Song
as Captain Claude Fontaine
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Speed McFarlane
The Tanks Are Coming
as Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan
Highway 301
as George Legenza
Operation Secret
as Marcel Brevoort
Jim Thorpe – All-American
as Peter Allendine
The Gay Senorita
as Tim O'Brien
Dallas
as Bryant Marlow
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
as Self
I, Mobster
as Joe Sante
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
as Chuck Daniels
The Beat Generation
as Dave Culloran
She's Back on Broadway
as Rick Sommers
Career Timeline
1963
1959
1956
1954
1953
1951
The Tanks Are Coming
as Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Role unknown
Jim Thorpe – All-American
as Peter Allendine
Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Bill Clark / Mike Lewis
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
as Chuck Daniels
Raton Pass
as Cy Van Cleave
Storm Warning
as Hank Rice