Hobart Cavanaugh

Hobart Cavanaugh (September 22, 1886 – April 26, 1950 ) was an American character actor in films and on stage.

Biography Cavanaugh was born in Virginia City, Nevada, on September 22, 1886. He attended the University of California,

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 men. By the end of his life, he had appeared in more than 180 films.

Death Cavanaugh suffered from late-stage stomach cancer while filming Stella (1950). He could not eat and collapsed twice on the set but was determined to see his final performance through. He died following an operation at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.

Partial filmography

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