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