Joseph Cawthorn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1868-03-27 (81 years old)

Deathday

1949-01-21

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Joseph Cawthorn

Biography

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 18...

Acting

1933

Blondie Johnson

as Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)

1942

The Postman Didn't Ring

as Silas Harwood

1930

Dixiana

as Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father

1932

Love Me Tonight

as Dr. Armand de Fontinac

1932

White Zombie

as Dr. Bruner

1936

The Great Ziegfeld

as Dr. Ziegfeld

1934

Sweet Adeline

as Oscar Schmidt

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Herr 'Schumie' Schuman

1933

Best of Enemies

as Gus Schneider

1931

Peach-o-Reno

as Joe Bruno

1931

Kiki

as Alfred Rapp

1934

Young and Beautiful

as Herman Cline

1927

Silk Legs

as Ezra Fulton

1934

The Last Gentleman

as Dr. Wilson

1935

Sweet Music

as Sidney Selzer

1936

One Rainy Afternoon

as Monique's Father

1935

Harmony Lane

as Professor Henry Kleber

1936

Brides Are Like That

as Fred Schultz

1934

Housewife

as Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)

1936

Hot Money

as Max Dourfuss

1933

1929

Dance Hall

as Bremmer

1931

1932

They Call It Sin

as Mr. Hollister

1940

Scatterbrain

as Nicholas Raptis

1928

Hold 'Em Yale

as Professor George Bradbury

1929

Jazz Heaven

as Herman Kemple

1934

Twenty Million Sweethearts

as Herbert Brokman

1934

Lazy River

as Mr. Julius Ambrose

1933

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Mr. Freischutz

1935

Maybe It's Love

as Adolph Sr.

1929

Street Girl

as Keppel - Cafe Owner

1935

Smart Girl

as Karl Krausemeyer

1934

Music in the Air

as Hans Uppman

1936

Freshman Love

as Wilson, Sr.

1940

Lillian Russell

as Leopold Damrosch

1935

Bright Lights

as Oscar Schlemmer

1932

Men Are Such Fools

as Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)

1941

So Ends Our Night

as Leopold Potzloch

1931

1936

Crime Over London

as Mr. Sherwood / Reilly

1927

Very Confidential

as Donald Allen

1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

as August Schultz

1929

Speakeasy

as Yokel

1933

Grand Slam

as Alex Alexandrovitch

1934

The Human Side

as Fritz Speigal

1927

Two Girls Wanted

as Philip Hancock

1933

Made on Broadway

as Maxie Schultz

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