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 ...
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The Best Years of Our Lives
As Cliff Scully
Storm Warning
As Hank Rice
Il Grido
As Aldo
The Chase
As Eddie Roman
The Weapon
As Mark Andrews
Private Hell 36
As Police Sgt. Cal Bruner
The Damned Don't Cry
As Nick Prenta
Tomorrow Is Another Day
As Bill Clark / Mike Lewis
Highway 301
As George Legenza
The Beat Generation
As Dave Culloran
Carnival Story
As Joe Hammond
White Heat
As 'Big Ed' Somers
The Deadly Companions
As Billy Keplinger
Copacabana
As Steve Hunt
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
As Jimmy Casey
Tell Me In The Sunlight
As Dave
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
As Chuck Daniels
I, Mobster
As Joe Sante
Slander
As H.R. Manley
The Kid from Brooklyn
As Speed McFarlane
The Tanks Are Coming
As Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan
Mozambique
As Brad Webster
Dallas
As Bryant Marlow
Quantrill's Raiders
As Captain Alan 'Wes' Westcott
Back to God's Country
As Paul Blake
The Lion and the Horse
As Ben Kirby
The Desert Song
As Captain Claude Fontaine
Raton Pass
As Cy Van Cleave
Operation Secret
As Marcel Brevoort
The Big Operator
As Bill Gibson
Fremont: The Trailblazer
As John C. Fremont
She's Back on Broadway
As Rick Sommers
Wonder Man
As Ten Grand Jackson
Of Love and Desire
As Steve Corey
Come Next Spring
As Matt Ballot
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
As Jack Higgins
Jim Thorpe – All-American
As Peter Allendine
Shark River
As Dan Webley
A Song Is Born
As Tony Crow
The Gay Senorita
As Tim O'Brien
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
As Self
Burke's Law
As St. John Carlisle
Route 66
Naked City
As Niccolo Mori
Studio One
General Electric Theater
As Drogo
The Twilight Zone
As Fred Renard
Bus Stop
The Virginian
As Jamie Dobbs
Lux Video Theatre
As Luke Martens
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Climax!
As Ralph Leslie
Robert Montgomery Presents
As Captain John Pringle
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As Marshal Cam Tolby
Stoney Burke
Mr. Broadway
Letter to Loretta
As Joe