Personal Info
Known Credits
160
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1886-09-21 (139 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Virginia City, Nevada, USA
Also Known For
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 Fr ...
Known For
Acting
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1950 --
Stella
| Tim Gross
1949 --
A Letter to Three Wives
| Mr. Manleigh
1948 --
Up in Central Park
| Mayor Oakley
1948 --
Best Man Wins
| Amos
1948 --
The Inside Story
| Mr. Mason
1948 --
My Girl Tisa
| Sigmund
1947 --
Driftwood
| Judge Beckett
1947 --
Easy Come, Easy Go
| Higgins
1947 --
Doctor Jim
| Mayor
1946 --
Little Iodine
| Mr. Tremble
1946 --
Margie
| Mr. Angus MacDuff
1946 --
Faithful in My Fashion
| Mr. Wilson
1946 --
Black Angel
| Jake
1946 --
Night and Day
| Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
1946 --
The Hoodlum Saint
| Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
1946 --
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
| Bill Stapleton
1946 --
Cinderella Jones
| George
1945 --
Don Juan Quilligan
| Mr. Rostigaff
1945 --
I'll Remember April
| Joe Billings
1945 --
Roughly Speaking
| The Teacher (uncredited)
1944 --
Guest in the House
| Mr. Blossom
1944 --
Kismet
| Moolah
1944 --
San Diego I Love You
| Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
1944 --
Louisiana Hayride
| Malcolm Cartwright
1943 --
What a Woman
| Mailman (uncredited)
1943 --
Gildersleeve on Broadway
| Homer
1943 --
A Scream in the Dark
| Leo Stark
1943 --
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
| Clark
1943 --
Dangerous Blondes
| Pop
1943 --
The Kansan
| Josh Hudkins
1943 --
The Man from Down Under
| Boots
1943 --
Pilot #5
| Boat Owner
1943 --
Taxi, Mister
| Police Fingerprint Man
1943 --
The Human Comedy
| Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1942 --
Stand by for Action
| Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
1942 --
Whistling in Dixie
| Mr. Panky
1942 --
Her Cardboard Lover
| Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
1942 --
The Magnificent Dope
| Albert Gowdy
1942 --
Jackass Mail
| Gospel Jones
1942 --
Lady in a Jam
| Reporter (uncredited)
1942 --
My Favorite Spy
| Jules
1942 --
Land of the Open Range
| Pinky Gardner
1942 --
The Remarkable Andrew
| Teller / Witness
1942 --
A Tragedy at Midnight
| Charles Miller
1941 --
Railroadin'
| George
1941 --
Our Wife
| Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
1941 --
Down in San Diego
| Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
1941 --
Thieves Fall Out
| David Tipton
1941 --
Reaching for the Sun
| Front Office Man
1941 --
Horror Island
| Professor Jasper Quinley
1941 --
I Wanted Wings
| Mickey
1940 --
Santa Fe Trail
| Barber Doyle
1940 --
The Great Plane Robbery
| Homer Pringle
1940 --
Charter Pilot
| Horace Sturgeon
1940 --
Street of Memories
| Mr. Foster
1940 --
Public Deb No. 1
| Mr. Schlitz
1940 --
Hired Wife
| William
1940 --
Stage to Chino
| J. Horatio Boggs
1940 --
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
| Gimpy Darnell
1940 --
You Can't Fool Your Wife
| Potts
1940 --
An Angel from Texas
| Mr. Robelink
1940 --
Shooting High
| Clem Perkle
1940 --
The Ghost Comes Home
| Ambrose Bundy
1940 --
Home Movies
| Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
1939 --
Four Wives
| Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
1939 --
See Your Doctor
| Brother-in-Law
1939 --
A Child Is Born
| Mr. Herbert West
1939 --
Reno
| Abe Compass
1939 --
That's Right – You're Wrong
| Dwight Cook
1939 --
The Covered Trailer
| E. L. Beamish
1939 --
Chicken Wagon Family
| Henri Fippany
1939 --
I Stole a Million
| Jenkins's Assistant
1939 --
Career
| Jim Bronson
1939 --
The House of Fear
| Minor Role
1939 --
Daughters Courageous
| Tourist (uncredited)
1939 --
Naughty But Nice
| Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
1939 --
Tell No Tales
| Charlie Daggett
1939 --
Rose of Washington Square
| Whitey Boone
1939 --
Zenobia
| Mr. Dover
1939 --
The Adventures of Jane Arden
| "Killer"
1939 --
Never Say Die
| Druggist
1939 --
How to Sub-Let
| Mr. Mustavas
1939 --
Idiot's Delight
| Frueheim
1938 --
Cowboy from Brooklyn
| Mr. "Pops" Jordan
1937 --
Carnival Queen
| Profesor Silva
1937 --
Reported Missing
| 'Ab' Steele
1937 --
Night Key
| Petty Louie
1937 --
The Great O'Malley
| Reporter Pinky Holden
1937 --
Girl Overboard
| Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
1937 --
The Mighty Treve
| Mr. Davis
1936 --
Mysterious Crossing
| Ned J. Stebbins
1936 --
Sing Me a Love Song
| Mr. Barton (uncredited)
1936 --
Three Smart Girls
| Wilbur Lamb
1936 --
Love Letters of a Star
| Chester Blodgett
1936 --
Here Comes Carter
| Mel Winter
1936 --
Cain and Mabel
| Milo
1936 --
Stage Struck
| Wayne
1936 --
Love Begins at Twenty
| Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
1936 --
Two Against the World
| Tippy Mantus
1936 --
The Golden Arrow
| DeWolfe
1936 --
Colleen
| Noggin
1936 --
Wife vs. Secretary
| Joe Farnsworth
1936 --
The Lady Consents
| Mr. Yardley
1935 --
A Dream Comes True
| Himself (uncredited)
1935 --
Captain Blood
| Dr. Bronson
1935 --
Dr. Socrates
| Stevens
1935 --
A Midsummer Night's Dream
| Philostrate
1935 --
I Live for Love
| Townsend
1935 --
Page Miss Glory
| Joe Bonner
1935 --
We're in the Money
| Max
1935 --
Broadway Gondolier
| Music Critic Gilmore
1935 --
Don't Bet on Blondes
| Philbert O. Slemp
1935 --
While the Patient Slept
| Eustace Federie
1935 --
Wings in the Dark
| Mac
1935 --
Bordertown
| Harry
1934 --
I Am a Thief
| Daudet
1934 --
The St. Louis Kid
| Richardson
1934 --
The Firebird
| Emile, Brandt's Valet
1934 --
I Sell Anything
| Stooge
1934 --
Madame du Barry
| Professor de la Vauguyon
1934 --
A Lost Lady
| Robert
1934 --
Kansas City Princess
| Alderman Sam Warren
1934 --
Housewife
| George Wilson
1934 --
The Key
| Homer, Tennant's Aide
1934 --
Now I'll Tell
| Freddie Stanton
1934 --
A Modern Hero
| Henry Mueller
1934 --
A Very Honorable Guy
| Benny
1934 --
Merry Wives of Reno
| Derwent
1934 --
Harold Teen
| Pop
1934 --
Wonder Bar
| Drunk (uncredited)
1934 --
Jimmy the Gent
| Fake Worthingham
1934 --
I've Got Your Number
| Happy Dooley
1934 --
Fashions of 1934
| Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
1934 --
Mandalay
| Purser (uncredited)
1934 --
Dark Hazard
| George Mayhew
1934 --
Hi, Nellie!
| Fullerton
1934 --
Easy to Love
| Hotel desk clerk
1934 --
Moulin Rouge
| Drunk
1933 --
Convention City
| Wendell Orchard
1933 --
Havana Widows
| Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
1933 --
From Headquarters
| Muggs Manton
1933 --
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
| Peanuts Dinwiddie
1933 --
My Woman
| Mr. Miller
1933 --
Too Much Harmony
| Piano Tuner
1933 --
Bureau of Missing Persons
| Mr. Harris (uncredited)
1933 --
Goodbye Again
| Mr. Clayton
1933 --
The Devil's Mate
| Parkhurst
1933 --
No Marriage Ties
| Smith
1933 --
Headline Shooter
| Happy
1933 --
Mary Stevens, M.D.
| Alf Simmons
1933 --
The Mayor of Hell
| Mr. Gorman
1933 --
Private Detective 62
| Harcourt S. Burns
1933 --
I Cover the Waterfront
| One Punch McCoy
1933 --
Picture Snatcher
| James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
1933 --
State Fair
| Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
1931 --
The Wall Street Mystery
| Martin Hill
1930 --
The Poor Fish
| Harry
1929 --
Sympathy
| William Maxwell
1928 --
San Francisco Nights
| Tommie