Irvin S. Cobb
Birthday
1876/06/23
Day of death
1944/03/10 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Also know as
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Biography
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
Acting
(1938) The Young in Heart
as Senator Albert Jennings
(1935) Steamboat Round the Bend
as Captain Eli
(1938) The Arkansas Traveler
as Town Constable
(1930) Cobb Goes Fishing
as Irvin
(1938) Hawaii Calls
as Captain O'Hare
(1935) Movies on Sundays
as Himself
(1936) Pepper
as John Wilkes
(1935) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1935) A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1934) You Bring the Ducks
as Irvin S. Cobb
(1934) The Ballad of Paducah Jail
as Fictional Irvin S. Cobb
(1936) Everybody's Old Man
as William Franklin