Hobart Cavanaugh

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-09-21 (64 years old)

Deathday

1950-04-27

Place of Birth

Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Hobart Cavanaugh

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...

Acting

1933

Picture Snatcher

as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Barber Doyle

1948

My Girl Tisa

as Sigmund

1946

1939

The Covered Trailer

as E. L. Beamish

1940

Home Movies

as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)

1933

I Cover the Waterfront

as One Punch McCoy

1937

Night Key

as Petty Louie

1944

Kismet

as Moolah

1939

1949

1936

Three Smart Girls

as Wilbur Lamb

1936

Wife vs. Secretary

as Joe Farnsworth

1935

Captain Blood

as Dr. Bronson

1934

Fashions of 1934

as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)

1943

The Human Comedy

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

1943

The Kansan

as Josh Hudkins

1933

Private Detective 62

as Harcourt S. Burns

1935

1934

Jimmy the Gent

as Fake Worthingham

1934

The Key

as Homer, Tennant's Aide

1942

Whistling in Dixie

as Mr. Panky

1935

Don't Bet on Blondes

as Philbert O. Slemp

1934

1941

Our Wife

as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)

1937

The Great O'Malley

as Reporter Pinky Holden

1934

1942

Jackass Mail

as Gospel Jones

1947

Driftwood

as Judge Beckett

1934

Dark Hazard

as George Mayhew

1936

Sing Me a Love Song

as Mr. Barton (uncredited)

1936

Colleen

as Noggin

1946

Margie

as Mr. Angus MacDuff

1934

Wonder Bar

as Drunk (uncredited)

1934

Now I'll Tell

as Freddie Stanton

1943

Pilot #5

as Boat Owner

1943

1934

I Am a Thief

as Daudet

1942

A Tragedy at Midnight

as Charles Miller

1936

1934

Easy to Love

as Hotel desk clerk

1933

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Peanuts Dinwiddie

1934

Housewife

as George Wilson

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Joe Bonner

1933

From Headquarters

as Muggs Manton

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

as Alf Simmons

1936

Here Comes Carter

as Mel Winter

1935

I Live for Love

as Townsend

1936

Stage Struck

as Wayne

1934

A Lost Lady

as Robert

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Stevens

1933

Goodbye Again

as Mr. Clayton

1948

Up in Central Park

as Mayor Oakley

1945

I'll Remember April

as Joe Billings

1946

1933

Havana Widows

as Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance

1947

1934

Madame du Barry

as Professor de la Vauguyon

1934

I've Got Your Number

as Happy Dooley

1933

Convention City

as Wendell Orchard

1939

Reno

as Abe Compass

1934

1934

Kansas City Princess

as Alderman Sam Warren

1933

State Fair

as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)

1940

Shooting High

as Clem Perkle

1936

The Lady Consents

as Mr. Yardley

1944

Louisiana Hayride

as Malcolm Cartwright

1940

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!

as Gimpy Darnell

1934

The Firebird

as Emile, Brandt's Valet

1934

The St. Louis Kid

as Richardson

1939

A Child Is Born

as Mr. Herbert West

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Mr. "Pops" Jordan

1936

Mysterious Crossing

as Ned J. Stebbins

1936

Love Letters of a Star

as Chester Blodgett

1933

My Woman

as Mr. Miller

1939

Career

as Jim Bronson

1934

Moulin Rouge

as Drunk

1937

Reported Missing

as 'Ab' Steele

1931

1946

1939

Zenobia

as Mr. Dover

1939

Tell No Tales

as Charlie Daggett

1933

Too Much Harmony

as Piano Tuner

1945

Roughly Speaking

as The Teacher (uncredited)

1935

Broadway Gondolier

as Music Critic Gilmore

1934

Hi, Nellie!

as Fullerton

1939

Naughty But Nice

as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)

1940

Hired Wife

as William

1946

1935

While the Patient Slept

as Eustace Federie

1939

Idiot's Delight

as Frueheim

1942

Land of the Open Range

as Pinky Gardner

1939

Never Say Die

as Druggist

1939

Daughters Courageous

as Tourist (uncredited)

1939

The House of Fear

as Minor Role

1939

Chicken Wagon Family

as Henri Fippany

1939

Four Wives

as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)

1941

Thieves Fall Out

as David Tipton

1941

Horror Island

as Professor Jasper Quinley

1933

1935

Bordertown

as Harry

1936

1942

Lady in a Jam

as Reporter (uncredited)

1934

A Modern Hero

as Henry Mueller

1943

Taxi, Mister

as Police Fingerprint Man

1937

Carnival Queen

as Profesor Silva

1940

Charter Pilot

as Horace Sturgeon

1940

Street of Memories

as Mr. Foster

1933

The Devil's Mate

as Parkhurst

1936

Two Against the World

as Tippy Mantus

1940

An Angel from Texas

as Mr. Robelink

1948

1936

Love Begins at Twenty

as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)

1950

Stella

as Tim Gross

1944

San Diego I Love You

as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)

1943

What a Woman

as Mailman (uncredited)

1934

Mandalay

as Purser (uncredited)

1942

Her Cardboard Lover

as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1929

Sympathy

as William Maxwell

1941

Down in San Diego

as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)

1930

1933

1945

Don Juan Quilligan

as Mr. Rostigaff

1933

The Mayor of Hell

as Mr. Gorman

1939

How to Sub-Let

as Mr. Mustavas

1939

I Stole a Million

as Jenkins's Assistant

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

as Teller / Witness

1946

Little Iodine

as Mr. Tremble

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1942

1933

Bureau of Missing Persons

as Mr. Harris (uncredited)

1940

Public Deb No. 1

as Mr. Schlitz

1937

Girl Overboard

as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray

1948

The Inside Story

as Mr. Mason

1947

Doctor Jim

as Mayor

1940

Stage to Chino

as J. Horatio Boggs

1939

See Your Doctor

as Brother-in-Law

1941

Reaching for the Sun

as Front Office Man

1937

The Mighty Treve

as Mr. Davis

1944

Guest in the House

as Mr. Blossom

1940

The Great Plane Robbery

as Homer Pringle

1940

The Ghost Comes Home

as Ambrose Bundy

1942

The Magnificent Dope

as Albert Gowdy

1942

Stand by for Action

as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'

1941

1941

Railroadin'

as George

1946

Night and Day

as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)

1937

Love in a Bungalow

as Mr. Kester

1944

The Immortal Blacksmith

as Oliver Davenport

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