
Hobart Cavanaugh
Biography
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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.
Acting (157 movies)

Picture Snatcher
1933

Santa Fe Trail
1940

My Girl Tisa
1948

Black Angel
1946

The Covered Trailer
1939

Home Movies
1940

I Cover the Waterfront
1933

Night Key
1937

Kismet
1944

Rose of Washington Square
1939

A Letter to Three Wives
1949

Three Smart Girls
1936

Wife vs. Secretary
1936

Captain Blood
1935

Fashions of 1934
1934

The Human Comedy
1943

The Kansan
1943

Private Detective 62
1933

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935

Jimmy the Gent
1934

Wings in the Dark
1935

Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943

The Key
1934

Whistling in Dixie
1942

Don't Bet on Blondes
1935

Harold Teen
1934

Our Wife
1941

The Great O'Malley
1937

Merry Wives of Reno
1934

Jackass Mail
1942

Driftwood
1947

Dark Hazard
1934

Sing Me a Love Song
1936

Colleen
1936

Margie
1946

Wonder Bar
1934

Now I'll Tell
1934

Pilot #5
1943

A Scream in the Dark
1943

I Am a Thief
1934

A Tragedy at Midnight
1942

Cain and Mabel
1936

Easy to Love
1934

Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933

Housewife
1934

Page Miss Glory
1935

From Headquarters
1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933

Here Comes Carter
1936

I Live for Love
1935

Stage Struck
1936

Dr. Socrates
1935

A Lost Lady
1934

Goodbye Again
1933

Up in Central Park
1948

I'll Remember April
1945

The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946

Havana Widows
1933

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947

The Man from Down Under
1943

Madame du Barry
1934

A Very Honorable Guy
1934

I've Got Your Number
1934

Convention City
1933

Reno
1939

I Sell Anything
1934

We're in the Money
1935

Kansas City Princess
1934

State Fair
1933

Shooting High
1940

The Lady Consents
1936

Louisiana Hayride
1944

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940

The St. Louis Kid
1934

The Firebird
1934

A Child Is Born
1939

Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938

Mysterious Crossing
1936

Love Letters of a Star
1936

My Woman
1933

Moulin Rouge
1934

Career
1939

Reported Missing
1937

The Wall Street Mystery
1931

Faithful in My Fashion
1946

Tell No Tales
1939

Zenobia
1939

That's Right – You're Wrong
1939

Too Much Harmony
1933

San Francisco Nights
1928

Roughly Speaking
1945

Broadway Gondolier
1935

Hi, Nellie!
1934

Naughty But Nice
1939

Hired Wife
1940

Cinderella Jones
1946

Idiot's Delight
1939

While the Patient Slept
1935

Land of the Open Range
1942

Never Say Die
1939
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