
Acting
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…

Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
as Self

Tell Me In The Sunlight
as Dave

Mozambique
as Brad Webster

Of Love and Desire
as Steve Corey

The Deadly Companions
as Billy Keplinger

The Big Operator
as Bill Gibson

The Beat Generation
as Dave Culloran

I, Mobster
as Joe Sante

Quantrill's Raiders
as Captain Alan 'Wes' Westcott

Il Grido
as Aldo
Mr. Broadway
1 ep.

Burke's Law
as Phil Ross · 1 ep.

The Virginian
as Jamie Dobbs · 1 ep.

Stoney Burke
1 ep.

Bus Stop
1 ep.

Route 66
1 ep.

The Twilight Zone
as Fred Renard · 1 ep.

Naked City
as Niccolo Mori · 1 ep.

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Marshal Cam Tolby · 1 ep.

Climax!
as Jack Rice · 1 ep.
The Chase
1946