Irvin S. Cobb
Acting
June 23, 1876 â March 10, 1944Paducah, Kentucky, USA
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 â 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.
Known for
1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1938The Young in Heart
Senator Albert Jennings
1938The Arkansas Traveler
Town Constable
1938Hawaii Calls
Captain O'Hare
1936Pepper
John Wilkes
1936Everybody's Old Man
William Franklin
1935Steamboat Round the Bend
Captain Eli
1935La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
1934The Ballad of Paducah Jail
Fictional Irvin S. Cobb
