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