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