Hobart Cavanaugh
Born in Virginia City, Nevada, USA — Sep 21 1886• Died Apr 27 1950
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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 Francisco Nights (1928). Over the next few years he establishe…
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MGM Parade
Self
The Devil's Mate
Parkhurst
Captain Blood
Dr. Bronson
Santa Fe Trail
Barber Doyle
The Human Comedy
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Reporter (uncredited)
Horror Island
Professor Jasper Quinley
Night and Day
Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
Wonder Bar
Drunk (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates
Stevens
The Hoodlum Saint
Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
I Wanted Wings
Mickey
Stand by for Action
Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
Fashions of 1934
Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
Roughly Speaking
The Teacher (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls
Wilbur Lamb
Hired Wife
William
Night Key
Petty Louie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Philostrate
The Mayor of Hell
Mr. Gorman
Kismet
Moolah
The Kansan
Josh Hudkins
Dangerous Blondes
Pop
The Great O'Malley
Reporter Pinky Holden
Don't Bet on Blondes
Philbert O. Slemp
Margie
Mr. Angus MacDuff
Thieves Fall Out
David Tipton
Career
Jim Bronson
From Headquarters
Muggs Manton
Don Juan Quilligan
Mr. Rostigaff
Jimmy the Gent
Fake Worthingham
Gold Diggers of 1933
Dog Salesman (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Jenkins's Assistant
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Alf Simmons
No Marriage Ties
Smith
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Peanuts Dinwiddie
Housewife
George Wilson
Zenobia
Mr. Dover
Idiot's Delight
Frueheim
The Inside Story
Mr. Mason
The Remarkable Andrew
Teller / Witness
Public Deb No. 1
Mr. Schlitz
Naughty But Nice
Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
A Letter to Three Wives
Mr. Manleigh
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Wife vs. Secretary
Joe Farnsworth
The Firebird
Emile, Brandt's Valet
Easy to Love
Hotel desk clerk
The Covered Trailer
E. L. Beamish
A Child is Born
Mr. Herbert West
The Mighty Treve
Mr. Davis
Harold Teen
Pop
Daughters Courageous
Tourist (uncredited)
My Woman
Mr. Miller
Bureau of Missing Persons
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
Driftwood
Judge Beckett
Tell No Tales
Charlie Daggett
Our Wife
Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
Two Against the World
Tippy Mantus
Reno
Abe Compass
Never Say Die
Druggist
Picture Snatcher
James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
Bordertown
Harry
Black Angel
Jake
A Lost Lady
Robert
Four Wives
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
The Key
Homer, Tennant's Aide
Private Detective 62
Harcourt S. Burns
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Clark
Page Miss Glory
Joe Bonner
Easy Come, Easy Go
Higgins
That's Right – You're Wrong
Dwight Cook
Stella
Tim Gross
What a Woman
Mailman (uncredited)
San Diego I Love You
Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
Doctor Jim
Mayor
A Modern Hero
Henry Mueller
Broadway Gondolier
Music Critic Gilmore
The Great Plane Robbery
Homer Pringle
A Tragedy at Midnight
Charles Miller
I've Got Your Number
Happy Dooley
Up in Central Park
Mayor Oakley
Now I'll Tell
Freddie Stanton
Pilot #5
Boat Owner
Stage Struck
Wayne
Cinderella Jones
George
State Fair
Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
The Lady Consents
Mr. Yardley
Cain and Mabel
Milo
My Girl Tisa
Sigmund
Mandalay
Purser (uncredited)
Hi, Nellie!
Fullerton
A Very Honorable Guy
Benny
The Ghost Comes Home
Ambrose Bundy
While the Patient Slept
Eustace Federie
Rose of Washington Square
Whitey Boone
The Magnificent Dope
Albert Gowdy
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
Kansas City Princess
Alderman Sam Warren
Little Iodine
Mr. Tremble
I Am a Thief
Daudet
The Adventures of Jane Arden
"Killer"
We're in the Money
Max
Love Begins at Twenty
Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
Reaching for the Sun
Front Office Man
Colleen
Noggin
Love in a Bungalow
Mr. Kester
Love Letters of a Star
Chester Blodgett
Down in San Diego
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Whistling in Dixie
Mr. Panky
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Bill Stapleton
Wings in the Dark
Mac
My Favorite Spy
Jules
Stage to Chino
J. Horatio Boggs
Shooting High
Clem Perkle
Best Man Wins
Amos
Faithful in My Fashion
Mr. Wilson
Convention City
Wendell Orchard
Carnival Queen
Profesor Silva
Havana Widows
Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
Girl Overboard
Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
Guest in the House
Mr. Blossom
The House of Fear
Minor Role
Madame du Barry
Professor de la Vauguyon
Chicken Wagon Family
Henri Fippany
Sing Me a Love Song
Mr. Barton (uncredited)
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mr. "Pops" Jordan
Taxi, Mister
Police Fingerprint Man
Too Much Harmony
Piano Tuner
Her Cardboard Lover
Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Man from Down Under
Boots
I Sell Anything
Stooge
An Angel from Texas
Mr. Robelink
Street of Memories
Mr. Foster
Land of the Open Range
Pinky Gardner
Mysterious Crossing
Ned J. Stebbins
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
Gimpy Darnell
The St. Louis Kid
Richardson
I Cover the Waterfront
One Punch McCoy
Dark Hazard
George Mayhew
Sympathy
William Maxwell
A Scream in the Dark
Leo Stark
Gildersleeve on Broadway
Homer
Headline Shooter
Happy
The Poor Fish
Harry
The Golden Arrow
DeWolfe
Moulin Rouge
Drunk
Jackass Mail
Gospel Jones
The Honeymoon's Over
Avery Butterfield
Charter Pilot
Horace Sturgeon
The Immortal Blacksmith
Oliver Davenport
Goodbye Again
Mr. Clayton
I'll Remember April
Joe Billings
Home Movies
Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
Here Comes Carter
Mel Winter
Reported Missing
'Ab' Steele
Merry Wives of Reno
Derwent
Louisiana Hayride
Malcolm Cartwright
San Francisco Nights
Tommie
I Live for Love
Townsend
Railroadin'
George
How to Sub-Let
Mr. Mustavas
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Potts
See Your Doctor
Brother-in-Law
That’s My Story
Sheriff Otis
The Wall Street Mystery
Martin Hill