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Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh

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Born September 21, 1886 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Died April 27, 1950

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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.

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

The Laurel and Hardy Show Poster

The Laurel and Hardy Show TV Series1986Mr. Dover

Brother Can You Spare a Dime Poster

Brother Can You Spare a Dime Documentary1975

Stella Feature Film1950Tim Gross

A Letter to Three Wives Poster

A Letter to Three Wives Feature Film1949Mr. Manleigh

The Lamb's Gambol TV Series1949Self

Best Man Wins Poster

Best Man Wins Feature Film1948Amos

My Girl Tisa Poster

My Girl Tisa Feature Film1948Sigmund

The Inside Story Poster

The Inside Story Feature Film1948Mason - Bank Customer

Up in Central Park Poster

Up in Central Park Feature Film1948Mayor Oakley

Doctor Jim Feature Film1947Mayor

Driftwood Poster

Driftwood Feature Film1947Judge Beckett

Easy Come, Easy Go Poster

Easy Come, Easy Go Feature Film1947Higgins - Repair Shop Manager

Black Angel Poster

Black Angel Feature Film1946Jake

Cinderella Jones Poster

Cinderella Jones Feature Film1946George

Faithful in My Fashion Poster

Faithful in My Fashion Feature Film1946Mr. Wilson

Little Iodine Poster

Little Iodine Feature Film1946Mr. Tremble

Margie Feature Film1946Mr. Angus MacDuff

Night and Day Poster

Night and Day Feature Film1946Man in Hospital Hall

No Leave, No Love Poster

No Leave, No Love Feature Film1946Arthur Keenan Kalabush

Our Hearts Were Growing Up Poster

Our Hearts Were Growing Up Feature Film1946Mr. Dudley

The Hoodlum Saint Poster

The Hoodlum Saint Feature Film1946Antique Clock Dealer

The Spider Woman Strikes Back Poster

The Spider Woman Strikes Back Feature Film1946Bill Stapleton

Don Juan Quilligan Poster

Don Juan Quilligan Feature Film1945Mr. Rostigaff

I Was a Criminal Poster

I Was a Criminal Feature Film1945Rosenkrantz, the Treasurer

I'll Remember April Poster

I'll Remember April Feature Film1945Joe Billings

Roughly Speaking Poster

Roughly Speaking Feature Film1945The Teacher

The House of Fear Poster

The House of Fear Feature Film1945Bit Part

Guest in the House Poster

Guest in the House Feature Film1944Mr. Blossom

Kismet Feature Film1944Moolah

Louisiana Hayride Poster

Louisiana Hayride Feature Film1944Malcolm Cartwright

San Diego I Love You Poster

San Diego I Love You Feature Film1944Mr. McGregor

The Immortal Blacksmith Short Film1944Oliver Davenport

Together Again Poster

Together Again Feature Film1944Perc Mather

A Scream in the Dark Poster

A Scream in the Dark Feature Film1943Leo Stark

Dangerous Blondes Poster

Dangerous Blondes Feature Film1943Edward E. 'Pop' Philpot

Gildersleeve on Broadway Poster

Gildersleeve on Broadway Feature Film1943Homer

Jack London Poster

Jack London Feature Film1943Mike, Saloonkeeper

Pilot #5 Poster

Pilot #5 Feature Film1943Boat Owner

Sweet Rosie O'Grady Poster

Sweet Rosie O'Grady Feature Film1943Clark

Taxi, Mister Poster

Taxi, Mister Feature Film1943Police Fingerprint Man

The Human Comedy Poster

The Human Comedy Feature Film1943Drunk at Bar

The Kansan Poster

The Kansan Feature Film1943Josh Hudkins

The Man from Down Under Poster

The Man from Down Under Feature Film1943Boots

The Meanest Man in the World Poster

The Meanest Man in the World Feature Film1943Mr. Throckmorton

What a Woman! Poster

What a Woman! Feature Film1943Mailman

A Close Call for Ellery Queen Poster

A Close Call for Ellery Queen Feature Film1942Mr. Crandall

A Tragedy at Midnight Poster

A Tragedy at Midnight Feature Film1942Charles Miller

Her Cardboard Lover Poster

Her Cardboard Lover Feature Film1942Arresting Plainclothesman

Jackass Mail Poster

Jackass Mail Feature Film1942Gospel Jones

Lady in a Jam Poster

Lady in a Jam Feature Film1942Reporter in Glasses

Land of the Open Range Poster

Land of the Open Range Feature Film1942Pinky Gardner

My Favorite Spy Poster

My Favorite Spy Feature Film1942Jules

Pittsburgh Poster

Pittsburgh Feature Film1942Derelict

Stand by for Action Poster

Stand by for Action Feature Film1942Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'

Tarzan's New York Adventure Poster

Tarzan's New York Adventure Feature Film1942Hotel Desk Clerk

The Magnificent Dope Poster

The Magnificent Dope Feature Film1942Albert Gowdy

The Remarkable Andrew Poster

The Remarkable Andrew Feature Film1942Teller

Whistling in Dixie Poster

Whistling in Dixie Feature Film1942Mr. Panky

Down in San Diego Poster

Down in San Diego Feature Film1941Telegraph Clerk

Horror Island Poster

Horror Island Feature Film1941Professor Jasper Quinley

I Wanted Wings Poster

I Wanted Wings Feature Film1941Mickey

Meet the Chump Poster

Meet the Chump Feature Film1941Juniper

Our Wife Poster

Our Wife Feature Film1941Shipboard Passenger

Playmates Poster

Playmates Feature Film1941Philip Tremble

Railroadin' Short Film1941George

Reaching for the Sun Poster

Reaching for the Sun Feature Film1941Front Office Man

Skylark Feature Film1941Small Man in Subway Car

The Hard-Boiled Canary Poster

The Hard-Boiled Canary Feature Film1941Announcer

Thieves Fall Out Poster

Thieves Fall Out Feature Film1941David Tipton

An Angel from Texas Poster

An Angel from Texas Feature Film1940Mr. Robelink

Charter Pilot Poster

Charter Pilot Feature Film1940Horace Cavanaugh

Hired Wife Poster

Hired Wife Feature Film1940William

Home Movies Poster

Home Movies Short Film1940Party Guest Wearing Bowtie

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Poster

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Feature Film1940Justice of the Peace

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! Poster

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! Feature Film1940'Gimpy' Darnell

Public Deb No. 1 Poster

Public Deb No. 1 Feature Film1940Mr. Schlitz

Santa Fe Trail Poster

Santa Fe Trail Feature Film1940Barber Doyle

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 8: Cowboy Jubilee Documentary1940Self - Narrator

Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood Short Film1940Narrator

Shooting High Poster

Shooting High Feature Film1940Clem Perkle

Stage to Chino Poster

Stage to Chino Feature Film1940J. Horatio Boggs

Street of Memories Poster

Street of Memories Feature Film1940Mr. Foster

The Ghost Comes Home Poster

The Ghost Comes Home Feature Film1940Ambrose Bundy

The Great Plane Robbery Poster

The Great Plane Robbery Feature Film1940Homer Pringle

You Can't Fool Your Wife Poster

You Can't Fool Your Wife Feature Film1940Potts - GBG & P Vice President

A Child Is Born Poster

A Child Is Born Feature Film1939Mr. West

Broadway Serenade Poster

Broadway Serenade Feature Film1939Mr. Ingalls

Career Feature Film1939Jim Bronson

Chicken Wagon Family Poster

Chicken Wagon Family Feature Film1939Henri Fippany

Daughters Courageous Poster

Daughters Courageous Feature Film1939Tourist

Four Wives Poster

Four Wives Feature Film1939Mr. Jenkins

How to Sub-Let Poster

How to Sub-Let Short Film1939Mr. Mustavas

I Stole a Million Poster

I Stole a Million Feature Film1939Jenkins' Bespectacled Asst.

Idiot's Delight Poster

Idiot's Delight Feature Film1939Frueheim

Naughty But Nice Poster

Naughty But Nice Feature Film1939Piano Tuner

Never Say Die Poster

Never Say Die Feature Film1939Druggist

Reno Feature Film1939Abe Compass

Rose of Washington Square Poster

Rose of Washington Square Feature Film1939Whitey Boone

See Your Doctor Poster

See Your Doctor Short Film1939Brother-in-law

Tell No Tales Poster

Tell No Tales Feature Film1939Charlie Daggett

That's Right - You're Wrong Poster

That's Right - You're Wrong Feature Film1939Dwight Cook - a Screenwriter

The Adventures of Jane Arden Poster

The Adventures of Jane Arden Feature Film1939Suspect 'Killer'

The Covered Trailer Poster

The Covered Trailer Feature Film1939E. L. Beamish

The Day of Rest Poster

The Day of Rest Short Film1939

The Honeymoon's Over Poster

The Honeymoon's Over Feature Film1939Avery Butterfield

The House of Fear Poster

The House of Fear Feature Film1939Minor Role

Zenobia Feature Film1939Mr. Dover

Cowboy from Brooklyn Poster

Cowboy from Brooklyn Feature Film1938Mr. Jordan

Orphans of the Street Poster

Orphans of the Street Feature Film1938William Grant

Strange Faces Poster

Strange Faces Feature Film1938Expectant Father of 'Six'

Carnival Queen Poster

Carnival Queen Feature Film1937Profesor Silva

Girl Overboard Poster

Girl Overboard Feature Film1937Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray

Love in a Bungalow Poster

Love in a Bungalow Feature Film1937Mr. Kester

Night Key Poster

Night Key Feature Film1937Petty Louie

Reported Missing! Poster

Reported Missing! Feature Film1937'Ab' Steele

That's My Story! Poster

That's My Story! Feature Film1937Sheriff Otis

The Great O'Malley Poster

The Great O'Malley Feature Film1937Pinky Holden

The Mighty Treve Poster

The Mighty Treve Feature Film1937Mr. Davis

Cain and Mabel Poster

Cain and Mabel Feature Film1936Milo

Colleen Feature Film1936Noggin

Here Comes Carter Poster

Here Comes Carter Feature Film1936Mel Winter

Love Begins at 20 Poster

Love Begins at 20 Feature Film1936Jacob 'Jake' Buckley

Love Letters of a Star Poster

Love Letters of a Star Feature Film1936Chester Blodgett

Mysterious Crossing Poster

Mysterious Crossing Feature Film1936Ned J. Stebbins

Sing Me a Love Song Poster

Sing Me a Love Song Feature Film1936Mr. Barton

Stage Struck Poster

Stage Struck Feature Film1936Wayne

The Golden Arrow Poster

The Golden Arrow Feature Film1936DeWolfe

The Lady Consents Poster

The Lady Consents Feature Film1936Mr. Yardley

Three Smart Girls Poster

Three Smart Girls Feature Film1936Wilbur Lamb

Two Against the World Poster

Two Against the World Feature Film1936Tippy Mantus

Wife vs. Secretary Poster

Wife vs. Secretary Feature Film1936Joe

A Dream Comes True Poster

A Dream Comes True Documentary1935Self

A Midsummer Night's Dream Poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream Feature Film1935Philostrate - Master of Revels to Theseus

Bordertown Poster

Bordertown Feature Film1935Harry

Broadway Gondolier Poster

Broadway Gondolier Feature Film1935Music Critic Gilmore

Captain Blood Poster

Captain Blood Feature Film1935Dr. Bronson

Don't Bet on Blondes Poster

Don't Bet on Blondes Feature Film1935Philbert O. Slemp

Dr. Socrates Poster

Dr. Socrates Feature Film1935Stevens

Husband's Holiday Short Film1935Meek Husband

I Live for Love Poster

I Live for Love Feature Film1935Townsend

Page Miss Glory Poster

Page Miss Glory Feature Film1935Joe Bonner

Springtime in Holland Short Film1935

We're in the Money Poster

We're in the Money Feature Film1935Max

While the Patient Slept Poster

While the Patient Slept Feature Film1935Eustace

Wings in the Dark Poster

Wings in the Dark Feature Film1935Mac

A Lost Lady Poster

A Lost Lady Feature Film1934Robert

A Modern Hero Poster

A Modern Hero Feature Film1934Henry Mueller

A Very Honorable Guy Poster

A Very Honorable Guy Feature Film1934Benny

Business Is a Pleasure Short Film1934

Dark Hazard Poster

Dark Hazard Feature Film1934George Mayhew

Easy to Love Poster

Easy to Love Feature Film1934Hotel Desk Clerk

Fashions of 1934 Poster

Fashions of 1934 Feature Film1934Inventor on Ship

Harold Teen Poster

Harold Teen Feature Film1934Pop

Hi, Nellie Poster

Hi, Nellie Feature Film1934Fullerton

Housewife Poster

Housewife Feature Film1934George Wilson

I Am a Thief Poster

I Am a Thief Feature Film1934Daudet

I Sell Anything Poster

I Sell Anything Feature Film1934Stooge

I've Got Your Number Poster

I've Got Your Number Feature Film1934Happy Dooley

Jimmy the Gent Poster

Jimmy the Gent Feature Film1934Fake Worthingham

Kansas City Princess Poster

Kansas City Princess Feature Film1934Sam Warren

Madame Du Barry Poster

Madame Du Barry Feature Film1934Professor de la Vauguyon

Mandalay Poster

Mandalay Feature Film1934Purser

Merry Wives of Reno Poster

Merry Wives of Reno Feature Film1934Derwent

Moulin Rouge Poster

Moulin Rouge Feature Film1934Drunk

Now I'll Tell Poster

Now I'll Tell Feature Film1934Freddie Stanton

The Firebird Poster

The Firebird Feature Film1934Emile - Brandt's Valet

The Key Feature Film1934Homer - Tennant's Aide

The St. Louis Kid Poster

The St. Louis Kid Feature Film1934Richardson

Wonder Bar Poster

Wonder Bar Feature Film1934Drunk

A Study in Scarlet Poster

A Study in Scarlet Feature Film1933Thompson - Innkeeper

Broadway Thru a Keyhole Poster

Broadway Thru a Keyhole Feature Film1933Peanuts Dinwiddie

Bureau of Missing Persons Poster

Bureau of Missing Persons Feature Film1933Mr. Harris

Convention City Poster

Convention City Feature Film1933Wendell Orchard

Death Watch Feature Film1933

Footlight Parade Poster

Footlight Parade Feature Film1933Title-Thinker-Upper

From Headquarters Poster

From Headquarters Feature Film1933Muggs Manton

Gold Diggers of 1933 Poster

Gold Diggers of 1933 Feature Film1933Dog Salesman

Goodbye Again Poster

Goodbye Again Feature Film1933Mr. Clayton

Havana Widows Poster

Havana Widows Feature Film1933Mr. Otis

Headline Shooter Poster

Headline Shooter Feature Film1933Happy

I Cover the Waterfront Poster

I Cover the Waterfront Feature Film1933One Punch McCoy

Lilly Turner Poster

Lilly Turner Feature Film1933Earle

Mary Stevens, M.D. Poster

Mary Stevens, M.D. Feature Film1933Alf Simmons

My Woman Poster

My Woman Feature Film1933Mr. Miller

No Marriage Ties Poster

No Marriage Ties Feature Film1933Smith

Picture Snatcher Poster

Picture Snatcher Feature Film1933James Peters - Drunken Reporter

Private Detective 62 Poster

Private Detective 62 Feature Film1933Harcourt S. Burns

State Fair Poster

State Fair Feature Film1933Professor Fred Coin - Hog Judge

The Devil's Mate Poster

The Devil's Mate Feature Film1933Parkhurst

The Mayor of Hell Poster

The Mayor of Hell Feature Film1933Mr. Gorman

Too Much Harmony Poster

Too Much Harmony Feature Film1933Piano Tuner

Close Friends Short Film19311st Escaped Prisoner

The Wall Street Mystery Poster

The Wall Street Mystery Short Film1931Martin Hill

The Headache Man Short Film1930

The Poor Fish Poster

The Poor Fish Short Film1930Harry

Sympathy Poster

Sympathy Short Film1929William Maxwell

The Outlaw in-Law Short Film1929The Hen-Pecked Husband

San Francisco Nights Poster

San Francisco Nights Feature Film1928Tommie

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