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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