Edmund Cobb


Edmund Fessenden Cobb was an American actor who appeared in more than 620 films between 1912 and 1966.

Biography

Cobb was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of William Henry Cobb and Eddie Ross. His maternal grandfather, Edmund G. Ross, was a newspaper editor, a governor of the New Mexico territory, a senator from Kansas, and a leader in the abolitionist movement in the United States.
Despite his grandfather's efforts to lead Cobb into a career in politics, an initial effort in acting in a locally produced play turned him in that direction for a career. When he was 18, he worked for the St. Louis Motion Picture Company when it made a film in Albuquerque. Other roles with other companies followed. One of his earliest roles was a bit part in the Essanay Studios film A Pueblo Legend.
Much of Cobb's work in films came after he signed with Universal in 1925. He continued to act after sound came into films, but in less prominent roles. His 64 serials were more than those of any other actor.
Cobb died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, in 1974 from a heart attack.

Partial filmography

The Circle's End Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines The Strange Case of Mary Page Moral Courage The Deciding Kiss Social Briars The Desert Scorpion Wolves of the Street Out of the Depths Finders Keepers The Miracle Baby At Devil's Gorge The Law Rustlers Battling Bates Playing It Wild Riders of the Range Cupid's Rustler Western Yesterdays The Burning Trail The Terror The Galloping Cowboy The [Man from Oklahoma (1926 film)|The Man from Oklahoma] Fighting with Buffalo Bill Looking for Trouble General Custer at the Little Big Horn Wolf's Trail A Final Reckoning Young Whirlwind The Fightin' Redhead Breed of the West Beyond the Rio Grande Dames Ahoy! Wild Horse Branded Men Trapped Human Targets Tangled Fortunes The Lone Trail Between Fighting Men Heroes of the West Gun Law Her Forgotten Past The Vanishing Shadow The Law of the Wild The Prescott Kid The Westerner Bulldog Courage The Adventures of Rex and Rinty The Miracle Rider Arizona Bad Man The Cheyenne Tornado Rustler's Paradise