Irvin S. Cobb

Personal Info

Birthday

June 23, 1876

Day of Death

1944-03-10

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Paducah, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

Irvin S. 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.

Known For

The Young in Heart

Steamboat Round the Bend

The Arkansas Traveler

Hawaii Calls

Everybody's Old Man

Pepper

You Bring the Ducks

The Ballad of Paducah Jail

Filmography

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1938
The Arkansas Traveler
as Town Constable
The Young in Heart
as Senator Albert Jennings
Hawaii Calls
as Captain O'Hare
1936
Pepper
as John Wilkes
Everybody's Old Man
as William Franklin
1935
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Captain Eli
Movies on Sundays
as Himself
1934
You Bring the Ducks
as Irvin S. Cobb
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
as Fictional Irvin S. Cobb
1930
Cobb Goes Fishing
as Irvin