Steve Cochran(1917-1965)

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Producer
Director

In an effort to improve the circulation of his notorious scandal magazine, unscrupulous owner, editor and publisher H. R. Manley spares nobody.

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Slander (1957)

Born Robert Alexander Cochran, son of a California lumberman, he worked mostly in the theatre before landing a contract with Samuel Goldwyn in 1945. His debut was Wonder Man (1945) with Virginia Mayo and Danny Kaye. From 1949 to 1952, he was signed to Warner Brothers, then started up his own production company. In 1965, he sailed off in his yacht to Guatemala to look for suitable filming locations but died of a lung infection before reaching land.

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Known for

White Heat

8.1

Big Ed Somers

1949

Copacabana

6.1

Steve Hunt

1947

The Chase

6.4

Eddie Roman

1946

Tell Me in the Sunlight

6.3

Dave

1965

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Actor

Tell Me in the Sunlight
6.3
- Dave
- 1965
Bonanza
7.3
TV Series
- Burk Shannon
- Booth Shannon
- 1965
Burke's Law
7.3
TV Series
- Fletcher Seamway
- Phil Ross
- St. John Carlisle
- 1964–1965
Mozambique
5.3
- Brad Webster
- 1964
Mr. Broadway
7.8
TV Series
- Buddy Warriner
- 1964
Death Valley Days
7.5
TV Series
- Father Patrick Manogue
- 1964
Of Love and Desire
5.0
- Steve Corey
- 1963
Route 66
7.7
TV Series
- Hank Saxon
- 1963
Stoney Burke
7.8
TV Series
- Mal Torrance
- 1963
The Virginian
7.6
TV Series
- Jamie Dobbs
- 1962
The Dick Powell Theatre
7.4
TV Series
- Obie Roberts
- 1962
Bus Stop
7.1
TV Series
- Jed Shelby
- 1961
The Untouchables
8.0
TV Series
- Nate Kester
- Eddie Fletcher
- 1960–1961
The Deadly Companions
6.1
- Billy Keplinger
- 1961
The Renegade
TV Movie
- Rory O'Neill
- 1960

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Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- May 25, 1917
- Eureka, California, USA
Died
- June 15, 1965
- Pacific Ocean(acute infectious edema)
Spouses
Parents
- Jessie Rose Cochran
Other works
Stage: Appeared in US tour of "Without Love". Also in cast: Constance Bennett.
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Trivia
On 15 June 1965, at the age of 48, he died on his yacht off the coast of Guatemala of an acute lung infection. His body, along with three alive but upset female Mexican assistants (Eva Montero Castellano, 25, a seamstress; Eugenia Bautista Zacarias, 19, a laundress; and 14-year-old Lorenza de la Rosa), remained terrified on board for 10 days until the boat drifted to shore and was found by authorities. His death was apparently a mystery, surrounded by various rumors about foul play and poisoning. Merle Oberon, a former paramour a couple of years back, tried to use her influence to push for further police investigations but failed.

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I don't act like a hood. I'm basically a decent person and I let this come through in my portrayals. After all, a guy has to make a living some way, even if he's a gangster.