Hobart Cavanaugh
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Fr...
Known For
Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
Stella
1950
as Tim Gross
A Letter to Three Wives
1949
as Mr. Manleigh
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Sigmund
Up in Central Park
1948
as Mayor Oakley
Best Man Wins
1948
as Amos
The Inside Story
1948
as Mr. Mason
Driftwood
1947
as Judge Beckett
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Higgins
Doctor Jim
1947
as Mayor
Black Angel
1946
as Jake
Margie
1946
as Mr. Angus MacDuff
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946
as Bill Stapleton
Faithful in My Fashion
1946
as Mr. Wilson
Cinderella Jones
1946
as George
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
Little Iodine
1946
as Mr. Tremble
Night and Day
1946
as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
I'll Remember April
1945
as Joe Billings
Roughly Speaking
1945
as The Teacher (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Mr. Rostigaff
Kismet
1944
as Moolah
Louisiana Hayride
1944
as Malcolm Cartwright
San Diego I Love You
1944
as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
Guest in the House
1944
as Mr. Blossom
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944
as Oliver Davenport
The Human Comedy
1943
as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
The Kansan
1943
as Josh Hudkins
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
as Homer
Pilot #5
1943
as Boat Owner
A Scream in the Dark
1943
as Leo Stark
The Man from Down Under
1943
as Boots
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Clark
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Police Fingerprint Man
What a Woman
1943
as Mailman (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Pop
Whistling in Dixie
1942
as Mr. Panky
Jackass Mail
1942
as Gospel Jones
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
as Charles Miller
Land of the Open Range
1942
as Pinky Gardner
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Reporter (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Teller / Witness
My Favorite Spy
1942
as Jules
The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Albert Gowdy
Stand by for Action
1942
as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Our Wife
1941
as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as David Tipton
Horror Island
1941
as Professor Jasper Quinley
Down in San Diego
1941
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Front Office Man
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Mickey
Railroadin'
1941
as George
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Barber Doyle
Home Movies
1940
as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
Shooting High
1940
as Clem Perkle
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Gimpy Darnell
Hired Wife
1940
as William
Charter Pilot
1940
as Horace Sturgeon
Street of Memories
1940
as Mr. Foster
An Angel from Texas
1940
as Mr. Robelink
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Potts
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Mr. Schlitz
Stage to Chino
1940
as J. Horatio Boggs
The Great Plane Robbery
1940
as Homer Pringle
The Ghost Comes Home
1940
as Ambrose Bundy
The Covered Trailer
1939
as E. L. Beamish
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Whitey Boone
Reno
1939
as Abe Compass
A Child is Born
1939
as Mr. Herbert West
Career
1939
as Jim Bronson
Tell No Tales
1939
as Charlie Daggett
Zenobia
1939
as Mr. Dover
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939
as Dwight Cook
Naughty but Nice
1939
as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Frueheim
Never Say Die
1939
as Druggist
Daughters Courageous
1939
as Tourist (uncredited)
The House of Fear
1939
as Minor Role
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
as Henri Fippany
Four Wives
1939
as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
How to Sub-Let
1939
as Mr. Mustavas
I Stole a Million
1939
as Jenkins's Assistant
See Your Doctor
1939
as Brother-in-Law
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
as "Killer"
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as Avery Butterfield
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938
as Mr. "Pops" Jordan
Night Key
1937
as Petty Louie
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Reporter Pinky Holden
Reported Missing
1937
as 'Ab' Steele
Carnival Queen
1937
as Profesor Silva
Girl Overboard
1937
as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
The Mighty Treve
1937
as Mr. Davis
Love in a Bungalow
1937
as Mr. Kester
That’s My Story
1937
as Sheriff Otis
Three Smart Girls
1936
as Wilbur Lamb
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
as Joe Farnsworth
Sing Me a Love Song
1936
as Mr. Barton (uncredited)
Colleen
1936
as Noggin
Cain and Mabel
1936
as Milo
Here Comes Carter
1936
as Mel Winter
Stage Struck
1936
as Wayne
The Lady Consents
1936
as Mr. Yardley
Mysterious Crossing
1936
as Ned J. Stebbins
Love Letters of a Star
1936
as Chester Blodgett
The Golden Arrow
1936
as DeWolfe
Two Against the World
1936
as Tippy Mantus
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
Captain Blood
1935
as Dr. Bronson
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Philostrate
Wings in the Dark
1935
as Mac
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935
as Philbert O. Slemp
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Joe Bonner
I Live for Love
1935
as Townsend
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Stevens
We're in the Money
1935
as Max
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Music Critic Gilmore
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Eustace Federie
Bordertown
1935
as Harry
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
1934
as Fake Worthingham
The Key
1934
as Homer, Tennant's Aide
Harold Teen
1934
as Pop
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
as Derwent
Dark Hazard
1934
as George Mayhew
Wonder Bar
1934
as Drunk (uncredited)
Now I'll Tell
1934
as Freddie Stanton
I Am a Thief
1934
as Daudet
Easy to Love
1934
as Hotel Desk Clerk
Housewife
1934
as George Wilson
A Lost Lady
1934
as Robert
Madame du Barry
1934
as Professor de la Vauguyon
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
as Benny
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Happy Dooley
I Sell Anything
1934
as Stooge
Kansas City Princess
1934
as Alderman Sam Warren
The St. Louis Kid
1934
as Richardson
The Firebird
1934
as Emile, Brandt's Valet
Moulin Rouge
1934
as Drunk
Hi, Nellie!
1934
as Fullerton
A Modern Hero
1934
as Henry Mueller
Mandalay
1934
as Purser (uncredited)
Picture Snatcher
1933
as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
as One Punch McCoy
Private Detective 62
1933
as Harcourt S. Burns
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
as Peanuts Dinwiddie
From Headquarters
1933
as Muggs Manton
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Alf Simmons
Goodbye Again
1933
as Mr. Clayton
Havana Widows
1933
as Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
Convention City
1933
as Wendell Orchard
State Fair
1933
as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
My Woman
1933
as Mr. Miller
Too Much Harmony
1933
as Piano Tuner
No Marriage Ties
1933
as Smith
The Devil's Mate
1933
as Parkhurst
Headline Shooter
1933
as Happy
The Mayor of Hell
1933
as Mr. Gorman
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933
as Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Dog Salesman (uncredited)
The Wall Street Mystery
1931
as Martin Hill
The Poor Fish
1930
as Harry
Sympathy
1929
as William Maxwell
San Francisco Nights
1928
as Tommie