caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date yearsactive image article_title birth_name occupation
burns `` cuckoo comedies '' short film series in blackface in a 1919 ad for the 16 january 1966 los angeles , california philadelphia , pennsylvania bobby burns 1 september 1878 1908-1952 cuckoo comedies -lrb- 1919 -rrb- - ad 1.jpg bobby burns
 robert paul burns actor , film director
bobby burns

robert paul `` bobby '' burns -lrb- september 1 , 1878 -- january 16 , 1966 -rrb- was an american film actor and director .
he appeared in 201 films between 1908 and 1952 as well as directing 13 films between 1915 and 1916 .
burns was born in philadelphia , pennsylvania and died in los angeles , california .
he played pokes in the `` pokes and jabbs '' silent comedies of the mid 1910s , with walter stull as jabbs and frequently featuring babe -lrb- oliver -rrb- hardy .
later supporting oliver hardy again in his partnership with stan laurel at the hal roach studios in several of their early short comedies and feature films .
