Joe Cobb

...where thousands of kids (often at the behest of their parents) tried out for one open role. Norman "Chubby" Chaney (who replaced Joe Cobb), Matthew "Stymie" Beard (who replaced Allen "Farina" Hoskins) and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas (who...

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Joe Frank Cobb (November 7, 1916 - May 21, 2002) was a former American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929. Some sources such as the first edition of "Our Gang The...

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..."Mickey" Daniels, Jr. (October 11, 1914 - August 20, 1970) was a juvenile actor. Signed by Hal Roach in 1923, he was, along with fat Joe Cobb, scruffy Jackie Condon, pretty Mary Kornman, and smiling "Sunshine Sammy" (Ernie Morrison), a...

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The boys run off to presumably get on some rides. This marks cameo appearances of former Our Gangers Allen Hoskins (Farina), Joe Cobb, Mary Kornman (as the teacher), and Mickey Daniels (as the truant officer). Its also recurring...

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...shorts. Sound was added to the series in 1929. Some of the early cast of children included Sunshine Sammy, Mickey, Mary Ann, Joe Cobb, and Farina. By the time sound arrived, the Gang had added Wheezer, Stymie, Chubby, Jackie Cooper and Pete...

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...Our Gang producer Hal Roach and director Robert F. McGowan began to look for an overweight child actor to replace Joe Cobb in the series. Joe was twelve years of age, and the Our Gang series was about to transition to sound . Roach and McGowan...

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...Alfalfa, Darla, Billy, and Porky, the film also features return appearances by former "Our Gang" stalwarts Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman, Joe Cobb and Mathew "Stymie" Beard. The occasion is a class reunion at Adams Street Grammar School, where...

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...he was still cute, but kids would know better. Eventually, Wiessman started modeling Cheeks on Joe Cobb's Little Rascals "fat boy" character, and he quickly became Weissman's favorite character in the series. Li'l Tin-Stars - inspired...

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...2-by-4, with startlingly grotesque consequences. The early sound shorts carry over many of the children from the silent films husky Joe Cobb, the blond vamp Jean Darling, the eternally nonplussed Mary Ann Jackson while gradually introducing...

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