Actor
Joseph Cawthorn
Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Cawthorn (March 29, 1868, New York City, New York – January 21, 1949, Beverly Hills, California) was an American stage and film comic actor. Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debuting at Robinson's Music Hall in his hometown of New York in 1872. He appeared in minstrel shows and vaudeville as a "Dutch" comic, employing a thick German dialect. He later worked in British music halls and American touring companies. Cawthorn made his Br ...

Known For
Acting
1942 -- The Postman Didn't Ring | Silas Harwood
1941 -- So Ends Our Night | Leopold Potzloch
1940 -- Scatterbrain | Nicholas Raptis
1940 -- Lillian Russell | Leopold Damrosch
1936 -- Crime Over London | Mr. Sherwood / Reilly
1936 -- Hot Money | Max Dourfuss
1936 -- One Rainy Afternoon | Monique's Father
1936 -- Brides Are Like That | Fred Schultz
1936 -- The Great Ziegfeld | Dr. Ziegfeld
1936 -- Freshman Love | Wilson, Sr.
1935 -- Harmony Lane | Professor Henry Kleber
1935 -- Page Miss Glory | Mr. Freischutz
1935 -- Bright Lights | Oscar Schlemmer
1935 -- Smart Girl | Karl Krausemeyer
1935 -- Naughty Marietta | Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
1935 -- Gold Diggers of 1935 | August Schultz
1935 -- Sweet Music | Sidney Selzer
1935 -- Maybe It's Love | Adolph Sr.
1934 -- Sweet Adeline | Oscar Schmidt
1934 -- Music in the Air | Hans Uppman
1934 -- Young and Beautiful | Herman Cline
1934 -- The Human Side | Fritz Speigal
1934 -- Housewife | Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
1934 -- Twenty Million Sweethearts | Herbert Brokman
1934 -- The Last Gentleman | Dr. Wilson
1934 -- Lazy River | Mr. Julius Ambrose
1933 -- Broken Dreams | Pop
1933 -- Best of Enemies | Gus Schneider
1933 -- Made on Broadway | Maxie Schultz
1933 -- Blondie Johnson | Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
1933 -- Grand Slam | Alex Alexandrovitch
1933 -- Whistling in the Dark | Barfuss
1932 -- Men Are Such Fools | Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
1932 -- They Call It Sin | Mr. Hollister
1932 -- Love Me Tonight | Dr. Armand de Fontinac
1932 -- White Zombie | Dr. Bruner
1931 -- Peach-o-Reno | Joe Bruno
1931 -- The Runaround | Lou
1931 -- A Tailor-Made Man | Huber
1931 -- Kiki | Alfred Rapp
1930 -- The Princess and the Plumber | Merkl
1930 -- Dixiana | Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father
1929 -- Dance Hall | Bremmer
1929 -- Jazz Heaven | Herman Kemple
1929 -- The Taming of the Shrew | Gremio
1929 -- Street Girl | Keppel - Cafe Owner
1929 -- Speakeasy | Yokel
1928 -- Hold 'Em Yale | Professor George Bradbury
1927 -- Silk Legs | Ezra Fulton
1927 -- Very Confidential | Donald Allen
1927 -- Two Girls Wanted | Philip Hancock
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