Hobart Cavanaugh

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

139

Movies

165

Born: September 21, 1886 – April 27, 1950
From: Virginia City, Nevada, USA

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.

Works

165 films

Captain Blood

19357.2

Three Smart Girls

19366.5

A Lost Lady

19345.8

Night and Day

19466.1

Santa Fe Trail

19405.8

A Midsummer Night's Dream

19356.4

Wife vs. Secretary

19366.7

Hi, Nellie!

19346.7

A Letter to Three Wives

19497.2

Housewife

19347.3

Our Wife

19416.8

Gold Diggers of 1933

19337.2

I Live for Love

19355.7

The Devil's Mate

19338.0

Jimmy the Gent

19346.4

Black Angel

19466.1

Wonder Bar

19346.0

Zenobia

19395.0

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

19756.3

Driftwood

19476.8

Idiot's Delight

19396.1

The Human Comedy

19436.2

Convention City

19334.2

Picture Snatcher

19336.8

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

19436.5

Harold Teen

19346.5

Margie

19467.1

Kismet

19445.5

Rose of Washington Square

19396.7

Girl Overboard

19379.0

Sympathy

19294.0

My Woman

19334.2

The Honeymoon's Over

19398.0

Horror Island

19415.8

The Mayor of Hell

19337.0

Dr. Socrates

19356.6

Stand by for Action

19427.0

Don't Bet on Blondes

19355.8

Naughty but Nice

19396.8

Four Wives

19395.5

Daughters Courageous

19396.3

I Am a Thief

19346.2

Cain and Mabel

19366.4

The Ghost Comes Home

19405.7

Private Detective 62

19336.2

Bureau of Missing Persons

19335.7

A Child is Born

19397.1

The Kansan

19436.0

Bordertown

19355.9

You Can't Fool Your Wife

19405.5

The Lady Consents

19366.4

I Stole a Million

19398.0

Two Against the World

19366.2

Land of the Open Range

194210.0

My Girl Tisa

19489.0

The Great O'Malley

19377.0

Too Much Harmony

19337.0

Never Say Die

19397.3

Hired Wife

19406.8

A Modern Hero

19347.0

The Adventures of Jane Arden

19396.3

A Dream Comes True

19356.3

Night Key

19376.2

Her Cardboard Lover

19424.9

Love Letters of a Star

19369.0

Tell No Tales

19395.4

Cinderella Jones

19463.8

What a Woman

19436.3

Home Movies

19407.0

That's Right – You're Wrong

19396.3

That’s My Story

19378.0

Shooting High

19407.0

An Angel from Texas

19405.3

The Key

19344.9

The House of Fear

19397.7

Guest in the House

19444.9

We're in the Money

19355.9

State Fair

19336.3

Stage to Chino

19405.9

A Tragedy at Midnight

19425.2

Don Juan Quilligan

19457.0

Fashions of 1934

19346.6

The Man from Down Under

19437.7

Dark Hazard

19345.7

Jackass Mail

19427.5

The Remarkable Andrew

19427.4

Down in San Diego

19416.7

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

19466.8

Broadway Gondolier

19356.0

The Hoodlum Saint

19465.5

The Golden Arrow

19366.3

Page Miss Glory

19356.7

I Wanted Wings

19415.6

Sing Me a Love Song

19369.0

Colleen

19365.8

I Sell Anything

19345.0

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

19409.0

Thieves Fall Out

19416.0

Lady in a Jam

19425.6

Mandalay

19345.8

Havana Widows

19336.6

The Magnificent Dope

19427.3

San Diego I Love You

19446.8

I'll Remember April

19454.5

Whistling in Dixie

19426.2

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

19336.3

The Great Plane Robbery

19409.0

The Inside Story

19486.6

Charter Pilot

19408.0

The Wall Street Mystery

19316.2

The St. Louis Kid

19346.3

Public Deb No. 1

19404.9

Career

19398.0

Street of Memories

19408.0

Reaching for the Sun

19417.3

Easy to Love

19345.1

San Francisco Nights

192810.0

Roughly Speaking

19456.8

While the Patient Slept

19356.7

Now I'll Tell

19345.1

I've Got Your Number

19346.8

Mary Stevens, M.D.

19336.2

Stella

19509.0

Easy Come, Easy Go

19477.0

A Very Honorable Guy

19346.0

Dangerous Blondes

19436.3

Little Iodine

19464.7

The Covered Trailer

19397.0

Taxi, Mister

19434.2

Pilot #5

19436.0

Love Begins at Twenty

19366.3

Madame du Barry

19344.6

Kansas City Princess

19344.9

The Firebird

19346.4

Cowboy from Brooklyn

19387.0

Faithful in My Fashion

19467.0

Up in Central Park

19486.4

Mysterious Crossing

193610.0

My Favorite Spy

19425.7

Doctor Jim

19478.0

Wings in the Dark

19356.4

Best Man Wins

19487.0

See Your Doctor

19396.5

Goodbye Again

19334.9

Louisiana Hayride

19447.5

Railroadin'

1941

Reported Missing

193710.0

Headline Shooter

19336.3

A Scream in the Dark

19434.1

I Cover the Waterfront

19335.1

Here Comes Carter

19365.5

The Mighty Treve

19377.5

Moulin Rouge

19347.0

Gildersleeve on Broadway

19437.1

Merry Wives of Reno

19344.4

Reno

19396.7

From Headquarters

19336.1

No Marriage Ties

19334.9

Carnival Queen

19377.0

How to Sub-Let

19395.8

Stage Struck

19365.3

The Immortal Blacksmith

19448.0

Love in a Bungalow

193710.0

Chicken Wagon Family

193910.0

The Poor Fish

1930