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

Steamboat Round the Bend
Steamboat Round the Bend
The Arkansas Traveler
The Arkansas Traveler
Hawaii Calls
Hawaii Calls
Pepper
Pepper

Filmography

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