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