Joe Cobb, “Our Gang” actor, 85
Posted: Saturday, May 25th, 2002 11:33 pm
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 24 (AP) — Joe Cobb, who played a cheerful, chubby boy named Joe in dozens of the “Our Gang” comedy films of the 1920’s, died on Tuesday at a convalescent home here, said his sister, Lucile Frank. He was 85. …
Mr. Cobb, who was also cast in other silent movies, appeared in the “Our Gang” series’s last silent film, “Saturday’s Lesson,” and its first talking short, “Small Talk,” both in 1929. …
Mr. Cobb never lost his rotund stature, or his sense of humor, his sister said. She recalled that he liked to say: “Children in my day were either cornfed or milk-fed. I was both.” … Read full obituary
