Steve Cochran

STEVE COCHRAN d1965. American film, television and stage actor. From 1949-52 he worked for Warner Brothers in supporting roles often playing boxers or gangsters. These included ; The Chase (1946) / A Song is Born (1948) / The Damned Don't Cry (1950) and Of Love and Desire (1963). However probably his best known role was as the power-hungry henchman "Big Ed Somers" in the classic "White Heat" alongside James Cagney in 1949. His final film role was in Mozambique (1965). He was a notorious womanizer and attracted tabloid attention for his tumultuous private life which included well-documented affairs with numerous starlets and actresses. On June 15th 1965 (at the age of 48) he died on his yacht off the coast of Guatemala, reportedly due to an acute lung infection. His body, along with three female assistants, remained aboard for ten days, since the three women did not know how to operate the boat. It drifted to shore in and was found by authorities. There were various rumours of foul play and poisoning at the time, but reportedly no defining evidence was ever found .........