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.
A Letter to Three Wives
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Movie pageCaptain Blood
as Dr. BronsonDr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Movie pageWife vs. Secretary
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Movie pageBlack Angel
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Movie pageSanta Fe Trail
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Movie pageA Midsummer Night's Dream
as PhilostrateFour young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are...
Movie pageThe Human Comedy
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Movie pageThe Devil's Mate
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Movie pageTwo Against the World
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Movie pageWhile the Patient Slept
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Movie pageHousewife
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Movie pageHow to Sub-Let
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Movie pageA Tragedy at Midnight
as Charles MillerThe host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to...
Movie pageA Lost Lady
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Movie pageThe House of Fear
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Movie pageMary Stevens, M.D.
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Movie pagePilot #5
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Movie pageSing Me a Love Song
as Mr. Barton (uncredited)A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the...
Movie pageCinderella Jones
as GeorgeJudy Jones can claim inheritance only if she marries a genius.
Movie pageFaithful in My Fashion
as Mr. WilsonA U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry....
Movie pagePage Miss Glory
as Joe BonnerA country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant...
Movie pageMandalay
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Movie pageGoodbye Again
as Mr. ClaytonFlirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her...
Movie pageThe Mighty Treve
as Mr. DavisStory of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.
Movie pageThe Firebird
as Emile, Brandt's ValetHerman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in...
Movie pageThe Kansan
as Josh HudkinsWounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the...
Movie pageWe're in the Money
as MaxGinger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Jane Arden
as "Killer"Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her...
Movie pageThe Inside Story
as Mr. MasonA collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the...
Movie pageThe Magnificent Dope
as Albert GowdyDwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...
Movie pageI've Got Your Number
as Happy DooleyTwo telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Movie pageI Live for Love
as TownsendA failed actor finds success as a radio singer.
Movie pageThe Great Plane Robbery
as Homer PringleAssigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep...
Movie pageLove Letters of a Star
as Chester BlodgettA woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man...
Movie pageJackass Mail
as Gospel JonesAn unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Movie pageFrom Headquarters
as Muggs MantonWhen a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out...
Movie pageToo Much Harmony
as Piano TunerA singer is involved with two women in his life, one a "good" girl and one a "bad" one."
Movie pageGildersleeve on Broadway
as HomerOn a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.
Movie pageHer Cardboard Lover
as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)A flirt tries to make her fiancée jealous by hiring a gigolo.
Movie pageYou Can't Fool Your Wife
as PottsLongtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in...
Movie pageMy Girl Tisa
as Sigmund1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed...
Movie pageDr. Socrates
as StevensDr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...
Movie pageMadame du Barry
as Professor de la VauguyonBrought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du...
Movie pageUp in Central Park
as Mayor OakleyA newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political...
Movie pageOur Wife
as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Movie pageDown in San Diego
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San...
Movie pageSan Diego I Love You
as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)A harried daughter tries to keep her wacky family together while trying to sell her eccentric...
Movie pageCharter Pilot
as Horace SturgeonUS-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to...
Movie pageThe Wall Street Mystery
as Martin HillWhen the apparent murder of two stockbrokers are discovered in their Wall Street office. Police...
Movie pageColleen
as NogginMusical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
Movie pageWonder Bar
as Drunk (uncredited)Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with...
Movie pageStella
as Tim GrossScrewball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.
Movie pageReported Missing
as 'Ab' SteeleA gang is sabotaging planes so that when they crash, the corpses can be robbed.
Movie pageThe Key
as Homer, Tennant's AideA British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
Movie pageHeadline Shooter
as HappyA newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Movie pageHome Movies
as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)A comedy short staring Robert Benchley. He tries to show us how to make our own movies.
Movie pageWhistling in Dixie
as Mr. PankyRadio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and...
Movie pageHi, Nellie!
as FullertonManaging Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield...
Movie pageAn Angel from Texas
as Mr. RobelinkA pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Movie pageLove, Honor and Oh-Baby!
as Gimpy DarnellIn despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill...
Movie pageEasy Come, Easy Go
as HigginsComedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his...
Movie pageTaxi, Mister
as Police Fingerprint ManThe owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.
Movie pageGirl Overboard
as Joseph L. 'Joe' GrayA beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
Movie pageCareer
as Jim BronsonSet in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two...
Movie pageThe Covered Trailer
as E. L. BeamishThe Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell...
Movie pageSympathy
as William MaxwellHobart Cavanaugh & Harry Shannon out on a date without their wives.
Movie pageLove Begins at Twenty
as Jacob 'Jake' BuckleyA henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
Movie pageConvention City
as Wendell OrchardExtra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
Movie pageSweet Rosie O'Grady
as ClarkAn American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her...
Movie pageMerry Wives of Reno
as DerwentThree couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Movie pageLittle Iodine
as Mr. TrembleLittle Iodine does her best to break up the marriage of her parents, ruin a romance and cost her...
Movie pageHere Comes Carter
as Mel WinterA radio commentator avenges an old wrong by blowing the whistle on Hollywood scandals
Movie pageSee Your Doctor
as Brother-in-LawA lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man...
Movie pageThe Poor Fish
as HarryHarry comes home unexpectedly and overhears his wife calling another man 'sweetheart' on the...
Movie pageDon Juan Quilligan
as Mr. RostigaffWhen a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he...
Movie pageI'll Remember April
as Joe BillingsThe daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets...
Movie pageSan Francisco Nights
as TommieYoung lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...
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