- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Eureka, California
- Died
- June 15, 1965
Steve Cochran
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 Bro…
Filmography
movieJimmy Carter Man from Plains
2007 · Self
movieTell Me In The Sunlight
1965 · Dave, Director, Screenplay
movieMozambique
1964 · Brad Webster
Mr. Broadway
tvMr. Broadway
1964
tvBurke's Law
1963 · St. John Carlisle, Fletcher Seamway, Phil Ross
movieOf Love and Desire
1963 · Steve Corey
tvStoney Burke
1962
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Jamie Dobbs
tvBus Stop
1961
movieThe Deadly Companions
1961 · Billy Keplinger
tvRoute 66
1960
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Fred Renard
movieThe Big Operator
1959 · Bill Gibson
movieThe Beat Generation
1959 · Dave Culloran
movieI, Mobster
1959 · Joe Sante
tvNaked City
1958 · Niccolo Mori
movieQuantrill's Raiders
1958 · Captain Alan 'Wes' Westcott
movieIl Grido
1957 · Aldo
movieSlander
1957 · H.R. Manley
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Marshal Cam Tolby
movieThe Weapon
1956 · Mark Andrews
movieCome Next Spring
1956 · Matt Ballot
movieFremont: The Trailblazer
1956 · John C. Fremont
tvClimax!
1954 · Ralph Leslie, Jack Rice
moviePrivate Hell 36
1954 · Police Sgt. Cal Bruner
movieCarnival Story
1954 · Joe Hammond
movieShark River
1953 · Dan Webley
movieBack to God's Country
1953 · Paul Blake
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Joe
movieThe Desert Song
1953 · Captain Claude Fontaine
movieShe's Back on Broadway
1953 · Rick Sommers
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Drogo
movieOperation Secret
1952 · Marcel Brevoort
movieThe Lion and the Horse
1952 · Ben Kirby
movieThe Tanks Are Coming
1951 · Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
movieJim Thorpe – All-American
1951 · Peter Allendine
movieTomorrow Is Another Day
1951 · Bill Clark / Mike Lewis
movieInside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951 · Chuck Daniels
movieRaton Pass
1951 · Cy Van Cleave
movieStorm Warning
1951 · Hank Rice
movieDallas
1950 · Bryant Marlow
movieHighway 301
1950 · George Legenza
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Luke Martens
movieThe Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Nick Prenta
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Captain John Pringle
movieWhite Heat
1949 · 'Big Ed' Somers
tvStudio One
1948 · , Peter Hadley, Dan
movieA Song Is Born
1948 · Tony Crow
movieCopacabana
1947 · Steve Hunt
movieThe Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Cliff Scully
movieThe Chase
1946 · Eddie Roman
movieThe Kid from Brooklyn
1946 · Speed McFarlane
movieThe Gay Senorita
1945 · Tim O'Brien
movieBoston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945 · Jimmy Casey
movieWonder Man
1945 · Ten Grand Jackson
movieBoston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945 · Jack Higgins