Hobart Cavanaugh
Acting
1886-09-21 · Virginia City, Nevada, USA
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.
Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Movie
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
Stella
1950 · Movie
A Letter to Three Wives
1949 · Movie
Up in Central Park
1948 · Movie
Best Man Wins
1948 · Movie
The Inside Story
1948 · Movie
My Girl Tisa
1948 · Movie
Driftwood
1947 · Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947 · Movie
Doctor Jim
1947 · Movie
Little Iodine
1946 · Movie
Margie
1946 · Movie
Faithful in My Fashion
1946 · Movie
Black Angel
1946 · Movie
Night and Day
1946 · Movie
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Movie
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946 · Movie
Cinderella Jones
1946 · Movie
Don Juan Quilligan
1945 · Movie
I'll Remember April
1945 · Movie
Roughly Speaking
1945 · Movie
Guest in the House
1944 · Movie
Kismet
1944 · Movie
San Diego I Love You
1944 · Movie
Louisiana Hayride
1944 · Movie
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944 · Movie
What a Woman
1943 · Movie
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943 · Movie
A Scream in the Dark
1943 · Movie
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943 · Movie
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Movie
The Kansan
1943 · Movie
The Man from Down Under
1943 · Movie
Pilot #5
1943 · Movie
Taxi, Mister
1943 · Movie
The Human Comedy
1943 · Movie
Stand by for Action
1942 · Movie
Whistling in Dixie
1942 · Movie
Her Cardboard Lover
1942 · Movie
The Magnificent Dope
1942 · Movie
Jackass Mail
1942 · Movie
Lady in a Jam
1942 · Movie
My Favorite Spy
1942 · Movie
Land of the Open Range
1942 · Movie
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Movie
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942 · Movie
Railroadin'
1941 · Movie
Our Wife
1941 · Movie
Down in San Diego
1941 · Movie
Thieves Fall Out
1941 · Movie
Reaching for the Sun
1941 · Movie
Horror Island
1941 · Movie
I Wanted Wings
1941 · Movie
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Movie
The Great Plane Robbery
1940 · Movie
Charter Pilot
1940 · Movie
Street of Memories
1940 · Movie
Hired Wife
1940 · Movie
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Movie
Stage to Chino
1940 · Movie
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940 · Movie
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940 · Movie
An Angel from Texas
1940 · Movie
Shooting High
1940 · Movie
The Ghost Comes Home
1940 · Movie
Home Movies
1940 · Movie
Four Wives
1939 · Movie
See Your Doctor
1939 · Movie
The Honeymoon's Over
1939 · Movie
A Child is Born
1939 · Movie
Reno
1939 · Movie
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939 · Movie
The Covered Trailer
1939 · Movie
Chicken Wagon Family
1939 · Movie
I Stole a Million
1939 · Movie
Career
1939 · Movie
The House of Fear
1939 · Movie
Naughty but Nice
1939 · Movie
Daughters Courageous
1939 · Movie
Tell No Tales
1939 · Movie
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Movie
Zenobia
1939 · Movie
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939 · Movie
Never Say Die
1939 · Movie
How to Sub-Let
1939 · Movie
Idiot's Delight
1939 · Movie
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938 · Movie
That’s My Story
1937 · Movie
Carnival Queen
1937 · Movie
Reported Missing
1937 · Movie
Love in a Bungalow
1937 · Movie
Night Key
1937 · Movie
The Great O'Malley
1937 · Movie
Girl Overboard
1937 · Movie
The Mighty Treve
1937 · Movie
Mysterious Crossing
1936 · Movie
Sing Me a Love Song
1936 · Movie
Three Smart Girls
1936 · Movie
Love Letters of a Star
1936 · Movie
Here Comes Carter
1936 · Movie
Cain and Mabel
1936 · Movie
Stage Struck
1936 · Movie
Love Begins at Twenty
1936 · Movie
Two Against the World
1936 · Movie
The Golden Arrow
1936 · Movie
Colleen
1936 · Movie
Wife vs. Secretary
1936 · Movie
The Lady Consents
1936 · Movie
A Dream Comes True
1935 · Movie
Captain Blood
1935 · Movie
Dr. Socrates
1935 · Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935 · Movie
I Live for Love
1935 · Movie
Page Miss Glory
1935 · Movie
We're in the Money
1935 · Movie
Broadway Gondolier
1935 · Movie
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935 · Movie
While the Patient Slept
1935 · Movie
Wings in the Dark
1935 · Movie
Bordertown
1935 · Movie
I Am a Thief
1934 · Movie
The St. Louis Kid
1934 · Movie
The Firebird
1934 · Movie
I Sell Anything
1934 · Movie
Madame du Barry
1934 · Movie
A Lost Lady
1934 · Movie
Kansas City Princess
1934 · Movie
Housewife
1934 · Movie
The Key
1934 · Movie
Now I'll Tell
1934 · Movie
A Modern Hero
1934 · Movie
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Movie
Merry Wives of Reno
1934 · Movie
Harold Teen
1934 · Movie
Wonder Bar
1934 · Movie
Jimmy the Gent
1934 · Movie
I've Got Your Number
1934 · Movie
Fashions of 1934
1934 · Movie
Mandalay
1934 · Movie
Dark Hazard
1934 · Movie
Hi, Nellie!
1934 · Movie
Easy to Love
1934 · Movie
Moulin Rouge
1934 · Movie
Convention City
1933 · Movie
Havana Widows
1933 · Movie
From Headquarters
1933 · Movie
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933 · Movie
My Woman
1933 · Movie
Too Much Harmony
1933 · Movie
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933 · Movie
Goodbye Again
1933 · Movie
The Devil's Mate
1933 · Movie
No Marriage Ties
1933 · Movie
Headline Shooter
1933 · Movie
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933 · Movie
The Mayor of Hell
1933 · Movie
Private Detective 62
1933 · Movie
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Movie
I Cover the Waterfront
1933 · Movie
Picture Snatcher
1933 · Movie
State Fair
1933 · Movie
The Wall Street Mystery
1931 · Movie
The Poor Fish
1930 · Movie
Sympathy
1929 · Movie
San Francisco Nights
1928 · Movie