Hobart Cavanaugh
Acting
Born September 21, 1886 · Virginia City, Nevada, USA
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.
Films (163)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Stella
1950
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
Up in Central Park
1948
Best Man Wins
1948
The Inside Story
1948
My Girl Tisa
1948
Driftwood
1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
Doctor Jim
1947
Little Iodine
1946
Margie
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
Black Angel
1946
Night and Day
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946
Cinderella Jones
1946
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
I'll Remember April
1945
Roughly Speaking
1945
Guest in the House
1944
Kismet
1944
San Diego I Love You
1944
Louisiana Hayride
1944
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944
What a Woman
1943
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
A Scream in the Dark
1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Dangerous Blondes
1943
The Kansan
1943
The Man from Down Under
1943
Pilot #5
1943
Taxi, Mister
1943
The Human Comedy
1943
Whistling in Dixie
1942
Stand by for Action
1942
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
Jackass Mail
1942
The Magnificent Dope
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
My Favorite Spy
1942
Land of the Open Range
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Railroadin'
1941
Our Wife
1941
Down in San Diego
1941
Thieves Fall Out
1941
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Horror Island
1941
I Wanted Wings
1941
Santa Fe Trail
1940
The Great Plane Robbery
1940
Charter Pilot
1940
Street of Memories
1940
Hired Wife
1940
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Stage to Chino
1940
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
An Angel from Texas
1940
Shooting High
1940
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
Home Movies
1940
Four Wives
1939
See Your Doctor
1939
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
A Child is Born
1939
Reno
1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
The Covered Trailer
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
I Stole a Million
1939
Career
1939
The House of Fear
1939
Naughty But Nice
1939
Daughters Courageous
1939
Tell No Tales
1939
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Zenobia
1939
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
Never Say Die
1939
How to Sub-Let
1939
Idiot's Delight
1939
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
Carnival Queen
1937
Reported Missing
1937
Love in a Bungalow
1937
Night Key
1937
The Great O'Malley
1937
Girl Overboard
1937
The Mighty Treve
1937
Mysterious Crossing
1936
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
Three Smart Girls
1936
Love Letters of a Star
1936
Here Comes Carter
1936
Cain and Mabel
1936
Stage Struck
1936
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
Two Against the World
1936
The Golden Arrow
1936
Colleen
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
The Lady Consents
1936
A Dream Comes True
1935
Captain Blood
1935
Dr. Socrates
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
I Live for Love
1935
Page Miss Glory
1935
We're in the Money
1935
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
While the Patient Slept
1935
Wings in the Dark
1935
Bordertown
1935
I Am a Thief
1934
The St. Louis Kid
1934
The Firebird
1934
I Sell Anything
1934
Madame du Barry
1934
A Lost Lady
1934
Kansas City Princess
1934
Housewife
1934
The Key
1934
Now I'll Tell
1934
A Modern Hero
1934
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
Harold Teen
1934
Wonder Bar
1934
Jimmy the Gent
1934
I've Got Your Number
1934
Fashions of 1934
1934
Mandalay
1934
Dark Hazard
1934
Hi, Nellie!
1934
Easy to Love
1934
Moulin Rouge
1934
Convention City
1933
Havana Widows
1933
From Headquarters
1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
My Woman
1933
Too Much Harmony
1933
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Goodbye Again
1933
The Devil's Mate
1933
No Marriage Ties
1933
Headline Shooter
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
The Mayor of Hell
1933
Private Detective 62
1933
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
Picture Snatcher
1933
State Fair
1933
The Wall Street Mystery
1931
The Poor Fish
1930
Sympathy
1929
San Francisco Nights
1928