
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.

The Young in Heart
1938 · as Senator Albert Jennings

Steamboat Round the Bend
1935 · as Captain Eli

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · as Self (archive footage)

A Dream Comes True
1935 · as Himself (uncredited)

Everybody's Old Man
1936 · as William Franklin

Hawaii Calls
1938 · as Captain O'Hare

The Arkansas Traveler
1938 · as Town Constable

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 · as Self

The Ballad of Paducah Jail
1934 · as Fictional Irvin S. Cobb

You Bring the Ducks
1934 · as Irvin S. Cobb

Pepper
1936 · as John Wilkes

Movies on Sundays
1935 · as Himself

Cobb Goes Fishing
1930 · as Irvin