Hobart Cavanaugh
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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.
Acting
Movie
Captain Blood
as Dr. Bronson
1935
Movie
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Dog Salesman (uncredited)
1933
Movie
A Letter to Three Wives
as Mr. Manleigh
1949
Movie
Santa Fe Trail
as Barber Doyle
1940
Movie
Wife vs. Secretary
as Joe Farnsworth
1936
Movie
Black Angel
as Jake
1946
Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Philostrate
1935
Movie
Night and Day
as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
1946
Movie
Night Key
as Petty Louie
1937
Movie
The Human Comedy
as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1943
Movie
Horror Island
as Professor Jasper Quinley
1941
Movie
The Mayor of Hell
as Mr. Gorman
1933
Movie
Jimmy the Gent
as Fake Worthingham
1934
Movie
Bordertown
as Harry
1935
Movie
State Fair
as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
1933
Movie
Picture Snatcher
as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Three Smart Girls
as Wilbur Lamb
1936
Movie
Private Detective 62
as Harcourt S. Burns
1933
Movie
Fashions of 1934
as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Wonder Bar
as Drunk (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Mr. Harris (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Kismet
as Moolah
1944
Movie
Mandalay
as Purser (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Guest in the House
as Mr. Blossom
1944