Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh
Hobart Cavanaugh
	in the film I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Born	September 22, 1886; Virginia City, Nevada, U.S.
Died	April 26, 1950 (aged 63); Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Years active	1928–1950
Spouse(s)	Florence Cavanaugh; 1 child

Hobart Cavanaugh (September 22, 1886 – April 26, 1950^[1]) was an American character actor in films and on stage.

Biography

Cavanaugh was born in Virginia City, Nevada on September 22, 1886. He attended the University of California, ^[1] then worked in vaudeville, teaming with Walter Catlett at some point.^[1] He appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including the original 1919 musical Irene and the long-running 1948 musical As the Girls Go.^[2]

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 men. By the end of his life, he had appeared in more than 180 films.

Death

Cavanaugh suffered from late-stage stomach cancer while filming Stella (1950). He could not eat and collapsed twice on the set but was determined to see his final performance through.^[3] He died following an operation at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.^[1]^[4]

Partial filmography

San Francisco Nights (1928) as Tommie
State Fair (1933) as Professor Fred Coin – Hog Judge (uncredited)
Lilly Turner (1933) as Earle (scenes deleted)
A Study in Scarlet (1933) as Thompson – Innkeeper (uncredited)
I Cover the Waterfront (1933) as One Punch McCoy
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) as Dog Salesman (uncredited)
Private Detective 62 (1933) as Harcourt S. Burns
The Mayor of Hell (1933) as Mr. Gorman
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) as Alf Simmons
Headline Shooter (1933) as Happy
No Marriage Ties (1933) as Smith
The Devil's Mate (1933) as Parkhurst
Goodbye Again (1933) as Mr. Clayton
Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) as Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Too Much Harmony (1933) as Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Footlight Parade (1933) as Title-Thinker-Upper (uncredited)
My Woman (1933) as Mr. Miller
Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933) as Peanuts Dinwiddie
From Headquarters (1933) as Muggs Manton
Havana Widows (1933) as Mr. Otis
Convention City (1933) as Wendell Orchard
Death Watch (1933)
Moulin Rouge (1934) as Drunk
Easy to Love (1934) as Hotel Desk Clerk
Hi, Nellie! (1934) as Fullerton
Dark Hazard (1934) as George Mayhew
I've Got Your Number (1934) as Happy Dooley
Mandalay (1934) as Purser (uncredited)
Fashion Follies of 1934 (1934) as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
Wonder Bar (1934) as Drunk (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent (1934) as Fake Worthingham
A Modern Hero (1934) as Henry Mueller
Harold Teen (1934) as Pop
A Very Honorable Guy (1934) as Benny
Merry Wives of Reno (1934) as Derwent
The Key (1934, aka High Peril) as Homer, Tennant's Aide
Now I'll Tell (1934) as Freddie Stanton
Madame du Barry (1934) as Professor de la Vauguyon
Housewife (1934) as George
Kansas City Princess (1934) as Alderman Sam Warren
A Lost Lady (1934) as Robert
I Sell Anything (1934) as Stooge
The St. Louis Kid (1934) as Richardson
The Firebird (1934) as Emile – Brandt's Valet
I Am a Thief (1934) as Daudet
Bordertown (1935) as Harry
Wings in the Dark (1935) as Mac
While the Patient Slept (1935) as Eustace
Husband's Holiday (1935, Short) as Meek Husband
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) as Philbert O. Slemp
Broadway Gondolier (1935) as Music Critic Gilmore
We're in the Money (1935) as Max
Page Miss Glory (1935) as Joe Bonner
I Live for Love (1935) as Townsend
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) as Philostrate – Master of Revels to Theseus
Dr. Socrates (1935) as Stevens
Captain Blood (1935) as Dr. Bronson
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Two Against the World (1936) as Tippy Mantus
The Lady Consents (1936) as Mr. Yardley
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) as Joe
Colleen (1936) as Noggin
The Golden Arrow (1936) as DeWolfe
Love Begins at Twenty (1936) as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
Stage Struck (1936) as Wayne
Cain and Mabel (1936) as Milo
Here Comes Carter (1936) as Mel Winter
Love Letters of a Star (1936) as Chester Blodgett
Three Smart Girls (1936) as Wilbur Lamb
Sing Me a Love Song (1936) as Mr. Barton (uncredited)
Mysterious Crossing (1936) as Ned J. Stebbins
Hearts Divided (1936)
The Mighty Treve (1937) as Mr. Davis
Girl Overboard (1937) as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
The Great O'Malley (1937) as Pinky Holden
Night Key (1937) as Petty Louie
Love in a Bungalow (1937) as Mr. Kester
Reported Missing (1937) as 'Ab' Steele
Carnival Queen (1937) as Profesor Silva
That's My Story (1937) as Sheriff Otis
A Girl with Ideas (1937)
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) as Mr. 'Pops' Jordan
Strange Faces (1938) as Expectant Father of 'Six' (uncredited)
Orphans of the Street (1938) as William Grant
Idiot's Delight (1939) as Frueheim (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939) as Suspect 'Killer'
Broadway Serenade (1939) as Mr. Ingalls (scenes deleted)
Never Say Die (1939) as Druggist (uncredited)
Zenobia (1939) as Mr. Dover
Rose of Washington Square (1939) as Whitey Boone
Tell No Tales (1939) as Charlie Daggett
Naughty but Nice (1939) as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
Daughters Courageous (1939) as Tourist (uncredited)
The House of Fear (1939) as Minor Role (uncredited)
Career (1939) as Jim Bronson
I Stole a Million (1939) as Jenkins' Bespectacled Asst. (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family (1939) as Henri Fippany
The Covered Trailer (1939) as E. L. Beamish
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939) as Dwight Cook – a Screenwriter
Reno (1939) as Abe Compass
A Child is Born (1939) as Mr. West
The Honeymoon's Over (1939) as Avery Butterfield
Four Wives (1939) as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
The Ghost Comes Home (1940) as Ambrose Bundy
Shooting High (1940) as Clem Perkle
An Angel from Texas (1940) as Mr. Robelink
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) as Potts, GBG & P Vice President
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940) as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940) as 'Gimpy' Darnell
Stage to Chino (1940) as J. Horatio Boggs
Hired Wife (1940) as William
Public Deb No. 1 (1940) as Mr. Schlitz
Street of Memories (1940) as Mr. Foster
Charter Pilot (1940) as Horace Cavanaugh
The Great Plane Robbery (1940) as Homer Pringle
Santa Fe Trail (1940) as Barber Doyle
Meet the Chump (1941) as Juniper
I Wanted Wings (1941) as Mickey
Horror Island (1941) as Professor Jasper Quinley
Reaching for the Sun (1941) as Front Office Man
Thieves Fall Out (1941) as David Tipton
The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941) as Announcer (uncredited)
Our Wife (1941) as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
Down in San Diego (1941) as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Skylark (1941) as Small Man in Subway Car
Playmates (1941) as Philip Tremble (uncredited)
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942) as Mr. Crandall (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) as Charles Miller
The Remarkable Andrew (1942) as Teller / Witness (uncredited)
Land of the Open Range (1942) as Pinky Gardner
My Favorite Spy (1942) as Jules
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam (1942) as Reporter in Glasses (uncredited)
Jackass Mail (1942) as Gospel Jones
The Magnificent Dope (1942) as Albert Gowdy
Her Cardboard Lover (1942) as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Pittsburgh (1942) as Derelict (uncredited)
Whistling in Dixie (1942) as Mr. Panky
Stand By for Action (1942) as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
The Meanest Man in the World (1943) as Mr. Throckmorton (uncredited)
The Human Comedy (1943) as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Taxi, Mister (1943) as Police Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Pilot No. 5 (1943) as Boat Owner (uncredited)
The Man from Down Under (1943) as Boots
The Kansan (1943) as Josh Hudkins
Dangerous Blondes (1943) as Edward E. 'Pop' Philpot
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) as Clark
A Scream in the Dark (1943) as Leo Stark
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943) as Homer
Jack London (1943) as Mike, Saloonkeeper
What a Woman! (1943) as Mailman (uncredited)
Louisiana Hayride (1944) as Malcolm Cartwright
Kismet (1944) as Moolah
San Diego I Love You (1944) as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
Guest in the House (1944) as Mr. Blossom (uncredited)
Together Again (1944) as Perc Mather (uncredited)
The Captain from Köpenick (1945, also known as I Was a Criminal) as Rosenkrantz, the Treasurer
Roughly Speaking (1945) as The Teacher (uncredited)
The House of Fear (1945) as Bit Part (uncredited)
I'll Remember April (1945) as Joe Billings
Don Juan Quilligan (1945) as Mr. Rostigaff
Cinderella Jones (1946) as George
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946) as Bill Stapleton
The Hoodlum Saint (1946) as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) as Mr. Dudley (uncredited)
Night and Day (1946) as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
Black Angel (1946) as Jake
Faithful in My Fashion (1946) as Mr. Wilson
No Leave, No Love (1946) as Arthur Keenan Kalabush (uncredited)
Margie (1946) as Mr. Angus MacDuff
Little Iodine (1946) as Mr. Tremble
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) as Higgins – Repair Shop Manager (uncredited)
Driftwood (1947) as Judge Beckett
Doctor Jim (1947) as Mayor
My Girl Tisa (1948) as Sigmund (uncredited)
The Inside Story (1948) as Mason – bank customer
Best Man Wins (1948) as Amos
Up in Central Park (1948) as Mayor Oakley
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) as Mr. Manleigh
Stella (1950) as Tim Gross (final film role)