---
name: "Irvin S. Cobb"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irvin-s-cobb"
fi1m_id: "irvin-s-cobb"
imdb_id: "nm0167769"
tmdb_id: 119403
wikidata_id: "Q596383"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 June 1876"
died: "10 March 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:14:27.964083+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Irvin S. Cobb

## Identity

Irvin S. Cobb

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/irvin-s-cobb
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** irvin-s-cobb
- **IMDb ID:** nm0167769
- **TMDB ID:** 119403
- **Wikidata ID:** Q596383
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin_S._Cobb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119403

Writer. Born 23 June 1876 in Paducah, Kentucky, USA. Died 10 March 1944.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 June 1876, Paducah, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 10 March 1944
- **Also known as:** Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin_S._Cobb, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119403

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Judge Priest*](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (23 June 1876 – 11 March 1944) was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist. Born in Paducah, Kentucky, he moved to New York in 1904 and wrote for the New York World.

Cobb wrote more than sixty books and three hundred short stories. His Judge Priest stories were adapted for the 1934 film *Judge Priest*, on which he received a writing credit, and for the 1953 film *The Sun Shines Bright*. He also acted in ten films between 1932 and 1938 and hosted the 7th Academy Awards in 1935.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Judge Priest* (1934), Fi1m 58, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953), Story
- *Danger* (1950), series, Writer
- *Our Leading Citizen* (1939), Story
- *The Arkansas Traveler* (1938), as Town Constable
- *The Young in Heart* (1938), as Senator Albert Jennings
- *Hawaii Calls* (1938), as Captain O'Hare
- *Pepper* (1936), as John Wilkes
- *Everybody's Old Man* (1936), as William Franklin
- *Steamboat Round the Bend* (1935), as Captain Eli
- *Mississippi* (1935), Technical Advisor
- *You Bring the Ducks* (1934), as Irvin S. Cobb
- *The Ballad of Paducah Jail* (1934), as Fictional Irvin S. Cobb · Screenplay
- *Judge Priest* (1934), Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md)
- *The Woman Accused* (1933), Story
- *Cobb Goes Fishing* (1930), as Irvin
- *Turkish Delight* (1927), Story
- *Pardon My French* (1921), Writer
- *The Life of the Party* (1920), Story
- *The Face in the Dark* (1918), Writer
- *Fighting Odds* (1917), Theatre Play
- *Graft* (1915), Story

## Gallery

- ![Author, radio entertainer, and screen actor Irvin S. Cobb. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-2a3dfffba2a5.jpg) Author, radio entertainer, and screen actor Irvin S. Cobb. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1930) — Underwood and Underwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Author%2C_radio_entertainer%2C_and_screen_actor_Irvin_S_Cobb_%28SAYRE_21282%29.jpg/1280px-Author%2C_radio_entertainer%2C_and_screen_actor_Irvin_S_Cobb_%28SAYRE_21282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Irvin S. Cobb, bust portrait (1914)](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-d19024783ef4.jpg) Irvin S. Cobb, bust portrait (1914) — Pirie MacDonald, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Irvin_S._Cobb_cph.3a38562.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Irvin S. Cobb, bust portrait, facing left (1914)](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-96a25f72e061.jpg) Irvin S. Cobb, bust portrait, facing left (1914) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Irvin_S._Cobb_cph.3a42965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: COBB, ERWIN S. Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller (1914)](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-c1d0d15b227c.jpg) Title: COBB, ERWIN S. Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller (1914) — Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/COBB%2C_ERWIN_S._LCCN2016866146.jpg/1280px-COBB%2C_ERWIN_S._LCCN2016866146.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Irvin S. Cobb](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-354fea009ccf.jpg) Irvin S. Cobb — Image via TMDB
- ![Title: Irvin Cobb Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1910)](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-6b43f63904f1.jpg) Title: Irvin Cobb Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1910) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Irvin_Cobb_LCCN2014700789.jpg/1280px-Irvin_Cobb_LCCN2014700789.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Irvin Cobb](https://film.one/media/person/3856352/gallery-d8cb9c0701cf.jpg) Irvin Cobb — Bain News Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Irvincobb.jpg/1280px-Irvincobb.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- O. Henry Award 1922: O. Henry Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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