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Wilbert Francisco Cobbs was born on June 16, 1934, in Cleveland, Ohio, to a mother, Vera, who was a domestic worker and a father, David, who worked in construction. He had a brother named Thomas Cobbs. He was the second cousin of Song of the South actor James Baskett. Career
Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious".
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- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious".
- June 16, 1934
- June 25, 2024
Jun 26, 2024 · Wilbert Francisco Cobbs was born on June 16, 1934. After graduating from East Tech High School in Cleveland, he served for eight years in the U.S. Air Force, where he experimented with...
Jun 27, 2024 · Wilbert Francisco Cobbs was born on June 16, 1934, in Cleveland, where he grew up. He spent eight years working as a radar technician in the Air Force, where he started doing stand-up...
Jun 27, 2024 · Cobbs was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934. Before becoming an actor, he served eight years in the US air force, and sold cars in the years after his service.
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Jun 27, 2024 · Born Wilbert Francisco Cobbs in Cleveland, Ohio circa 1934, a time and a place where a Black man wasn’t always assured his dignity and especially not his rights, Cobbs came into this...