Hobart Cavanaugh
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.
166 acting credits
Acting · 166
MGM Parade
1955
Night and Day
1946
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Captain Blood
1935
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Margie
1946
Black Angel
1946
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
The Mighty Treve
1937
Moulin Rouge
1934
My Woman
1933
My Favorite Spy
1942
Private Detective 62
1933
Idiot's Delight
1939
Driftwood
1947
Hi, Nellie!
1934
Zenobia
1939
Dangerous Blondes
1943
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Night Key
1937
Housewife
1934
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
The Key
1934
Dr. Socrates
1935
Shooting High
1940
Jimmy the Gent
1934
Wonder Bar
1934
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Career
1939
Pilot #5
1943
Four Wives
1939
The St. Louis Kid
1934
My Girl Tisa
1948
Stella
1950
Stand by for Action
1942
Horror Island
1941
Street of Memories
1940
Kismet
1944
The Human Comedy
1943
Naughty But Nice
1939
Fashions of 1934
1934
The Mayor of Hell
1933
San Diego I Love You
1944
State Fair
1933
Daughters Courageous
1939
The Magnificent Dope
1942
Now I'll Tell
1934
Lady in a Jam
1942
Guest in the House
1944
Our Wife
1941
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Bordertown
1935
Mysterious Crossing
1936
I Wanted Wings
1941
Madame du Barry
1934
The Inside Story
1948
I Sell Anything
1934
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
An Angel from Texas
1940
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
The Lady Consents
1936
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
Reno
1939
A Lost Lady
1934
Down in San Diego
1941
A Dream Comes True
1935
Never Say Die
1939
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Havana Widows
1933
Headline Shooter
1933
Dark Hazard
1934
We're in the Money
1935
Colleen
1936
Page Miss Glory
1935
Charter Pilot
1940
Little Iodine
1946
The Firebird
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
From Headquarters
1933
Roughly Speaking
1945
Convention City
1933
Whistling in Dixie
1942
Reaching for the Sun
1941
Cain and Mabel
1936
Three Smart Girls
1936
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
The Kansan
1943
Harold Teen
1934
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
The Devil's Mate
1933
No Marriage Ties
1933
The Man from Down Under
1943
A Child is Born
1939
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
Too Much Harmony
1933
Picture Snatcher
1933
I Stole a Million
1939
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
Taxi, Mister
1943
Tell No Tales
1939
The Golden Arrow
1936
Mandalay
1934
While the Patient Slept
1935
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
I Live for Love
1935
Stage Struck
1936
Best Man Wins
1948
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
I Am a Thief
1934
Jackass Mail
1942
Stage to Chino
1940
A Modern Hero
1934
Wings in the Dark
1935
Goodbye Again
1933
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
Hired Wife
1940
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
The House of Fear
1939
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
What a Woman
1943
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Kansas City Princess
1934
Broadway Gondolier
1935
The Great O'Malley
1937
Doctor Jim
1947
I'll Remember April
1945
Easy to Love
1934
Love Letters of a Star
1936
Thieves Fall Out
1941
Carnival Queen
1937
A Scream in the Dark
1943
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
The Great Plane Robbery
1940
Up in Central Park
1948
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
The Covered Trailer
1939
Girl Overboard
1937
Cinderella Jones
1946
I've Got Your Number
1934
That’s My Story
1937
Here Comes Carter
1936
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
Reported Missing
1937
Love in a Bungalow
1937
Two Against the World
1936
San Francisco Nights
1928
Land of the Open Range
1942
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
Louisiana Hayride
1944
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
The Poor Fish
1930
See Your Doctor
1939
Sympathy
1929
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944
Home Movies
1940
The Wall Street Mystery
1931
How to Sub-Let
1939
Railroadin'
1941