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Hobart Cavanaugh (1886–1950)

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Worried-looking, balding, moustachioed and usually bespectacled small part character actor, prolific during the 1930s and 40s. Hobart Cavanaugh played downtrodden or henpecked little men -- the perennial victim, forever nervous or bewildered -- to absolute perfection. He was most at home as clerks, mailmen... See full bio »

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in Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Died:

(age 63) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1950 Stella
Tim Gross
 
1949 A Letter to Three Wives
Mr. Manleigh
 
1948 Up in Central Park
Mayor Oakley
 
1948 Best Man Wins
Amos
 
1948 The Inside Story
Mason, bank customer
 
1948 My Girl Tisa
Sigmund (uncredited)
 
1947 Driftwood
Judge Beckett
 
1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
Higgins - Repair Shop Manager (uncredited)
 
1947 Doctor Jim
Mayor
 
1946 Little Iodine
Mr. Tremble
 
1946 Margie
Mr. Angus MacDuff
 
1946 No Leave, No Love
Arthur Keenan Kalabush (uncredited)
 
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
Mr. Wilson
 
1946 Black Angel
Jake
 
1946 Night and Day
Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
 
1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Mr. Dudley (uncredited)
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
 
1946 The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Bill Stapleton
 
1946 Cinderella Jones
George
 
1945 Lady on a Train
Drunk (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
 
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
Mr. Rostigaff (Cora's husband)
 
1945 I'll Remember April
Joe Billings
 
1945 The House of Fear
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1945 Roughly Speaking
The Teacher (uncredited)
 
1945 I Was a Criminal
Rosenkrantz, the Treasurer
 
1944 Together Again
Perc Mather (uncredited)
 
1944 Guest in the House
Mr. Blossom (uncredited)
 
1944 San Diego I Love You
Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
 
1944 Kismet
Moolah
 
1944 Louisiana Hayride
Malcolm Cartwright
 
1944 The Immortal Blacksmith (short)
Oliver Davenport
 
1943 What a Woman!
Mailman
 
1943 Jack London
Mike, Saloonkeeper
 
1943 Gildersleeve on Broadway
Homer
 
1943 A Scream in the Dark
Leo Stark
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Clark
 
1943 Dangerous Blondes
Edward E. 'Pop' Philpot
 
1943 The Kansan
Josh Hudkins
 
1943 The Man from Down Under
Boots
 
1943 Pilot #5
Boat Owner (uncredited)
 
1943 Taxi, Mister
Police Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
 
1943 The Human Comedy
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
 
1943 The Meanest Man in the World
Mr. Throckmorton (uncredited)
 
1942 Stand by for Action
Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
 
1942 Whistling in Dixie
Mr. Panky
 
1942 Pittsburgh
Derelict (uncredited)
 
1942 Jackass Mail
Gospel Jones
 
1942 The Magnificent Dope
Albert Gowdy
 
1942 Her Cardboard Lover
Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
 
1942 Lady in a Jam
Reporter in Glasses (uncredited)
 
1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
 
1942 My Favorite Spy
Jules
 
1942 Land of the Open Range
Pinky Gardner
 
1942 The Remarkable Andrew
Teller/Witness (uncredited)
 
1942 A Tragedy at Midnight
Charles Miller
 
1941 Playmates
Philip Tremble (uncredited)
 
1941 Skylark
Small man in subway car
 
1941 Down in San Diego
Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
 
1941 Our Wife
Shipboard Passenger
 
1941 The Hard-Boiled Canary
Announcer (uncredited)
 
1941 Thieves Fall Out
David Tipton
 
1941 Reaching for the Sun
Front Office Man
 
1941 Horror Island
Professor Jasper Quinley
 
1941 I Wanted Wings
Mickey
 
1941 Meet the Chump
Juniper
 
1940 Santa Fe Trail
Barber Doyle
 
1940 The Great Plane Robbery
Homer Pringle
 
1940 Charter Pilot
Horace Cavanaugh
 
1940 Street of Memories
Mr. Foster
 
1940 Hired Wife
William
 
1940 Public Deb No. 1
Mr. Schlitz
 
1940 Stage to Chino
J. Horatio Boggs
 
1940 Love, Honor and Oh Baby!
'Gimpy' Darnell
 
1940 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
 
1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife
Potts, GBG & P Vice President
 
1940 An Angel from Texas
Mr. Robelink
 
1940 Shooting High
Constable Clem Perkle
 
1940 The Ghost Comes Home
Ambrose Bundy
 
1940 Home Movies (short)
Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
 
1939 Four Wives
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
 
1939 See Your Doctor (short)
Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
 
1939 The Honeymoon's Over
Avery Butterfield
 
1939 A Child Is Born
Mr. West
 
1939 Reno
Abe Compass
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
Dwight Cook - a Screenwriter
 
1939 The Covered Trailer
E. L. Beamish
 
1939 The Day of Rest (short) (uncredited)
 
1939 Chicken Wagon Family
Henri Fippany
 
1939 I Stole a Million
Jenkins' Bespectacled Asst. (uncredited)
 
1939 Career
Jim Bronson
 
1939 The House of Fear
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1939 Daughters Courageous
Tourist (uncredited)
 
1939 Naughty But Nice
Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
 
1939 Tell No Tales
Charlie Daggett (as Hobart Cavanagh)
 
1939 Rose of Washington Square
Whitey Boone
 
1939 Zenobia
Mr. Dover
 
1939 Never Say Die
Druggist (uncredited)
 
1939 Broadway Serenade
Mr. Ingalls (scenes deleted)
 
1939 The Adventures of Jane Arden
Suspect 'Killer'
 
1939 How to Sub-Let (short)
Mr. Mustavas (uncredited)
 
1939 Idiot's Delight
Frueheim (uncredited)
 
1938 Orphans of the Street
William Grant
 
1938 Strange Faces
Expectant Father of 'Six' (uncredited)
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
Mr. 'Pops' Jordan
 
1937 That's My Story!
Sheriff Otis
 
1937 Carnival Queen
Profesor Silva
 
1937 Reported Missing
'Ab' Steele
 
1937 Love in a Bungalow
Mr. Kester
 
1937 Night Key
Petty Louie
 
1937 The Great O'Malley
Pinky Holden
 
1937 Girl Overboard
Joseph L. (Joe) Gray
 
1937 The Mighty Treve
Mr. Davis
 
1936 Mysterious Crossing
N.J. Stebbins
 
1936 Sing Me a Love Song
Mr. Barton (uncredited)
 
1936 Three Smart Girls
Wilbur Lamb
 
1936 Love Letters of a Star
Chester Blodgett
 
1936 Here Comes Carter
Mel Winter
 
1936 Cain and Mabel
Milo
 
1936 Stage Struck
Wayne
 
1936 Love Begins at Twenty
Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
 
1936 Two Against the World
Tippy Mantus
 
1936 The Golden Arrow
DeWolfe
 
1936 Colleen
Noggin
 
1936 Wife vs. Secretary
Joe
 
1936 The Lady Consents
Mr. Yardley
 
1935 Captain Blood
Dr. Bronson
 
1935 Dr. Socrates
Stevens
 
1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Philostrate - Master of Revels to Theseus
 
1935 I Live for Love
Townsend
 
1935 Page Miss Glory
Joe Bonner
 
1935 We're in the Money
Max
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier
Music Critic Gilmore
 
1935 Don't Bet on Blondes
Philbert O. Slemp
 
1935 Husband's Holiday (short)
Meek Husband
 
1935 Springtime in Holland (short)
 
1935 While the Patient Slept
Eustace Federie
 
1935 Wings in the Dark
Mac
 
1935 Bordertown
Harry
 
1934 I Am a Thief
Napoleon Daudet
 
1934 The Firebird
Emile, Brandt's Valet
 
1934 The St. Louis Kid
Richardson
 
1934 I Sell Anything
Stooge
 
1934 Kansas City Princess
Alderman Sam Warren
 
1934 Madame Du Barry
Professor de la Vauguyon
 
1934 A Lost Lady
Robert
 
1934 Housewife
George Wilson
 
1934 Now I'll Tell
Freddie Stanton
 
1934 The Key
Homer, Tennant's Aide
 
1934 Merry Wives of Reno
Derwent
 
1934 A Very Honorable Guy
Benny
 
1934 Harold Teen
Pop
 
1934 A Modern Hero
Henry Mueller
 
1934 Business Is a Pleasure (short)
 
1934 Jimmy the Gent
Fake Worthingham
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1934 Fashions of 1934
Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
 
1934 Mandalay
Purser (uncredited)
 
1934 Dark Hazard
George Mayhew
 
1934 I've Got Your Number
Happy Dooley
 
1934 Hi, Nellie!
Fullerton
 
1934 Easy to Love
Hotel Desk Clerk
 
1934 Moulin Rouge
Drunk
 
1933 Convention City
Wendell Orchard
 
1933 Havana Widows
Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
 
1933 From Headquarters
Muggs Manton
 
1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Peanuts Dinwiddie
 
1933 My Woman
Mr. Miller
 
1933 Footlight Parade
Title-Thinker-Upper (uncredited)
 
1933 Too Much Harmony
Piano Tuner (uncredited)
 
1933 Bureau of Missing Persons
Mr. Harris (uncredited)
 
1933 Goodbye Again
Mr. Clayton
 
1933 The Devil's Mate
Parkhurst
 
1933 No Marriage Ties
Smith
 
1933 Headline Shooter
Happy
 
1933 Mary Stevens, M.D.
Alf Simmons
 
1933 The Mayor of Hell
Mr. Gorman
 
1933 Private Detective 62
Harcourt S. Burns
 
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933
Dog Salesman (uncredited)
 
1933 I Cover the Waterfront
One Punch McCoy
 
1933 A Study in Scarlet
Innkeeper Thompson (uncredited)
 
1933 Lilly Turner
Earle (scenes deleted)
 
1933 Picture Snatcher
James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
 
1933 State Fair
Professor Fred Coin - Hog Judge (uncredited)
 
1933 Death Watch
 
1932 Close Friends (short)
 
1931 The Wall Street Mystery (short)
Martin Hill
 
1930 The Poor Fish (short)
Harry
 
1930 The Headache Man (short)
 
1929 Sympathy (short)
William Maxwell
 
1928 San Francisco Nights
Tommie
 
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1940 The Ghost Comes Home (performer: "The Old Oaken Bucket" - uncredited)
 
1936 Love Begins at Twenty (performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes")
 
1936 The Lady Consents (performer: "Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Main" 1880 - uncredited)
 
1934 A Very Honorable Guy (performer: "By a Waterfall" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1934 Jimmy the Gent (performer: "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" 1853 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 8: Cowboy Jubilee (documentary short)
Himself, Narrator
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1935 A Dream Comes True (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
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1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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(1916- 1950). Stage and vaudeville actor. Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

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Star Sign:

Virgo