Hobart Cavanaugh
Acting
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.
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Movies(165)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Stella
Tim Gross
1950
A Letter to Three Wives
Mr. Manleigh
1949
Up in Central Park
Mayor Oakley
1948
Best Man Wins
Amos
1948
The Inside Story
Mr. Mason
1948
My Girl Tisa
Sigmund
1948
Driftwood
Judge Beckett
1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Higgins
1947
Doctor Jim
Mayor
1947
Little Iodine
Mr. Tremble
1946
Margie
Mr. Angus MacDuff
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
Mr. Wilson
1946
Black Angel
Jake
1946
Night and Day
Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
1946
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Bill Stapleton
1946
Cinderella Jones
George
1946
Don Juan Quilligan
Mr. Rostigaff
1945
I'll Remember April
Joe Billings
1945
Roughly Speaking
The Teacher (uncredited)
1945
Guest in the House
Mr. Blossom
1944
Kismet
Moolah
1944
San Diego I Love You
Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
1944
Louisiana Hayride
Malcolm Cartwright
1944
The Immortal Blacksmith
Oliver Davenport
1944
What a Woman
Mailman (uncredited)
1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Homer
1943
A Scream in the Dark
Leo Stark
1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Clark
1943
Dangerous Blondes
Pop
1943
The Kansan
Josh Hudkins
1943
The Man from Down Under
Boots
1943
Pilot #5
Boat Owner
1943
Taxi, Mister
Police Fingerprint Man
1943
The Human Comedy
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1943
Whistling in Dixie
Mr. Panky
1942
Stand by for Action
Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
1942
Her Cardboard Lover
Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1942
Jackass Mail
Gospel Jones
1942
The Magnificent Dope
Albert Gowdy
1942
Lady in a Jam
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
My Favorite Spy
Jules
1942
Land of the Open Range
Pinky Gardner
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Teller / Witness
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
Charles Miller
1942
Railroadin'
George
1941
Our Wife
Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
1941
Down in San Diego
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1941
Thieves Fall Out
David Tipton
1941
Reaching for the Sun
Front Office Man
1941
Horror Island
Professor Jasper Quinley
1941
I Wanted Wings
Mickey
1941
Santa Fe Trail
Barber Doyle
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
Homer Pringle
1940
Charter Pilot
Horace Sturgeon
1940
Street of Memories
Mr. Foster
1940
Hired Wife
William
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Mr. Schlitz
1940
Stage to Chino
J. Horatio Boggs
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Gimpy Darnell
1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Potts
1940
An Angel from Texas
Mr. Robelink
1940
Shooting High
Clem Perkle
1940
The Ghost Comes Home
Ambrose Bundy
1940
Home Movies
Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
1940
Four Wives
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
1939
See Your Doctor
Brother-in-Law
1939
The Honeymoon's Over
Avery Butterfield
1939
A Child is Born
Mr. Herbert West
1939
Reno
Abe Compass
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
Dwight Cook
1939
The Covered Trailer
E. L. Beamish
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
Henri Fippany
1939
I Stole a Million
Jenkins's Assistant
1939
Career
Jim Bronson
1939
The House of Fear
Minor Role
1939
Naughty But Nice
Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
1939
Daughters Courageous
Tourist (uncredited)
1939
Tell No Tales
Charlie Daggett
1939
Rose of Washington Square
Whitey Boone
1939
Zenobia
Mr. Dover
1939
The Adventures of Jane Arden
"Killer"
1939
Never Say Die
Druggist
1939
How to Sub-Let
Mr. Mustavas
1939
Idiot's Delight
Frueheim
1939
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mr. "Pops" Jordan
1938
That’s My Story
Sheriff Otis
1937
Carnival Queen
Profesor Silva
1937
Reported Missing
'Ab' Steele
1937
Love in a Bungalow
Mr. Kester
1937
Night Key
Petty Louie
1937
The Great O'Malley
Reporter Pinky Holden
1937
Girl Overboard
Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
1937
The Mighty Treve
Mr. Davis
1937
Mysterious Crossing
Ned J. Stebbins
1936
Sing Me a Love Song
Mr. Barton (uncredited)
1936
Three Smart Girls
Wilbur Lamb
1936
Love Letters of a Star
Chester Blodgett
1936
Here Comes Carter
Mel Winter
1936
Cain and Mabel
Milo
1936
Stage Struck
Wayne
1936
Love Begins at Twenty
Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
1936
Two Against the World
Tippy Mantus
1936
The Golden Arrow
DeWolfe
1936
Colleen
Noggin
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
Joe Farnsworth
1936
The Lady Consents
Mr. Yardley
1936
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
1935
Captain Blood
Dr. Bronson
1935
Dr. Socrates
Stevens
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Philostrate
1935
I Live for Love
Townsend
1935
Page Miss Glory
Joe Bonner
1935
We're in the Money
Max
1935
Broadway Gondolier
Music Critic Gilmore
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
Philbert O. Slemp
1935
While the Patient Slept
Eustace Federie
1935
Wings in the Dark
Mac
1935
Bordertown
Harry
1935
I Am a Thief
Daudet
1934
The St. Louis Kid
Richardson
1934
The Firebird
Emile, Brandt's Valet
1934
I Sell Anything
Stooge
1934
Madame du Barry
Professor de la Vauguyon
1934
A Lost Lady
Robert
1934
Kansas City Princess
Alderman Sam Warren
1934
Housewife
George Wilson
1934
The Key
Homer, Tennant's Aide
1934
Now I'll Tell
Freddie Stanton
1934
A Modern Hero
Henry Mueller
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
Derwent
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
Benny
1934
Harold Teen
Pop
1934
Wonder Bar
Drunk (uncredited)
1934
Jimmy the Gent
Fake Worthingham
1934
I've Got Your Number
Happy Dooley
1934
Fashions of 1934
Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
1934
Mandalay
Purser (uncredited)
1934
Dark Hazard
George Mayhew
1934
Hi, Nellie!
Fullerton
1934
Easy to Love
Hotel desk clerk
1934
Moulin Rouge
Drunk
1934
Convention City
Wendell Orchard
1933
Havana Widows
Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
1933
From Headquarters
Muggs Manton
1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Peanuts Dinwiddie
1933
My Woman
Mr. Miller
1933
Too Much Harmony
Piano Tuner
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
1933
Goodbye Again
Mr. Clayton
1933
The Devil's Mate
Parkhurst
1933
No Marriage Ties
Smith
1933
Headline Shooter
Happy
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Alf Simmons
1933
The Mayor of Hell
Mr. Gorman
1933
Private Detective 62
Harcourt S. Burns
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Dog Salesman (uncredited)
1933
I Cover the Waterfront
One Punch McCoy
1933
Picture Snatcher
James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
1933
State Fair
Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
1933
The Wall Street Mystery
Martin Hill
1931
The Poor Fish
Harry
1930
Sympathy
William Maxwell
1929
San Francisco Nights
Tommie
1928