Steve Cochran Net Worth
Steve Cochran Net Worth is
$1 Million
Steve Cochran Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 ... | Date Of Birth | May 25, 1917, Eureka, California, United States |
| Died | June 15, 1965, Guatemala |
| Place Of Birth | Eureka, California, USA |
| Height | 6' (1.83 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Director, Writer |
| Spouse | Jonna Jensen (m. 1961–1965), Fay McKenzie (m. 1946–1948), Florence Lockwood (m. ?–1946) |
| Children | Xandra Cochran |
| Parents | Jessie Rose Cochran |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | With this puss of mine, I could play a corpse and be accused of overacting. The big secret in playing a gangster in movies is to really believe that the character you are playing is doing no wrong. |
| 2 | 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. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Named after his father, Robert. He was the elder of two children. |
| 2 | During his high school years, he was kicked off the school basketball team for missing training practice. |
| 3 | After a year studying at Wyoming University, he quit to join the Federal Theatre Project in Detroit. |
| 4 | Moved to Hollywood in the late 1930s but couldn't get a break or even a screen test. He pursued theatre instead and traveled around extensively. While appearing in a little theatre production of "There's Always Juliet," he adopted the name of one of the play's characters, Steve Cochran, to be his stage moniker. |
| 5 | While touring in the play "Without Love," he caught the attention of producer Samuel Goldwyn, who took an option out on him. Goldwyn cast Cochran in his first picture, the engaging Danny Kaye vehicle, Wonder Man (1945). Cochran would work in two other Kaye pictures -- The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) and A Song Is Born (1948). |
| 6 | A tabloid "bad boy," Cochran was arrested in August 1964 while shooting the film Mozambique (1964) in South Africa, on a civil court order brought about by a local jockey who accused him of adultery with his wife. Cochran was exonerated. Three months later he was arrested for beating, bounding and gagging singer Ronie Rae, whom he invited to his home for an audition for his proposed film "Captain O'Flynn," which was never made. He was cleared of all charges in this as well. |
| 7 | He and his daughter Xandria, by first wife Florence Lockwood, were long estranged at the time of his death. |
| 8 | Cochran's estranged third wife, Hedda Jonna Jensen, and his mother, Jessie Rose Cochran, battled over control of his estate following his sudden death. At one point both were appointed temporary administrators of the estate but, eventually, Jensen was named sole administrator. |
| 9 | At one time housed some strange animals at his Coldwater Canyon home, including a chimpanzee, some goats, and Paderewski, allegedly a piano-playing dog. |
| 10 | Cochran was the grandfather of five by his only child, Xandria. One grandchild was film and TV producer Alex Johns (1966-2010) who was born over a year after Cochran's death to Xandria and husband Wendell Johns. Like his grandfather, Alex died at a young age (43) following a sudden illness. |
| 11 | Ex-son-in-law of Eva McKenzie and Robert McKenzie. |
| 12 | Ex-brother-in-law of Ida Mae McKenzie and Ella McKenzie. |
| 13 | Was not accepted into the service because of a heart murmur. Instead he organized and directed shows for Army camps on the West coast. |
| 14 | He studied at the University of Wyoming and switched from the basketball team to the drama club. He quit college in 1937 to give Hollywood a go. |
| 15 | Born in Eureka, California but raised in Laramie, Wyoming, the son of a lumberman. His early work included that of a cowboy and railroad station hand. |
| 16 | Married three times and had one daughter, Xandra, by his first wife, artist Florence Lockwood. His relationship with his daughter was strained and eventually they lost touch. Following his second brief marriage to actress Fay McKenzie in the late 1940s, the 44-year-old Cochran married his third wife, 19-year-old Danish émigré Hedda Jenna Jensen, after a mere three-month courtship. They were estranged at the time of his death. |
| 17 | Appeared opposite Virginia Mayo in six films, both of them often playing scheming, unsavory types. |
| 18 | The successful singer, Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey), is named after him. |
| 19 | On June 15, 1965, at the age of 48, Cochran 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 ten 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. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza | 1965 | TV Series | Burk Shannon / Booth Shannon |
| Burke's Law | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Fletcher Seamway / Phil Ross / St. John Carlisle |
| Tell Me in the Sunlight | 1965 | Dave | |
| Mr. Broadway | 1964 | TV Series | Buddy |
| Death Valley Days | 1964 | TV Series | Father Patrick Manogue |
| Mozambique | 1964 | Brad Webster | |
| Of Love and Desire | 1963 | Steve Corey | |
| Route 66 | 1963 | TV Series | Hank Saxon |
| Stoney Burke | 1963 | TV Series | Mal Torrance |
| The Virginian | 1962 | TV Series | Jamie Dobbs |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | Obie Roberts |
| Bus Stop | 1961 | TV Series | Jed Shelby |
| The Untouchables | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Nate Kester / Eddie Fletcher |
| The Deadly Companions | 1961 | Billy Keplinger | |
| The Renegade | 1960 | TV Movie | Rory O'Neill |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1960 | TV Series | Chief Cornplanter |
| Naked City | 1960 | TV Series | Nick Mori |
| The Twilight Zone | 1959 | TV Series | Fred Renard |
| The Big Operator | 1959 | Bill Gibson | |
| The Beat Generation | 1959 | Dave Culloran | |
| The Loretta Young Show | 1959 | TV Series | Joe |
| I Mobster | 1959 | Joe Sante | |
| Quantrill's Raiders | 1958 | Wes | |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1958 | TV Series | Marshal Cam Tolby |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | |
| Il Grido | 1957 | Aldo | |
| Climax! | 1954-1957 | TV Series | Jack Rice / Ralph Leslie |
| Slander | 1957 | H.R. Manley | |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Slick / Jim |
| The Weapon | 1956 | Mark Andrews | |
| Come Next Spring | 1956 | Matt Ballot | |
| General Electric Theater | 1955 | TV Series | Drogo |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Dan / Peter Hadley |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1954 | TV Series | Captain John Pringle |
| Private Hell 36 | 1954 | Cal Bruner | |
| Circus of Love | 1954 | uncredited | |
| Carnival Story | 1954 | Joe Hammond | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | Luke Martens |
| Shark River | 1953 | Dan Webley | |
| Back to God's Country | 1953 | Paul Blake | |
| The Desert Song | 1953 | Captain Claude Fontaine | |
| She's Back on Broadway | 1953 | Rick Sommers | |
| Operation Secret | 1952 | Marcel Brevoort | |
| The Lion and the Horse | 1952 | Ben Kirby | |
| The Tanks Are Coming | 1951 | Francis Aloysius 'Sully' Sullivan | |
| Jim Thorpe -- All-American | 1951 | Peter Allendine | |
| Tomorrow Is Another Day | 1951 | Bill Clark / Mike Lewis | |
| Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | 1951 | Chuck Daniels | |
| Raton Pass | 1951 | Cy Van Cleave | |
| Storm Warning | 1951 | Hank Rice | |
| Dallas | 1950 | Bryant Marlow | |
| Highway 301 | 1950 | George Legenza | |
| The Damned Don't Cry | 1950 | Nick Prenta | |
| White Heat | 1949 | Big Ed Somers | |
| NBC Presents | 1949 | TV Series | |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1949 | TV Series | |
| A Song Is Born | 1948 | Tony Crow | |
| Copacabana | 1947 | Steve Hunt | |
| The Best Years of Our Lives | 1946 | Cliff | |
| The Chase | 1946 | Eddie Roman | |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | 1946 | Speed McFarlane | |
| The Gay Senorita | 1945 | Tomas Obrion aka Tim O'Brien | |
| Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | 1945 | Jimmy Cook | |
| Wonder Man | 1945 | Ten Grand Jackson | |
| Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion | 1945 | Jack Higgins |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Me in the Sunlight | 1965 |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Me in the Sunlight | 1965 |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Me in the Sunlight | 1965 | producer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tell Me in the Sunlight | 1965 | writer: "Tell Me in the Sunlight" |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sheilah Graham in Hollywood | 1955 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartola - Música Para os Olhos | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 1750 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies
White Heat (1949)
as Big Ed Somers
Il Grido (1957)
as Aldo
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Cliff
The Deadly Companions (1961)
as Billy Keplinger