Personal Info
Birth date
1886-09-21 (139 Years)
Day of death
1950-04-27
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Also known as
Hobart Cavanagh
Hobart Cavanaugh
Biography
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.
Filmography
From Headquarters
5.7
Overview:
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.The Firebird
5.5
Overview:
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola leaves the building, Brandt catches her in the stairwell and proposes she "visit" him at his apartment after everyone has gone to bed. Shocked and offended at his brazenness, she complains to the building manager, who orders Brandt to leave. He refuses, so the Pointers decide that they will move out instead. While they're packing, the police show up at their apartment with some bad news--Brandt has been found murdered, shot in the head. Inspector Muller, the detective investigating the murder, discovers that there is more to this case than meets the eye.The Mayor of Hell
7.1
Overview:
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.1
Overview:
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.Up in Central Park
6.333
Overview:
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.The Remarkable Andrew
8.2
Overview:
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.Wings in the Dark
6.4
Overview:
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.Broadway Thru a Keyhole
5.7
Overview:
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?The Spider Woman Strikes Back
6.5
Overview:
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.Land of the Open Range
NYR
Overview:
A land owner's will leaves his ranch to anyone who has served at least two years in prison.An Angel from Texas
4.8
Overview:
A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.I Stole a Million
6
Overview:
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.A Dream Comes True
5.5
Overview:
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).Four Wives
5.3
Overview:
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.State Fair
6.2
Overview:
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.Goodbye Again
4.6
Overview:
Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck?The Wall Street Mystery
6
Overview:
When the apparent murder of two stockbrokers are discovered in their Wall Street office. Police Inspector Crane summons forensic expert Dr. Crabtree to the crime scene. A beautiful woman found in the closet, a frightened African-American elevator operator, and a suspicious business associate are among the witnesses questioned.Gildersleeve on Broadway
5.8
Overview:
On a trip to New York, a small-town blowhard gets caught between a wealthy widow and a gold digger.I've Got Your Number
6
Overview:
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.Never Say Die
6.8
Overview:
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?Love Letters of a Star
NYR
Overview:
A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man responsible. Blackmail, suicide, murder, a cover-up not to mention yachts and sea planes all wrapped up in an efficient 66 minutes of screen time with Henry Hunter, Polly Rowles and C. Henry Gordon in the leads, and Lewis R. Foster sitting in the director’s chair.Page Miss Glory
6.3
Overview:
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.The Man from Down Under
6.5
Overview:
An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.San Francisco Nights
NYR
Overview:
Young lawyer John Vickery is in love with his wife, but he thinks she is in love with another man...Don't Bet on Blondes
5
Overview:
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.How to Sub-Let
3.5
Overview:
A man fumbles through an apartment sub-let assessment while his wife is away.Now I'll Tell
4.333
Overview:
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.A Child Is Born
6.5
Overview:
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.Dark Hazard
5.4
Overview:
Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.Acting
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1950Stella as Tim Gross
1949A Letter to Three Wives as Mr. Manleigh
1948Up in Central Park as Mayor Oakley
1948Best Man Wins as Amos
1948The Inside Story as Mr. Mason
1948My Girl Tisa as Sigmund
1947Driftwood as Judge Beckett
1947Easy Come, Easy Go as Higgins
1947Doctor Jim as Mayor
1946Little Iodine as Mr. Tremble
1946Margie as Mr. Angus MacDuff
1946Faithful in My Fashion as Mr. Wilson
1946Black Angel as Jake
1946Night and Day as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
1946The Hoodlum Saint as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
1946The Spider Woman Strikes Back as Bill Stapleton
1946Cinderella Jones as George
1945Don Juan Quilligan as Mr. Rostigaff
1945I'll Remember April as Joe Billings
1945Roughly Speaking as The Teacher (uncredited)
1944Guest in the House as Mr. Blossom
1944Kismet as Moolah
1944San Diego I Love You as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
1944Louisiana Hayride as Malcolm Cartwright
1944The Immortal Blacksmith as Oliver Davenport
1943What a Woman as Mailman (uncredited)
1943Gildersleeve on Broadway as Homer
1943A Scream in the Dark as Leo Stark
1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Clark
1943Dangerous Blondes as Pop
1943The Kansan as Josh Hudkins
1943The Man from Down Under as Boots
1943Pilot #5 as Boat Owner
1943Taxi, Mister as Police Fingerprint Man
1943The Human Comedy as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1942Whistling in Dixie as Mr. Panky
1942Stand by for Action as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
1942Her Cardboard Lover as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1942Jackass Mail as Gospel Jones
1942The Magnificent Dope as Albert Gowdy
1942Lady in a Jam as Reporter (uncredited)
1942My Favorite Spy as Jules
1942Land of the Open Range as Pinky Gardner
1942The Remarkable Andrew as Teller / Witness
1942A Tragedy at Midnight as Charles Miller
1941Railroadin' as George
1941Our Wife as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
1941Down in San Diego as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1941Thieves Fall Out as David Tipton
1941Reaching for the Sun as Front Office Man
1941Horror Island as Professor Jasper Quinley
1941I Wanted Wings as Mickey
1940Santa Fe Trail as Barber Doyle
1940The Great Plane Robbery as Homer Pringle
1940Charter Pilot as Horace Sturgeon
1940Street of Memories as Mr. Foster
1940Hired Wife as William
1940Public Deb No. 1 as Mr. Schlitz
1940Stage to Chino as J. Horatio Boggs
1940Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! as Gimpy Darnell
1940You Can't Fool Your Wife as Potts
1940An Angel from Texas as Mr. Robelink
1940Shooting High as Clem Perkle
1940The Ghost Comes Home as Ambrose Bundy
1940Home Movies as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
1939Four Wives as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
1939See Your Doctor as Brother-in-Law
1939A Child Is Born as Mr. Herbert West
1939Reno as Abe Compass
1939That's Right – You're Wrong as Dwight Cook
1939The Covered Trailer as E. L. Beamish
1939Chicken Wagon Family as Henri Fippany
1939I Stole a Million as Jenkins's Assistant
1939Career as Jim Bronson
1939The House of Fear as Minor Role
1939Naughty But Nice as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
1939Daughters Courageous as Tourist (uncredited)
1939Tell No Tales as Charlie Daggett
1939Rose of Washington Square as Whitey Boone
1939Zenobia as Mr. Dover
1939The Adventures of Jane Arden as "Killer"
1939Never Say Die as Druggist
1939How to Sub-Let as Mr. Mustavas
1939Idiot's Delight as Frueheim
1938Cowboy from Brooklyn as Mr. "Pops" Jordan
1937Carnival Queen as Profesor Silva
1937Reported Missing as 'Ab' Steele
1937Love in a Bungalow as Mr. Kester
1937Night Key as Petty Louie
1937The Great O'Malley as Reporter Pinky Holden
1937Girl Overboard as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
1937The Mighty Treve as Mr. Davis
1936Mysterious Crossing as Ned J. Stebbins
1936Sing Me a Love Song as Mr. Barton (uncredited)
1936Three Smart Girls as Wilbur Lamb
1936Love Letters of a Star as Chester Blodgett
1936Here Comes Carter as Mel Winter
1936Cain and Mabel as Milo
1936Stage Struck as Wayne
1936Love Begins at Twenty as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
1936Two Against the World as Tippy Mantus
1936The Golden Arrow as DeWolfe
1936Colleen as Noggin
1936Wife vs. Secretary as Joe Farnsworth
1936The Lady Consents as Mr. Yardley
1935A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
1935Captain Blood as Dr. Bronson
1935Dr. Socrates as Stevens
1935A Midsummer Night's Dream as Philostrate
1935I Live for Love as Townsend
1935Page Miss Glory as Joe Bonner
1935We're in the Money as Max
1935Broadway Gondolier as Music Critic Gilmore
1935Don't Bet on Blondes as Philbert O. Slemp
1935While the Patient Slept as Eustace Federie
1935Wings in the Dark as Mac
1935Bordertown as Harry
1934I Am a Thief as Daudet
1934The St. Louis Kid as Richardson
1934The Firebird as Emile, Brandt's Valet
1934I Sell Anything as Stooge
1934Madame du Barry as Professor de la Vauguyon
1934A Lost Lady as Robert
1934Kansas City Princess as Alderman Sam Warren
1934Housewife as George Wilson
1934The Key as Homer, Tennant's Aide
1934Now I'll Tell as Freddie Stanton
1934A Modern Hero as Henry Mueller
1934Merry Wives of Reno as Derwent
1934A Very Honorable Guy as Benny
1934Harold Teen as Pop
1934Wonder Bar as Drunk (uncredited)
1934Jimmy the Gent as Fake Worthingham
1934I've Got Your Number as Happy Dooley
1934Fashions of 1934 as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
1934Mandalay as Purser (uncredited)
1934Dark Hazard as George Mayhew
1934Hi, Nellie! as Fullerton
1934Easy to Love as Hotel desk clerk
1934Moulin Rouge as Drunk
1933Convention City as Wendell Orchard
1933Havana Widows as Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
1933From Headquarters as Muggs Manton
1933Broadway Thru a Keyhole as Peanuts Dinwiddie
1933My Woman as Mr. Miller
1933Too Much Harmony as Piano Tuner
1933Bureau of Missing Persons as Mr. Harris (uncredited)
1933Goodbye Again as Mr. Clayton
1933The Devil's Mate as Parkhurst
1933No Marriage Ties as Smith
1933Headline Shooter as Happy
1933Mary Stevens, M.D. as Alf Simmons
1933The Mayor of Hell as Mr. Gorman
1933Private Detective 62 as Harcourt S. Burns
1933I Cover the Waterfront as One Punch McCoy
1933Picture Snatcher as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
1933State Fair as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
1931The Wall Street Mystery as Martin Hill
1930The Poor Fish as Harry
1929Sympathy as William Maxwell
1928San Francisco Nights as Tommie