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.
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | Stella | Tim Gross | 1950-07-20 |
Movie | A Letter to Three Wives | Mr. Manleigh | 1949-01-20 |
Movie | My Girl Tisa | Sigmund | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | The Inside Story | Mr. Mason | 1948-03-14 |
Movie | Up in Central Park | Mayor Oakley | 1948-07-09 |
Movie | Best Man Wins | Amos | 1948-05-06 |
Movie | Doctor Jim | Mayor | 1947-01-01 |
Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Higgins | 1947-03-07 |
Movie | Driftwood | Judge Beckett | 1947-09-15 |
Movie | The Spider Woman Strikes Back | Bill Stapleton | 1946-03-22 |
Movie | Cinderella Jones | George | 1946-03-09 |
Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
Movie | Black Angel | Jake | 1946-08-02 |
Movie | Little Iodine | Mr. Tremble | 1946-10-19 |
Movie | Margie | Mr. Angus MacDuff | 1946-10-15 |
Movie | Faithful in My Fashion | Mr. Wilson | 1946-08-21 |
Movie | I'll Remember April | Joe Billings | 1945-04-01 |
Movie | Roughly Speaking | The Teacher (uncredited) | 1945-01-31 |
Movie | Don Juan Quilligan | Mr. Rostigaff | 1945-06-01 |
Movie | San Diego I Love You | Mr. McGregor (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | Louisiana Hayride | Malcolm Cartwright | 1944-07-13 |
Movie | Kismet | Moolah | 1944-10-01 |
Movie | Guest in the House | Mr. Blossom | 1944-12-08 |
Movie | The Man from Down Under | Boots | 1943-08-04 |
Movie | Pilot #5 | Boat Owner | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | The Human Comedy | Drunk at Bar (uncredited) | 1943-03-02 |
Movie | The Kansan | Josh Hudkins | 1943-09-10 |
Movie | Taxi, Mister | Police Fingerprint Man | 1943-04-16 |
Movie | Dangerous Blondes | Pop | 1943-09-23 |
Movie | Gildersleeve on Broadway | Homer | 1943-10-28 |
Movie | A Scream in the Dark | Leo Stark | 1943-10-15 |
Movie | What a Woman | Mailman (uncredited) | 1943-12-29 |
Movie | Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Clark | 1943-10-01 |
Movie | My Favorite Spy | Jules | 1942-06-12 |
Movie | Land of the Open Range | Pinky Gardner | 1942-04-17 |
Movie | A Tragedy at Midnight | Charles Miller | 1942-02-02 |
Movie | Lady in a Jam | Reporter | 1942-06-19 |
Movie | The Remarkable Andrew | Teller / Witness | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | Stand by for Action | Carpenter's Mate 'Chips' | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | The Magnificent Dope | Albert Gowdy | 1942-07-01 |
Movie | Whistling in Dixie | Mr. Panky | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | Her Cardboard Lover | Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited) | 1942-07-16 |
Movie | Jackass Mail | Gospel Jones | 1942-07-01 |
Movie | I Wanted Wings | Mickey | 1941-03-26 |
Movie | Horror Island | Professor Jasper Quinley | 1941-03-28 |
Movie | Reaching for the Sun | Front Office Man | 1941-05-01 |
Movie | Our Wife | Shipboard Passenger (uncredited) | 1941-08-20 |
Movie | Down in San Diego | Telegraph Clerk (uncredited) | 1941-08-01 |
Movie | Thieves Fall Out | David Tipton | 1941-05-03 |
Movie | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Potts | 1940-05-21 |
Movie | An Angel from Texas | Mr. Robelink | 1940-04-27 |
Movie | The Ghost Comes Home | Ambrose Bundy | 1940-03-08 |
Movie | Home Movies | Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited) | 1940-02-17 |
Movie | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Gimpy Darnell | 1940-06-07 |
Movie | Shooting High | Clem Perkle | 1940-04-25 |
Movie | Stage to Chino | J. Horatio Boggs | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | Public Deb No. 1 | Mr. Schlitz | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | Charter Pilot | Horace Sturgeon | 1940-12-06 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Barber Doyle | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Hired Wife | William | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | Street of Memories | Mr. Foster | 1940-11-15 |
Movie | Tell No Tales | Charlie Daggett | 1939-06-12 |
Movie | Daughters Courageous | Tourist (uncredited) | 1939-06-23 |
Movie | Naughty But Nice | Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited) | 1939-06-23 |
Movie | Rose of Washington Square | Whitey Boone | 1939-05-05 |
Movie | How to Sub-Let | Mr. Mustavas | 1939-01-29 |
Movie | Idiot's Delight | Frueheim | 1939-01-27 |
Movie | The House of Fear | Minor Role | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | The Adventures of Jane Arden | "Killer" | 1939-03-18 |
Movie | Zenobia | Mr. Dover | 1939-04-21 |
Movie | Never Say Die | Druggist | 1939-03-08 |
Movie | See Your Doctor | Brother-in-Law | 1939-12-16 |
Movie | Four Wives | Mr. Jenkins (uncredited) | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | Career | Jim Bronson | 1939-07-07 |
Movie | Reno | Abe Compass | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | A Child Is Born | Mr. Herbert West | 1939-12-07 |
Movie | I Stole a Million | Jenkins's Assistant | 1939-08-01 |
Movie | That's Right – You're Wrong | Dwight Cook | 1939-11-24 |
Movie | Chicken Wagon Family | Henri Fippany | 1939-08-10 |
Movie | The Covered Trailer | E. L. Beamish | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Mr. "Pops" Jordan | 1938-07-09 |
Movie | Girl Overboard | Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray | 1937-02-01 |
Movie | The Great O'Malley | Reporter Pinky Holden | 1937-02-13 |
Movie | The Mighty Treve | Mr. Davis | 1937-01-17 |
Movie | Carnival Queen | Profesor Silva | 1937-10-02 |
Movie | Night Key | Petty Louie | 1937-04-18 |
Movie | Reported Missing | 'Ab' Steele | 1937-08-15 |
Movie | Two Against the World | Tippy Mantus | 1936-07-11 |
Movie | Love Begins at Twenty | Jacob 'Jake' Buckley | 1936-08-22 |
Movie | Colleen | Noggin | 1936-03-21 |
Movie | The Lady Consents | Mr. Yardley | 1936-02-07 |
Movie | Stage Struck | Wayne | 1936-09-12 |
Movie | Wife vs. Secretary | Joe Farnsworth | 1936-02-28 |
Movie | The Golden Arrow | DeWolfe | 1936-05-23 |
Movie | Three Smart Girls | Wilbur Lamb | 1936-12-20 |
Movie | Cain and Mabel | Milo | 1936-09-26 |
Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Chester Blodgett | 1936-11-08 |
Movie | Sing Me a Love Song | Mr. Barton (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
Movie | Mysterious Crossing | Ned J. Stebbins | 1936-12-27 |
Movie | Here Comes Carter | Mel Winter | 1936-10-24 |
Movie | Broadway Gondolier | Music Critic Gilmore | 1935-07-27 |
Movie | While the Patient Slept | Eustace Federie | 1935-03-09 |
Movie | Wings in the Dark | Mac | 1935-02-01 |
Movie | We're in the Money | Max | 1935-08-17 |
Movie | Bordertown | Harry | 1935-01-23 |
Movie | Don't Bet on Blondes | Philbert O. Slemp | 1935-07-13 |
Movie | Captain Blood | Dr. Bronson | 1935-12-26 |
Movie | Page Miss Glory | Joe Bonner | 1935-09-07 |
Movie | Dr. Socrates | Stevens | 1935-10-19 |
Movie | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
Movie | I Live for Love | Townsend | 1935-09-28 |
Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Philostrate | 1935-10-09 |
Movie | I've Got Your Number | Happy Dooley | 1934-02-24 |
Movie | Jimmy the Gent | Fake Worthingham | 1934-03-09 |
Movie | Wonder Bar | Drunk (uncredited) | 1934-03-31 |
Movie | Fashions of 1934 | Inventor on Ship (uncredited) | 1934-02-14 |
Movie | Harold Teen | Pop | 1934-04-07 |
Movie | Easy to Love | Hotel desk clerk | 1934-01-13 |
Movie | Moulin Rouge | Drunk | 1934-01-10 |
Movie | Merry Wives of Reno | Derwent | 1934-04-18 |
Movie | Hi, Nellie! | Fullerton | 1934-01-20 |
Movie | Dark Hazard | George Mayhew | 1934-01-31 |
Movie | Mandalay | Purser (uncredited) | 1934-02-10 |
Movie | The St. Louis Kid | Richardson | 1934-11-10 |
Movie | Madame du Barry | Professor de la Vauguyon | 1934-10-13 |
Movie | I Sell Anything | Stooge | 1934-10-20 |
Movie | I Am a Thief | Daudet | 1934-11-24 |
Movie | A Very Honorable Guy | Benny | 1934-04-18 |
Movie | A Lost Lady | Robert | 1934-09-29 |
Movie | The Firebird | Emile, Brandt's Valet | 1934-11-03 |
Movie | Now I'll Tell | Freddie Stanton | 1934-06-07 |
Movie | A Modern Hero | Henry Mueller | 1934-04-21 |
Movie | The Key | Homer, Tennant's Aide | 1934-06-09 |
Movie | Kansas City Princess | Alderman Sam Warren | 1934-09-14 |
Movie | Housewife | George Wilson | 1934-08-11 |
Movie | The Mayor of Hell | Mr. Gorman | 1933-06-24 |
Movie | Headline Shooter | Happy | 1933-07-28 |
Movie | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Alf Simmons | 1933-07-22 |
Movie | Picture Snatcher | James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited) | 1933-05-06 |
Movie | No Marriage Ties | Smith | 1933-08-11 |
Movie | State Fair | Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited) | 1933-02-10 |
Movie | I Cover the Waterfront | One Punch McCoy | 1933-05-19 |
Movie | Private Detective 62 | Harcourt S. Burns | 1933-06-10 |
Movie | My Woman | Mr. Miller | 1933-10-04 |
Movie | The Devil's Mate | Parkhurst | 1933-08-20 |
Movie | Havana Widows | Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance | 1933-11-18 |
Movie | Convention City | Wendell Orchard | 1933-12-14 |
Movie | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Peanuts Dinwiddie | 1933-11-02 |
Movie | From Headquarters | Muggs Manton | 1933-11-16 |
Movie | Goodbye Again | Mr. Clayton | 1933-09-09 |
Movie | Bureau of Missing Persons | Mr. Harris (uncredited) | 1933-09-16 |
Movie | Too Much Harmony | Piano Tuner | 1933-09-23 |
Movie | The Wall Street Mystery | Martin Hill | 1931-11-04 |
Movie | The Poor Fish | Harry | 1930-06-07 |
Movie | Sympathy | William Maxwell | 1929-08-29 |
Movie | San Francisco Nights | Tommie | 1928-05-01 |