Hobart Cavanaugh

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: Acting

Born: Virginia City, Nevada, USA, 1886-09-21

Died: 1950-04-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	San Francisco Nights	Tommie	0
2	1929	Sympathy	William Maxwell	10
3	1930	The Poor Fish	Harry	0
4	1931	The Wall Street Mystery	Martin Hill	60
5	1933	State Fair	Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)	63
6	1933	Picture Snatcher	James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)	69
7	1933	I Cover the Waterfront	One Punch McCoy	51
8	1933	Private Detective 62	Harcourt S. Burns	60
9	1933	The Mayor of Hell	Mr. Gorman	71
10	1933	Mary Stevens, M.D.	Alf Simmons	60
11	1933	Headline Shooter	Happy	58
12	1933	No Marriage Ties	Smith	48
13	1933	The Devil's Mate	Parkhurst	0
14	1933	Goodbye Again	Mr. Clayton	50
15	1933	Bureau of Missing Persons	Mr. Harris (uncredited)	56
16	1933	Too Much Harmony	Piano Tuner	50
17	1933	My Woman	Mr. Miller	34
18	1933	Broadway Thru a Keyhole	Peanuts Dinwiddie	57
19	1933	From Headquarters	Muggs Manton	58
20	1933	Havana Widows	Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance	58
21	1933	Convention City	Wendell Orchard	35
22	1934	Moulin Rouge	Drunk	70
23	1934	Easy to Love	Hotel desk clerk	51
24	1934	Hi, Nellie!	Fullerton	65
25	1934	Dark Hazard	George Mayhew	54
26	1934	Mandalay	Purser (uncredited)	59
27	1934	Fashions of 1934	Inventor on Ship (uncredited)	64
28	1934	I've Got Your Number	Happy Dooley	60
29	1934	Jimmy the Gent	Fake Worthingham	62
30	1934	Wonder Bar	Drunk (uncredited)	61
31	1934	Harold Teen	Pop	60
32	1934	Merry Wives of Reno	Derwent	48
33	1934	A Very Honorable Guy	Benny	20
34	1934	A Modern Hero	Henry Mueller	70
35	1934	Now I'll Tell	Freddie Stanton	48
36	1934	The Key	Homer, Tennant's Aide	49
37	1934	Housewife	George Wilson	76
38	1934	Kansas City Princess	Alderman Sam Warren	45
39	1934	A Lost Lady	Robert	61
40	1934	Madame du Barry	Professor de la Vauguyon	48
41	1934	I Sell Anything	Stooge	45
42	1934	The Firebird	Emile, Brandt's Valet	55
43	1934	The St. Louis Kid	Richardson	58
44	1934	I Am a Thief	Daudet	60
45	1935	Bordertown	Harry	59
46	1935	Wings in the Dark	Mac	64
47	1935	While the Patient Slept	Eustace Federie	64
48	1935	Don't Bet on Blondes	Philbert O. Slemp	50
49	1935	Broadway Gondolier	Music Critic Gilmore	54
50	1935	We're in the Money	Max	55
51	1935	Page Miss Glory	Joe Bonner	63
52	1935	I Live for Love	Townsend	48
53	1935	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Philostrate	65
54	1935	Dr. Socrates	Stevens	64
55	1935	Captain Blood	Dr. Bronson	72
56	1935	A Dream Comes True	Himself (uncredited)	55
57	1936	The Lady Consents	Mr. Yardley	58
58	1936	Wife vs. Secretary	Joe Farnsworth	68
59	1936	Colleen	Noggin	53
60	1936	The Golden Arrow	DeWolfe	61
61	1936	Two Against the World	Tippy Mantus	58
62	1936	Love Begins at Twenty	Jacob 'Jake' Buckley	60
63	1936	Stage Struck	Wayne	40
64	1936	Cain and Mabel	Milo	62
65	1936	Here Comes Carter	Mel Winter	50
66	1936	Love Letters of a Star	Chester Blodgett	0
67	1936	Three Smart Girls	Wilbur Lamb	64
68	1936	Sing Me a Love Song	Mr. Barton (uncredited)	0
69	1936	Mysterious Crossing	Ned J. Stebbins	0
70	1937	The Mighty Treve	Mr. Davis	60
71	1937	Girl Overboard	Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray	0
72	1937	The Great O'Malley	Reporter Pinky Holden	67
73	1937	Night Key	Petty Louie	62
74	1937	Reported Missing	'Ab' Steele	0
75	1937	Carnival Queen	Profesor Silva	0
76	1938	Cowboy from Brooklyn	Mr. "Pops" Jordan	40
77	1939	Idiot's Delight	Frueheim	61
78	1939	How to Sub-Let	Mr. Mustavas	35
79	1939	Never Say Die	Druggist	68
80	1939	The Adventures of Jane Arden	"Killer"	57
81	1939	Zenobia	Mr. Dover	46
82	1939	Rose of Washington Square	Whitey Boone	57
83	1939	Tell No Tales	Charlie Daggett	53
84	1939	Naughty But Nice	Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)	62
85	1939	Daughters Courageous	Tourist (uncredited)	62
86	1939	The House of Fear	Minor Role	65
87	1939	Career	Jim Bronson	0
88	1939	I Stole a Million	Jenkins's Assistant	60
89	1939	Chicken Wagon Family	Henri Fippany	0
90	1939	The Covered Trailer	E. L. Beamish	0
91	1939	That's Right – You're Wrong	Dwight Cook	57
92	1939	Reno	Abe Compass	60
93	1939	A Child Is Born	Mr. Herbert West	65
94	1939	See Your Doctor	Brother-in-Law	58
95	1939	Four Wives	Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)	51
96	1940	Home Movies	Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)	60
97	1940	The Ghost Comes Home	Ambrose Bundy	50
98	1940	Shooting High	Clem Perkle	80
99	1940	An Angel from Texas	Mr. Robelink	48
100	1940	You Can't Fool Your Wife	Potts	45
101	1940	Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!	Gimpy Darnell	0
102	1940	Stage to Chino	J. Horatio Boggs	48
103	1940	Hired Wife	William	68
104	1940	Public Deb No. 1	Mr. Schlitz	42
105	1940	Street of Memories	Mr. Foster	0
106	1940	Charter Pilot	Horace Sturgeon	60
107	1940	The Great Plane Robbery	Homer Pringle	0
108	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Barber Doyle	57
109	1941	I Wanted Wings	Mickey	51
110	1941	Horror Island	Professor Jasper Quinley	58
111	1941	Reaching for the Sun	Front Office Man	60
112	1941	Thieves Fall Out	David Tipton	55
113	1941	Down in San Diego	Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)	55
114	1941	Our Wife	Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)	57
115	1941	Railroadin'	George	0
116	1942	A Tragedy at Midnight	Charles Miller	40
117	1942	The Remarkable Andrew	Teller / Witness	82
118	1942	Land of the Open Range	Pinky Gardner	0
119	1942	My Favorite Spy	Jules	52
120	1942	Lady in a Jam	Reporter (uncredited)	55
121	1942	Jackass Mail	Gospel Jones	70
122	1942	The Magnificent Dope	Albert Gowdy	72
123	1942	Her Cardboard Lover	Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)	51
124	1942	Whistling in Dixie	Mr. Panky	50
125	1942	Stand by for Action	Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'	70
126	1943	The Human Comedy	Drunk at Bar (uncredited)	63
127	1943	Taxi, Mister	Police Fingerprint Man	43
128	1943	Pilot #5	Boat Owner	58
129	1943	The Man from Down Under	Boots	65
130	1943	The Kansan	Josh Hudkins	52
131	1943	Dangerous Blondes	Pop	60
132	1943	Sweet Rosie O'Grady	Clark	60
133	1943	A Scream in the Dark	Leo Stark	35
134	1943	Gildersleeve on Broadway	Homer	58
135	1943	What a Woman	Mailman (uncredited)	56
136	1944	Louisiana Hayride	Malcolm Cartwright	60
137	1944	San Diego I Love You	Mr. McGregor (uncredited)	63
138	1944	Kismet	Moolah	50
139	1944	Guest in the House	Mr. Blossom	45
140	1945	Roughly Speaking	The Teacher (uncredited)	68
141	1945	I'll Remember April	Joe Billings	40
142	1945	Don Juan Quilligan	Mr. Rostigaff	60
143	1946	Cinderella Jones	George	33
144	1946	The Spider Woman Strikes Back	Bill Stapleton	65
145	1946	The Hoodlum Saint	Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)	52
146	1946	Night and Day	Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)	57
147	1946	Black Angel	Jake	60
148	1946	Faithful in My Fashion	Mr. Wilson	63
149	1946	Margie	Mr. Angus MacDuff	69
150	1946	Little Iodine	Mr. Tremble	30
151	1947	Doctor Jim	Mayor	0
152	1947	Easy Come, Easy Go	Higgins	0
153	1947	Driftwood	Judge Beckett	61
154	1948	My Girl Tisa	Sigmund	0
155	1948	The Inside Story	Mr. Mason	65
156	1948	Best Man Wins	Amos	70
157	1948	Up in Central Park	Mayor Oakley	70
158	1949	A Letter to Three Wives	Mr. Manleigh	72
159	1950	Stella	Tim Gross	0
160	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data