Biography
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.
Acted in 159
1950s
- 1950
Stella
Tim Gross
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
Up in Central Park
Mayor Oakley
Best Man Wins
Amos
The Inside Story
Mr. Mason
My Girl Tisa
Sigmund
- 1947
Driftwood
Judge Beckett
Easy Come, Easy Go
Higgins
- 1946
Little Iodine
Mr. Tremble
Margie
Mr. Angus MacDuff
The Hoodlum Saint
Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Bill Stapleton
Cinderella Jones
George
- 1945
Don Juan Quilligan
Mr. Rostigaff
I'll Remember April
Joe Billings
Roughly Speaking
The Teacher (uncredited)
- 1944
Guest in the House
Mr. Blossom
San Diego I Love You
Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
Louisiana Hayride
Malcolm Cartwright
The Immortal Blacksmith
Oliver Davenport
- 1943
What a Woman
Mailman (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Homer
A Scream in the Dark
Leo Stark
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Clark
Dangerous Blondes
Pop
The Man from Down Under
Boots
Pilot #5
Boat Owner
Taxi, Mister
Police Fingerprint Man
The Human Comedy
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
- 1942
Whistling in Dixie
Mr. Panky
Stand by for Action
Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Her Cardboard Lover
Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Jackass Mail
Gospel Jones
The Magnificent Dope
Albert Gowdy
Lady in a Jam
Reporter (uncredited)
Land of the Open Range
Pinky Gardner
The Remarkable Andrew
Teller / Witness
A Tragedy at Midnight
Charles Miller
- 1941
Down in San Diego
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Thieves Fall Out
David Tipton
Reaching for the Sun
Front Office Man
Horror Island
Professor Jasper Quinley
I Wanted Wings
Mickey
- 1940
The Great Plane Robbery
Homer Pringle
Charter Pilot
Horace Sturgeon
Hired Wife
William
Public Deb No. 1
Mr. Schlitz
Stage to Chino
J. Horatio Boggs
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Gimpy Darnell
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Potts
An Angel from Texas
Mr. Robelink
Shooting High
Clem Perkle
The Ghost Comes Home
Ambrose Bundy
Home Movies
Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
Four Wives
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
See Your Doctor
Brother-in-Law
The Honeymoon's Over
Avery Butterfield
A Child is Born
Mr. Herbert West
Reno
Abe Compass
That's Right – You're Wrong
Dwight Cook
The Covered Trailer
E. L. Beamish
Chicken Wagon Family
Henri Fippany
I Stole a Million
Jenkins's Assistant
Career
Jim Bronson
The House of Fear
Minor Role
Naughty but Nice
Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Daughters Courageous
Tourist (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Charlie Daggett
Rose of Washington Square
Whitey Boone
The Adventures of Jane Arden
"Killer"
Never Say Die
Druggist
How to Sub-Let
Mr. Mustavas
Idiot's Delight
Frueheim
- 1938
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mr. "Pops" Jordan
- 1937
That’s My Story
Sheriff Otis
Reported Missing
'Ab' Steele
Love in a Bungalow
Mr. Kester
Night Key
Petty Louie
The Great O'Malley
Reporter Pinky Holden
Girl Overboard
Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
The Mighty Treve
Mr. Davis
- 1936
Mysterious Crossing
Ned J. Stebbins
Sing Me a Love Song
Mr. Barton (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls
Wilbur Lamb
Love Letters of a Star
Chester Blodgett
Here Comes Carter
Mel Winter
Cain and Mabel
Milo
Stage Struck
Wayne
Love Begins at Twenty
Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
Two Against the World
Tippy Mantus
The Golden Arrow
DeWolfe
Colleen
Noggin
The Lady Consents
Mr. Yardley
- 1935
Captain Blood
Dr. Bronson
Dr. Socrates
Stevens
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Philostrate
I Live for Love
Townsend
Page Miss Glory
Joe Bonner
We're in the Money
Max
Broadway Gondolier
Music Critic Gilmore
Don't Bet on Blondes
Philbert O. Slemp
While the Patient Slept
Eustace Federie
Wings in the Dark
Mac
Bordertown
Harry
- 1934
I Am a Thief
Daudet
The Firebird
Emile, Brandt's Valet
I Sell Anything
Stooge
Madame du Barry
Professor de la Vauguyon
Kansas City Princess
Alderman Sam Warren
The Key
Homer, Tennant's Aide
Now I'll Tell
Freddie Stanton
A Modern Hero
Henry Mueller
Merry Wives of Reno
Derwent
A Very Honorable Guy
Benny
Harold Teen
Pop
Jimmy the Gent
Fake Worthingham
I've Got Your Number
Happy Dooley
Fashions of 1934
Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
Mandalay
Purser (uncredited)
Dark Hazard
George Mayhew
Hi, Nellie!
Fullerton
Easy to Love
Hotel Desk Clerk
Moulin Rouge
Drunk
- 1933
Convention City
Wendell Orchard
Havana Widows
Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
From Headquarters
Muggs Manton
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Peanuts Dinwiddie
My Woman
Mr. Miller
Too Much Harmony
Piano Tuner
Bureau of Missing Persons
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Goodbye Again
Mr. Clayton
The Devil's Mate
Parkhurst
No Marriage Ties
Smith
Headline Shooter
Happy
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Alf Simmons
Picture Snatcher
James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
State Fair
Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
- 1931
The Wall Street Mystery
Martin Hill
- 1930
The Poor Fish
Harry
1920s
- 1929
Sympathy
William Maxwell
- 1928
San Francisco Nights
Tommie
Appearances3
1970s
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1950s
- 1955
1930s
- 1935
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)