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Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-09-21 (138 years old)

Place of Birth

Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Hobart Cavanaugh

Biography:

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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.

Known For

Acting

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)

1950

Stella as Tim Gross

1949

A Letter to Three Wives as Mr. Manleigh

1948

My Girl Tisa as Sigmund
Up in Central Park as Mayor Oakley
The Inside Story as Mr. Mason

1947

Driftwood as Judge Beckett
Doctor Jim as Mayor

1946

Black Angel as Jake
Margie as Mr. Angus MacDuff
The Hoodlum Saint as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
Little Iodine as Mr. Tremble
Night and Day as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)

1945

I'll Remember April as Joe Billings
Roughly Speaking as The Teacher (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan as Mr. Rostigaff

1944

Kismet as Moolah
Louisiana Hayride as Malcolm Cartwright
San Diego I Love You as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
Guest in the House as Mr. Blossom

1943

The Human Comedy as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
The Kansan as Josh Hudkins
Pilot #5 as Boat Owner
Taxi, Mister as Police Fingerprint Man
What a Woman as Mailman (uncredited)

1942

Whistling in Dixie as Mr. Panky
Jackass Mail as Gospel Jones
A Tragedy at Midnight as Charles Miller
Land of the Open Range as Pinky Gardner
Lady in a Jam as Reporter (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew as Teller / Witness
The Magnificent Dope as Albert Gowdy
Stand by for Action as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'

1941

Our Wife as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
Thieves Fall Out as David Tipton
Horror Island as Professor Jasper Quinley
Down in San Diego as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Reaching for the Sun as Front Office Man
I Wanted Wings as Mickey
Railroadin' as George

1940

Santa Fe Trail as Barber Doyle
Home Movies as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
Shooting High as Clem Perkle
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Gimpy Darnell
Hired Wife as William
Charter Pilot as Horace Sturgeon
Street of Memories as Mr. Foster
An Angel from Texas as Mr. Robelink
Public Deb No. 1 as Mr. Schlitz
Stage to Chino as J. Horatio Boggs
The Great Plane Robbery as Homer Pringle
The Ghost Comes Home as Ambrose Bundy

1939

The Covered Trailer as E. L. Beamish
Reno as Abe Compass
A Child Is Born as Mr. Herbert West
Career as Jim Bronson
Zenobia as Mr. Dover
Tell No Tales as Charlie Daggett
Naughty But Nice as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight as Frueheim
Never Say Die as Druggist
Daughters Courageous as Tourist (uncredited)
The House of Fear as Minor Role
Chicken Wagon Family as Henri Fippany
Four Wives as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
How to Sub-Let as Mr. Mustavas
I Stole a Million as Jenkins's Assistant
See Your Doctor as Brother-in-Law

1938

Cowboy from Brooklyn as Mr. "Pops" Jordan

1937

Night Key as Petty Louie
The Great O'Malley as Reporter Pinky Holden
Reported Missing as 'Ab' Steele
Carnival Queen as Profesor Silva
Girl Overboard as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
The Mighty Treve as Mr. Davis

1936

Three Smart Girls as Wilbur Lamb
Wife vs. Secretary as Joe Farnsworth
Sing Me a Love Song as Mr. Barton (uncredited)
Colleen as Noggin
Here Comes Carter as Mel Winter
Stage Struck as Wayne
The Lady Consents as Mr. Yardley
Mysterious Crossing as Ned J. Stebbins
Love Letters of a Star as Chester Blodgett
The Golden Arrow as DeWolfe
Two Against the World as Tippy Mantus
Love Begins at Twenty as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley

1935

Captain Blood as Dr. Bronson
Don't Bet on Blondes as Philbert O. Slemp
Page Miss Glory as Joe Bonner
I Live for Love as Townsend
Dr. Socrates as Stevens
Broadway Gondolier as Music Critic Gilmore
While the Patient Slept as Eustace Federie
Bordertown as Harry
A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)

1934

Fashions of 1934 as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent as Fake Worthingham
The Key as Homer, Tennant's Aide
Dark Hazard as George Mayhew
Wonder Bar as Drunk (uncredited)
Now I'll Tell as Freddie Stanton
I Am a Thief as Daudet
Easy to Love as Hotel desk clerk
Housewife as George Wilson
A Lost Lady as Robert
Madame du Barry as Professor de la Vauguyon
I've Got Your Number as Happy Dooley
I Sell Anything as Stooge
Kansas City Princess as Alderman Sam Warren
The Firebird as Emile, Brandt's Valet
The St. Louis Kid as Richardson
Moulin Rouge as Drunk
Hi, Nellie! as Fullerton
A Modern Hero as Henry Mueller
Mandalay as Purser (uncredited)

1933

Picture Snatcher as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront as One Punch McCoy
Private Detective 62 as Harcourt S. Burns
Broadway Thru a Keyhole as Peanuts Dinwiddie
From Headquarters as Muggs Manton
Mary Stevens, M.D. as Alf Simmons
Goodbye Again as Mr. Clayton
Havana Widows as Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
Convention City as Wendell Orchard
State Fair as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
My Woman as Mr. Miller
Too Much Harmony as Piano Tuner
The Devil's Mate as Parkhurst
The Mayor of Hell as Mr. Gorman
Bureau of Missing Persons as Mr. Harris (uncredited)

1931

1930

The Poor Fish as Harry

1929

Sympathy as William Maxwell

1928