Hobart Cavanaugh
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hobart Cavanaugh (September 22, 1886 – April 26, 1950) was an American character actor in films and on stage. He was born in Virginia City, Nevada on September 22, 1886. Cavanaugh attended the University of California. He worked in vaudeville, teaming with Walter Catlett at some point. He appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including the original 1919 musical Irene and the long-running 1948 musical As the Girls Go. He made his film debut in San Francisco Nights (1928). Over the next few years he established himself as a supporting actor, and although many of his roles were small and received no film credit, he played more substantial roles in films such as I Cover the Waterfront (1933) and Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933). By the mid-1930s, he was appearing in more prestigious productions, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Captain Blood (1935), Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). He continued playing small, often comical roles until the end of his life, mostly as downtrodden or henpecked little men. His last performance was in Stella (1950); he knew he did not have long to live and collapsed twice on set, but was determined to see it through. By the end of his life, he had appeared in more than 180 films. He died following an operation at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. He was survived by his wife Florence and a daughter.
Known for
Credits
Captain Blood (1935)
as Dr. Bronson
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
as Mr. Manleigh
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Dog Salesman (uncredited)
Housewife (1934)
as George Wilson
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
as Philostrate
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Barber Doyle
Night and Day (1946)
as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
as Joe Farnsworth
Convention City (1933)
as Wendell Orchard
My Woman (1933)
as Mr. Miller
Zenobia (1939)
as Mr. Dover
Our Wife (1941)
as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
as Fullerton
Wonder Bar (1934)
as Drunk (uncredited)
Harold Teen (1934)
as Pop
Driftwood (1947)
as Judge Beckett
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Frueheim
Picture Snatcher (1933)
as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
as Fake Worthingham
Black Angel (1946)
as Jake
I Wanted Wings (1941)
as Mickey
Naughty but Nice (1939)
as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Whitey Boone
The Human Comedy (1943)
as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Hired Wife (1940)
as William
The Devil's Mate (1933)
as Parkhurst
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
as Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Mandalay (1934)
as Purser (uncredited)
Stand by for Action (1942)
as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
The Great O'Malley (1937)
as Reporter Pinky Holden
Girl Overboard (1937)
as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
as Bill Stapleton
Bordertown (1935)
as Harry
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
as Mr. Gorman
A Lost Lady (1934)
as Robert
Dangerous Blondes (1943)
as Pop
Margie (1946)
as Mr. Angus MacDuff
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Joe Bonner
Kismet (1944)
as Moolah
Guest in the House (1944)
as Mr. Blossom
Horror Island (1941)
as Professor Jasper Quinley
Three Smart Girls (1936)
as Wilbur Lamb
Four Wives (1939)
as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Night Key (1937)
as Petty Louie
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
Never Say Die (1939)
as Druggist
My Favorite Spy (1942)
as Jules
The Magnificent Dope (1942)
as Albert Gowdy
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
as Philbert O. Slemp
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Mr. Schlitz
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
as Music Critic Gilmore
An Angel from Texas (1940)
as Mr. Robelink
The Kansan (1943)
as Josh Hudkins
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
as Alf Simmons
Dr. Socrates (1935)
as Stevens
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
as David Tipton
What a Woman (1943)
as Mailman (uncredited)
Two Against the World (1936)
as Tippy Mantus
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Jenkins's Assistant
My Girl Tisa (1948)
as Sigmund
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
as Richardson
Kansas City Princess (1934)
as Alderman Sam Warren
The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
as "Killer"
A Child is Born (1939)
as Mr. Herbert West
Wings in the Dark (1935)
as Mac
Private Detective 62 (1933)
as Harcourt S. Burns
Headline Shooter (1933)
as Happy
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Higgins
Sing Me a Love Song (1936)
as Mr. Barton (uncredited)
State Fair (1933)
as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
Charter Pilot (1940)
as Horace Sturgeon
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
as Mr. "Pops" Jordan
Daughters Courageous (1939)
as Tourist (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home (1940)
as Ambrose Bundy
Cinderella Jones (1946)
as George
A Modern Hero (1934)
as Henry Mueller
Moulin Rouge (1934)
as Drunk
Colleen (1936)
as Noggin
Cain and Mabel (1936)
as Milo
Roughly Speaking (1945)
as The Teacher (uncredited)
That’s My Story (1937)
as Sheriff Otis
The Lady Consents (1936)
as Mr. Yardley
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
as Mr. Rostigaff
The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
as Avery Butterfield
Tell No Tales (1939)
as Charlie Daggett
Havana Widows (1933)
as Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
Street of Memories (1940)
as Mr. Foster
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Teller / Witness
The Inside Story (1948)
as Mr. Mason
Reaching for the Sun (1941)
as Front Office Man
Career (1939)
as Jim Bronson
Stage to Chino (1940)
as J. Horatio Boggs
While the Patient Slept (1935)
as Eustace Federie
Jackass Mail (1942)
as Gospel Jones
I Sell Anything (1934)
as Stooge
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
as Homer Pringle
The Mighty Treve (1937)
as Mr. Davis
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
as Clark
The Man from Down Under (1943)
as Boots
Madame du Barry (1934)
as Professor de la Vauguyon
Goodbye Again (1933)
as Mr. Clayton
I Am a Thief (1934)
as Daudet
Up in Central Park (1948)
as Mayor Oakley
Shooting High (1940)
as Clem Perkle
I Live for Love (1935)
as Townsend
A Dream Comes True (1935)
as Himself (uncredited)
I'll Remember April (1945)
as Joe Billings
Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
as Mr. Wilson
Pilot #5 (1943)
as Boat Owner
I've Got Your Number (1934)
as Happy Dooley
Reported Missing (1937)
as 'Ab' Steele
Home Movies (1940)
as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
The Golden Arrow (1936)
as DeWolfe
Taxi, Mister (1943)
as Police Fingerprint Man
We're in the Money (1935)
as Max
Mysterious Crossing (1936)
as Ned J. Stebbins
Down in San Diego (1941)
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
as One Punch McCoy
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
as Peanuts Dinwiddie
Stage Struck (1936)
as Wayne
San Diego I Love You (1944)
as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
Reno (1939)
as Abe Compass
The Key (1934)
as Homer, Tennant's Aide
The Firebird (1934)
as Emile, Brandt's Valet
Now I'll Tell (1934)
as Freddie Stanton
Stella (1950)
as Tim Gross
Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
No Marriage Ties (1933)
as Smith
Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
as Henri Fippany
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Charles Miller
Little Iodine (1946)
as Mr. Tremble
San Francisco Nights (1928)
as Tommie
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
as Dwight Cook
Easy to Love (1934)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
From Headquarters (1933)
as Muggs Manton
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
as Potts
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
as Homer
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
as Mr. Panky
Sympathy (1929)
as William Maxwell
A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
as Benny
The House of Fear (1939)
as Minor Role
Dark Hazard (1934)
as George Mayhew
Love Letters of a Star (1936)
as Chester Blodgett
Too Much Harmony (1933)
as Piano Tuner
Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
as Derwent
Best Man Wins (1948)
as Amos
Here Comes Carter (1936)
as Mel Winter
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
as Gimpy Darnell
A Scream in the Dark (1943)
as Leo Stark
Doctor Jim (1947)
as Mayor
Louisiana Hayride (1944)
as Malcolm Cartwright
Land of the Open Range (1942)
as Pinky Gardner
The Wall Street Mystery (1931)
as Martin Hill
Love in a Bungalow (1937)
as Mr. Kester
The Poor Fish (1930)
as Harry
See Your Doctor (1939)
as Brother-in-Law
How to Sub-Let (1939)
as Mr. Mustavas
The Covered Trailer (1939)
as E. L. Beamish
Carnival Queen (1937)
as Profesor Silva
The Immortal Blacksmith (1944)
as Oliver Davenport
Railroadin' (1941)
as George