- Born
- Died
- Joe Cobb was born on November 7, 1916 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926), Good Cheer (1926) and The Buccaneers (1924). He died on May 21, 2002 in Santa Ana, California, USA.
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsJames Hardin CobbFlossie J. McComas Cobb
- RelativesLoretta Elizabeth Cobb Engstrom(Sibling)Lucile Joy Cobb Frank(Sibling)Loretta Cobb(Sibling)Lucile Cobb(Sibling)
- Beanie cap and chubby cheeks
- After his acting career ended in the early 1940s, he became an assembler for North American Aviation, a division of Rockwell International.
- Vacationing with his father in Los Angeles when that same afternoon he was immediately put to work on Un rude hiver (1923) when Charley Parrott (later known as Charley Chase) installed him with Our Gang (since he was the supervising director for Our Gang).
- Was the original 'fat boy' of Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, appearing in 86 of them.
- Was 5 years old when his father sent him to audition for producer Hal Roach's comedy series that became "Our Gang.".
- Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Children in my day were either cornfed or milk-fed. I was both.
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