Cat. #001040112111: EDMUND COBB

Amazing 8x10-inch sepia-tone Freulich Studios western portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in black fountain pen in 1926, the very onset of his career. In good condition for its age, with a gentle crease to the lower right border, partially extending into a dark area of the image itself. Ubiquitous character actor Edmund Cobb appeared in almost 700 films and and television programs during an incredible career spanning six decades. Throughout the silent and early talkie eras, he alternatively played merciless, black-clad villains and trusty sidekicks in over 400 western shorts and features, including The Silent Partner (1927), The Two Fister (1927), Top Gun Law (1937), The Lone Ranger (1938), Santa Fe Trail (1940), The Dark Command (1940), Go West, Young Lady (1941), Zorro (1947), Lust for Gold (1949), Comanche Territory (1950), Ready to Ride (1950), Winchester '73 (1950), and River of No Return (1954). He was, however, by no means, limited to that genre: He appeared in a considerable