Hobart Cavanaugh

Known For: Acting
Born: September 21, 1886
Place of Birth: Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Died: April 27, 1950

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 (…

Filmography

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

MGM Parade

1955 · Self

Stella

1950 · Tim Gross

A Letter to Three Wives

1949 · Mr. Manleigh

Up in Central Park

1948 · Mayor Oakley

Best Man Wins

1948 · Amos

The Inside Story

1948 · Mr. Mason

My Girl Tisa

1948 · Sigmund

Driftwood

1947 · Judge Beckett

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947 · Higgins

Doctor Jim

1947 · Mayor

Little Iodine

1946 · Mr. Tremble

Margie

1946 · Mr. Angus MacDuff

Faithful in My Fashion

1946 · Mr. Wilson

Black Angel

1946 · Jake

Night and Day

1946 · Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

1946 · Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

1946 · Bill Stapleton

Cinderella Jones

1946 · George

Don Juan Quilligan

1945 · Mr. Rostigaff

I'll Remember April

1945 · Joe Billings

Roughly Speaking

1945 · The Teacher (uncredited)

Guest in the House

1944 · Mr. Blossom

Kismet

1944 · Moolah

San Diego I Love You

1944 · Mr. McGregor (uncredited)

Louisiana Hayride

1944 · Malcolm Cartwright

The Immortal Blacksmith

1944 · Oliver Davenport

What a Woman

1943 · Mailman (uncredited)

Gildersleeve on Broadway

1943 · Homer

A Scream in the Dark

1943 · Leo Stark

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

1943 · Clark

Dangerous Blondes

1943 · Pop

The Kansan

1943 · Josh Hudkins

The Man from Down Under

1943 · Boots

Pilot #5

1943 · Boat Owner

Taxi, Mister

1943 · Police Fingerprint Man

The Human Comedy

1943 · Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

Whistling in Dixie

1942 · Mr. Panky

Stand by for Action

1942 · Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'

Her Cardboard Lover

1942 · Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Jackass Mail

1942 · Gospel Jones

The Magnificent Dope

1942 · Albert Gowdy

Lady in a Jam

1942 · Reporter (uncredited)

My Favorite Spy

1942 · Jules

Land of the Open Range

1942 · Pinky Gardner

The Remarkable Andrew

1942 · Teller / Witness

A Tragedy at Midnight

1942 · Charles Miller

Railroadin'

1941 · George

Our Wife

1941 · Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)

Down in San Diego

1941 · Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

Thieves Fall Out

1941 · David Tipton

Reaching for the Sun

1941 · Front Office Man

Horror Island

1941 · Professor Jasper Quinley

I Wanted Wings

1941 · Mickey

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · Barber Doyle

The Great Plane Robbery

1940 · Homer Pringle

Charter Pilot

1940 · Horace Sturgeon

Street of Memories

Street of Memories

1940 · Mr. Foster

Hired Wife

1940 · William

Public Deb No. 1

1940 · Mr. Schlitz

Stage to Chino

1940 · J. Horatio Boggs

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

1940 · Gimpy Darnell

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940 · Potts

An Angel from Texas

1940 · Mr. Robelink

Shooting High

1940 · Clem Perkle

The Ghost Comes Home

1940 · Ambrose Bundy

Home Movies

1940 · Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)

Four Wives

1939 · Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)

See Your Doctor

1939 · Brother-in-Law

The Honeymoon's Over

1939 · Avery Butterfield

A Child is Born

1939 · Mr. Herbert West

Reno

1939 · Abe Compass

That's Right – You're Wrong

1939 · Dwight Cook

The Covered Trailer

1939 · E. L. Beamish

Chicken Wagon Family

1939 · Henri Fippany

I Stole a Million

1939 · Jenkins's Assistant

Career

1939 · Jim Bronson

The House of Fear

1939 · Minor Role

Naughty but Nice

1939 · Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Daughters Courageous

1939 · Tourist (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

1939 · Charlie Daggett

Rose of Washington Square

1939 · Whitey Boone

Zenobia

1939 · Mr. Dover

The Adventures of Jane Arden

1939 · "Killer"

Never Say Die

1939 · Druggist

How to Sub-Let

1939 · Mr. Mustavas

Idiot's Delight

1939 · Frueheim

Cowboy from Brooklyn

1938 · Mr. "Pops" Jordan

That’s My Story

1937 · Sheriff Otis

Carnival Queen

1937 · Profesor Silva

Reported Missing

1937 · 'Ab' Steele

Love in a Bungalow

Love in a Bungalow

1937 · Mr. Kester

Night Key

1937 · Petty Louie

The Great O'Malley

1937 · Reporter Pinky Holden

Girl Overboard

1937 · Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray

The Mighty Treve

1937 · Mr. Davis

Mysterious Crossing

1936 · Ned J. Stebbins

Sing Me a Love Song

1936 · Mr. Barton (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls

1936 · Wilbur Lamb

Love Letters of a Star

1936 · Chester Blodgett

Here Comes Carter

1936 · Mel Winter

Cain and Mabel

1936 · Milo

Stage Struck

1936 · Wayne

Love Begins at Twenty

1936 · Jacob 'Jake' Buckley

Two Against the World

1936 · Tippy Mantus

The Golden Arrow

1936 · DeWolfe

Colleen

1936 · Noggin

Wife vs. Secretary

1936 · Joe Farnsworth

The Lady Consents

1936 · Mr. Yardley

A Dream Comes True

1935 · Himself (uncredited)

Captain Blood

1935 · Dr. Bronson

Dr. Socrates

1935 · Stevens

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935 · Philostrate

I Live for Love

1935 · Townsend

Page Miss Glory

1935 · Joe Bonner

We're in the Money

1935 · Max

Broadway Gondolier

1935 · Music Critic Gilmore

Don't Bet on Blondes

1935 · Philbert O. Slemp

While the Patient Slept

1935 · Eustace Federie

Wings in the Dark

1935 · Mac

Bordertown

1935 · Harry

I Am a Thief

1934 · Daudet

The St. Louis Kid

1934 · Richardson

The Firebird

1934 · Emile, Brandt's Valet

I Sell Anything

1934 · Stooge

Madame du Barry

1934 · Professor de la Vauguyon

A Lost Lady

1934 · Robert

Kansas City Princess

1934 · Alderman Sam Warren

Housewife

1934 · George Wilson

The Key

1934 · Homer, Tennant's Aide

Now I'll Tell

1934 · Freddie Stanton

A Modern Hero

1934 · Henry Mueller

Merry Wives of Reno

1934 · Derwent

A Very Honorable Guy

1934 · Benny

Harold Teen

1934 · Pop

Wonder Bar

1934 · Drunk (uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent

1934 · Fake Worthingham

I've Got Your Number

1934 · Happy Dooley

Fashions of 1934

1934 · Inventor on Ship (uncredited)

Mandalay

1934 · Purser (uncredited)

Dark Hazard

1934 · George Mayhew

Hi, Nellie!

1934 · Fullerton

Easy to Love

1934 · Hotel Desk Clerk

Moulin Rouge

1934 · Drunk

Convention City

1933 · Wendell Orchard

Havana Widows

1933 · Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance

From Headquarters

1933 · Muggs Manton

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1933 · Peanuts Dinwiddie

My Woman

1933 · Mr. Miller

Too Much Harmony

1933 · Piano Tuner

Bureau of Missing Persons

1933 · Mr. Harris (uncredited)

Goodbye Again

1933 · Mr. Clayton

The Devil's Mate

1933 · Parkhurst

No Marriage Ties

1933 · Smith

Headline Shooter

1933 · Happy

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933 · Alf Simmons

The Mayor of Hell

1933 · Mr. Gorman

Private Detective 62

1933 · Harcourt S. Burns

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933 · Dog Salesman (uncredited)

I Cover the Waterfront

1933 · One Punch McCoy

Picture Snatcher

1933 · James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

State Fair

1933 · Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)

The Wall Street Mystery

1931 · Martin Hill

The Poor Fish

1930 · Harry

Sympathy

1929 · William Maxwell

San Francisco Nights

1928 · Tommie

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