About this episode
Actor STEVE COCHRAN ’s life was like a page out of the American macho man’s handbook. Raised in Wyoming where he was once a cowhand, he carved a memorable career in Hollywood playing gangsters, villains, adulterers, and bad boys in great films like “The Best Years of Our Lives” and “White Heat.” But in a case of art imitating life, this rowdy, randy actor’s personal life was just as chaotic and dramatic as his film roles. Find out how his love of women, booze, and trouble proved to be his Achilles heel. Sources: Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir , (2003), by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry “Lonely Lochinvar (Steve Cochran),” July 1953, by Hyatt Downing, Photoplay magazine “Dark Magnetism,” 1952, Photoplay Annual magazine “The Gossips Scare Steve Cochran,” April 20, 1957, by Burt Ranier, Picturegoer magazine “Steve Cochran,” November 1975, by Michael R. Pitts, Films In Review “Actor Steve Cochran Found Dead On Yacht,” June 28, 1965, Desert Sun newspaper “Steve Cochran’s Death Is Laid To Lung Infection, Paralysis,” June 28, 1965, The Fresno Bee “Funeral Service Is Held On Coast for Steve Cochran,” July 2, 1965, The New York Times wikipedia.com IMDBPro.com --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com ; Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices