Joseph Cawthorn
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Mar 27 1868• Died Jan 21 1949
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Cawthorn (March 29, 1868, New York City, New York – January 21, 1949, Beverly Hills, California) was an American stage and film comic actor. Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debuting at Robinson's Music Hall in his hometown of New York in 1872. He appeared in minstrel shows and vaudeville as a "Dutch" comic, employing a thick German dialect. He later worked in British music halls and American touring companies. Cawthorn made his Broadway debut in 1895, 1897 or 1898, and embarked on a long c…
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White Zombie
Dr. Bruner
The Great Ziegfeld
Dr. Ziegfeld
Grand Slam
Alex Alexandrovitch
Housewife
Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
Blondie Johnson
Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
Music in the Air
Hans Uppman
One Rainy Afternoon
Monique's Father
Street Girl
Keppel - Cafe Owner
Sweet Adeline
Oscar Schmidt
Page Miss Glory
Mr. Freischutz
Freshman Love
Wilson, Sr.
Lillian Russell
Leopold Damrosch
The Human Side
Fritz Speigal
Peach-o-Reno
Joe Bruno
Smart Girl
Karl Krausemeyer
Young and Beautiful
Herman Cline
Hold 'Em Yale
Professor George Bradbury
So Ends Our Night
Leopold Potzloch
Made on Broadway
Maxie Schultz
Love Me Tonight
Dr. Armand de Fontinac
Naughty Marietta
Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
Speakeasy
Yokel
Men Are Such Fools
Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
Kiki
Alfred Rapp
The Princess and the Plumber
Merkl
Silk Legs
Ezra Fulton
Broken Dreams
Pop
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Herbert Brokman
Whistling in the Dark
Barfuss
The Runaround
Lou
Gold Diggers of 1935
August Schultz
A Tailor-Made Man
Huber
Crime Over London
Mr. Sherwood / Reilly
Harmony Lane
Professor Henry Kleber
Lazy River
Mr. Julius Ambrose
They Call It Sin
Mr. Hollister
Dance Hall
Bremmer
The Last Gentleman
Dr. Wilson
Brides Are Like That
Fred Schultz
Best of Enemies
Gus Schneider
Bright Lights
Oscar Schlemmer
Scatterbrain
Nicholas Raptis
Maybe It's Love
Adolph Sr.
Jazz Heaven
Herman Kemple
The Taming of the Shrew
Gremio
Sweet Music
Sidney Selzer
Hot Money
Max Dourfuss
The Postman Didn't Ring
Silas Harwood
Two Girls Wanted
Philip Hancock
Dixiana
Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father
Beautiful Dreamer
Very Confidential
Donald Allen
The Secret Studio
Pa Merton