- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 27, 1868
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- January 21, 1949
Joseph Cawthorn
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Cawthorn (March 29, 1868, New York City, New York – January 21, 1949, Beverly Hills, California) was an American stage and film comic actor. Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debuting at Robinson's Music Hall in his hometown of New York in 1872. He appeared in minstrel shows and vaudeville as a "Dutch" comic, employing a thick German dialect. He later worked in British music halls and American touring companies. Cawthorn made his Broadway debut in 1895, 1897 or 1898, and embarked on a long career lasting over two decades. His first success was playing Boris in Victor Herbert's 1898 operetta The Fortune Teller. Other notable Broadway roles included the title character in Mother Goose (1903) and inventor Dr. Pill in the fantasy musical Little Nemo (1908). In the latter, he was called upon to ad lib to buy time during one perfo…
Filmography
movieThe Postman Didn't Ring
1942 · Silas Harwood
movieSo Ends Our Night
1941 · Leopold Potzloch
movieScatterbrain
1940 · Nicholas Raptis
movieLillian Russell
1940 · Leopold Damrosch
movieCrime Over London
1936 · Mr. Sherwood / Reilly
movieHot Money
1936 · Max Dourfuss
movieOne Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Monique's Father
movieBrides Are Like That
1936 · Fred Schultz
movieThe Great Ziegfeld
1936 · Dr. Ziegfeld
movieFreshman Love
1936 · Wilson, Sr.
Beautiful Dreamer
movieBeautiful Dreamer
1935
movieHarmony Lane
1935 · Professor Henry Kleber
moviePage Miss Glory
1935 · Mr. Freischutz
movieBright Lights
1935 · Oscar Schlemmer
movieSmart Girl
1935 · Karl Krausemeyer
movieNaughty Marietta
1935 · Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
movieGold Diggers of 1935
1935 · August Schultz
movieSweet Music
1935 · Sidney Selzer
movieMaybe It's Love
1935 · Adolph Sr.
movieSweet Adeline
1934 · Oscar Schmidt
movieMusic in the Air
1934 · Hans Uppman
movieYoung and Beautiful
1934 · Herman Cline
movieThe Human Side
1934 · Fritz Speigal
movieHousewife
1934 · Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
movieTwenty Million Sweethearts
1934 · Herbert Brokman
movieThe Last Gentleman
1934 · Dr. Wilson
movieLazy River
1934 · Mr. Julius Ambrose
movieBroken Dreams
1933 · Pop
movieBest of Enemies
1933 · Gus Schneider
movieMade on Broadway
1933 · Maxie Schultz
movieBlondie Johnson
1933 · Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
movieGrand Slam
1933 · Alex Alexandrovitch
movieWhistling in the Dark
1933 · Barfuss
movieMen Are Such Fools
1932 · Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
movieThey Call It Sin
1932 · Mr. Hollister
movieLove Me Tonight
1932 · Dr. Armand de Fontinac
movieWhite Zombie
1932 · Dr. Bruner
moviePeach-o-Reno
1931 · Joe Bruno
movieThe Runaround
1931 · Lou
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1931 · Huber
movieKiki
1931 · Alfred Rapp
movieThe Princess and the Plumber
1930 · Merkl
movieDixiana
1930 · Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father
movieDance Hall
1929 · Bremmer
movieJazz Heaven
1929 · Herman Kemple
movieThe Taming of the Shrew
1929 · Gremio
movieStreet Girl
1929 · Keppel - Cafe Owner
movieSpeakeasy
1929 · Yokel
movieHold 'Em Yale
1928 · Professor George Bradbury
movieSilk Legs
1927 · Ezra Fulton
movieVery Confidential
1927 · Donald Allen
movieTwo Girls Wanted
1927 · Philip Hancock
movieThe Secret Studio
1927 · Pa Merton