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

Captain Eli

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self (archive footage)

The Young in Heart

Senator Albert Jennings

The Lambs' All-Star Gambol

Self

Everybody's Old Man

William Franklin

A Dream Comes True

Himself (uncredited)

The Arkansas Traveler

Town Constable

Hawaii Calls

Captain O'Hare