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A Letter to Three Wives

as Mr. Manleigh

1949
Up in Central Park

as Mayor Oakley

1948
Black Angel

as Jake

1946
The Spider Woman Strikes Back

as Bill Stapleton

1946
Margie

as Mr. Angus MacDuff

1946
Cinderella Jones

as George

1946
Faithful in My Fashion

as Mr. Wilson

1946
I'll Remember April

as Joe Billings

1945
Kismet

as Moolah

1944
The Kansan

as Josh Hudkins

1943
A Scream in the Dark

as Leo Stark

1943
What a Woman

as Mailman (uncredited)

1943
The Magnificent Dope

as Albert Gowdy

1942
Her Cardboard Lover

as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)

1942
Jackass Mail

as Gospel Jones

1942
A Tragedy at Midnight

as Charles Miller

1942
Land of the Open Range

as Pinky Gardner

1942
Horror Island

as Professor Jasper Quinley

1941
Shooting High

as Clem Perkle

1940
Charter Pilot

as Horace Sturgeon

1940
An Angel from Texas

as Mr. Robelink

1940
Rose of Washington Square

as Whitey Boone

1939
Tell No Tales

as Charlie Daggett

1939
Night Key

as Petty Louie

1937
Reported Missing

as 'Ab' Steele

1937
Carnival Queen

as Profesor Silva

1937
Wife vs. Secretary

as Joe Farnsworth

1936
Three Smart Girls

as Wilbur Lamb

1936
Hobart Cavanaugh Hobart Cavanaugh

Birthday

1886-09-22

Place of Birth

Virginia City, Nevada, USA

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 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.
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