Joe Frank Cobb (November 7, 1916 – May 21, 2002) was an American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original "fat boy" in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929.

[1] Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on November 7, 1916,[2] Cobb auditioned for producer Hal Roach's Our Gang comedy series at the age of five in 1921.

Cobb's final regular Our Gang appearance was in the Lazy Days episode (released August 4, 1929).

He also made three cameo appearances during the 1930s, in Fish Hooky (1933), Pay as You Exit (1936), and Reunion in Rhythm (1937).

After his acting career ended in the early 1940s, Cobb became an assembler for North American Aviation, a division of Rockwell International[5] in Downey, California.