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 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.
165 movies · 1 shows
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·6.3
Stella
1950·9.0
A Letter to Three Wives
1949·7.2
Up in Central Park
1948·6.4
Best Man Wins
1948·7.0
The Inside Story
1948·6.6
My Girl Tisa
1948·9.0
Driftwood
1947·6.8
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947·7.0
Doctor Jim
1947·8.0
Little Iodine
1946·4.7
Margie
1946·7.1
Faithful in My Fashion
1946·7.0
Black Angel
1946·6.1
Night and Day
1946·6.1
The Hoodlum Saint
1946·5.5
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1946·6.8
Cinderella Jones
1946·3.8
Don Juan Quilligan
1945·7.0
I'll Remember April
1945·4.5
Roughly Speaking
1945·6.8
Guest in the House
1944·4.9
Kismet
1944·5.5
San Diego I Love You
1944·6.8
Louisiana Hayride
1944·7.5
The Immortal Blacksmith
1944·8.0
What a Woman
1943·6.3
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943·7.1
A Scream in the Dark
1943·4.1
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943·6.5
Dangerous Blondes
1943·6.3
The Kansan
1943·6.0
The Man from Down Under
1943·7.7
Pilot #5
1943·6.0
Taxi, Mister
1943·4.2
The Human Comedy
1943·6.2
Whistling in Dixie
1942·6.2
Stand by for Action
1942·7.0
Her Cardboard Lover
1942·4.9
Jackass Mail
1942·7.5
The Magnificent Dope
1942·7.3
Lady in a Jam
1942·5.6
My Favorite Spy
1942·5.7
Land of the Open Range
1942·10.0
The Remarkable Andrew
1942·7.4
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942·5.2
Railroadin'
1941·0.0
Our Wife
1941·6.8
Down in San Diego
1941·6.7
Thieves Fall Out
1941·6.0
Reaching for the Sun
1941·7.3
Horror Island
1941·5.8
I Wanted Wings
1941·5.6
Santa Fe Trail
1940·5.8
The Great Plane Robbery
1940·9.0
Charter Pilot
1940·8.0
Street of Memories
1940·8.0
Hired Wife
1940·6.8
Public Deb No. 1
1940·4.9
Stage to Chino
1940·5.9
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940·9.0
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940·5.5
An Angel from Texas
1940·5.3
Shooting High
1940·7.0
The Ghost Comes Home
1940·5.7
Home Movies
1940·7.0
Four Wives
1939·5.5
See Your Doctor
1939·6.5
The Honeymoon's Over
1939·8.0
A Child is Born
1939·7.1
Reno
1939·6.7
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939·6.3
The Covered Trailer
1939·7.0
Chicken Wagon Family
1939·10.0
I Stole a Million
1939·8.0
Career
1939·8.0
The House of Fear
1939·7.7
Naughty but Nice
1939·6.8
Daughters Courageous
1939·6.3
Tell No Tales
1939·5.4
Rose of Washington Square
1939·6.7
Zenobia
1939·5.0
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939·6.3
Never Say Die
1939·7.3
How to Sub-Let
1939·5.8
Idiot's Delight
1939·6.1
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938·7.0
That’s My Story
1937·8.0
Carnival Queen
1937·7.0
Reported Missing
1937·10.0
Love in a Bungalow
1937·10.0
Night Key
1937·6.2
The Great O'Malley
1937·7.0
Girl Overboard
1937·9.0
The Mighty Treve
1937·7.5
Mysterious Crossing
1936·10.0
Sing Me a Love Song
1936·9.0
Three Smart Girls
1936·6.5
Love Letters of a Star
1936·9.0
Here Comes Carter
1936·5.5
Cain and Mabel
1936·6.4
Stage Struck
1936·5.3
Love Begins at Twenty
1936·6.3
Two Against the World
1936·6.2
The Golden Arrow
1936·6.3
Colleen
1936·5.8
Wife vs. Secretary
1936·6.7
The Lady Consents
1936·6.4
A Dream Comes True
1935·6.3
Captain Blood
1935·7.2
Dr. Socrates
1935·6.6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935·6.4
I Live for Love
1935·5.7
Page Miss Glory
1935·6.7
We're in the Money
1935·5.9
Broadway Gondolier
1935·6.0
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935·5.8
While the Patient Slept
1935·6.7
Wings in the Dark
1935·6.4
Bordertown
1935·5.9
I Am a Thief
1934·6.2
The St. Louis Kid
1934·6.3
The Firebird
1934·6.4
I Sell Anything
1934·5.0
Madame du Barry
1934·4.6
A Lost Lady
1934·5.8
Kansas City Princess
1934·4.9
Housewife
1934·7.3
The Key
1934·4.9
Now I'll Tell
1934·5.1
A Modern Hero
1934·7.0
Merry Wives of Reno
1934·4.4
A Very Honorable Guy
1934·6.0
Harold Teen
1934·6.5
Wonder Bar
1934·6.0
Jimmy the Gent
1934·6.4
I've Got Your Number
1934·6.8
Fashions of 1934
1934·6.6
Mandalay
1934·5.8
Dark Hazard
1934·5.7
Hi, Nellie!
1934·6.7
Easy to Love
1934·5.1
Moulin Rouge
1934·7.0
Convention City
1933·4.2
Havana Widows
1933·6.6
From Headquarters
1933·6.1
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933·6.3
My Woman
1933·4.2
Too Much Harmony
1933·7.0
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933·5.7
Goodbye Again
1933·4.9
The Devil's Mate
1933·8.0
No Marriage Ties
1933·4.9
Headline Shooter
1933·6.3
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933·6.2
The Mayor of Hell
1933·7.0
Private Detective 62
1933·6.2
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933·7.2
I Cover the Waterfront
1933·5.1
Picture Snatcher
1933·6.8
State Fair
1933·6.3
The Wall Street Mystery
1931·6.2
The Poor Fish
1930·0.0
Sympathy
1929·4.0
San Francisco Nights
1928·10.0