Hobart Cavanaugh (Actor)

Reviews of Hobart Cavanaugh Movies

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Movies starring Hobart Cavanaugh have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 60%.

Captain Blood - released in 1935 - is Hobart Cavanaugh's highest rated movie, with a score of 80% based on 285 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Hobart Cavanaugh is Guest in the House - released in 1944 - with a score of 46% based on 3 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Hobart Cavanaugh has acted in films with Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Allen Jenkins and Renee Whitney.

Hobart Cavanaugh has worked with these film directors: Michael Curtiz, Lloyd Bacon, William Dieterle and Clarence Brown.