---
name: "Hobart Cavanaugh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hobart-cavanaugh"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 September 1886"
died: "27 April 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T01:56:51.773031+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hobart Cavanaugh

Actor. Born 21 September 1886 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Died 27 April 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 September 1886, Virginia City, Nevada, USA
- **Died:** 27 April 1950
- **Active:** 1935–1949
- **Also known as:** Hobart Cavanagh
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Ross Alexander](https://film.one/person/ross-alexander.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 75 (3), 1940s 72 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Romance 3, Comedy 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $30m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Cavanaugh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2877860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146928/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85897

## Biography

Hobart Cavanaugh was an American character actor in films and on stage. He attended the University of California, worked in vaudeville and appeared in Broadway productions including the original 1919 musical *Irene* and the 1948 musical *As the Girls Go*. His film debut was in *San Francisco Nights* (1928).

He played supporting roles, often small or uncredited, in more than 180 films. Credits include *Gold Diggers of 1933*, *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), *Captain Blood* (1935) as Dr. Bronson, *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936), *Santa Fe Trail* (1940), *Black Angel* (1946) and *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949). His final screen appearance was in *Stella* (1950).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), Fi1m 79, as Mr. Manleigh — [page](https://film.one/film/a-letter-to-three-wives.md)
- *Three Smart Girls* (1936), Fi1m 72, as Wilbur Lamb — [page](https://film.one/film/three-smart-girls.md)
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Philostrate — [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, as Dr. Bronson — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Human Comedy* (1943), Fi1m 66, as Drunk at Bar (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-human-comedy.md)

## Complete filmography (163)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Stella* (1950), as Tim Gross
- *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), as Mr. Manleigh — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-letter-to-three-wives.md)
- *Up in Central Park* (1948), as Mayor Oakley
- *Best Man Wins* (1948), as Amos
- *The Inside Story* (1948), as Mr. Mason
- *My Girl Tisa* (1948), as Sigmund
- *Driftwood* (1947), as Judge Beckett
- *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1947), as Higgins
- *Doctor Jim* (1947), as Mayor
- *Little Iodine* (1946), as Mr. Tremble
- *Margie* (1946), as Mr. Angus MacDuff
- *Faithful in My Fashion* (1946), as Mr. Wilson
- *Black Angel* (1946), as Jake
- *Night and Day* (1946), as Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
- *The Hoodlum Saint* (1946), as Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited)
- *The Spider Woman Strikes Back* (1946), as Bill Stapleton
- *Cinderella Jones* (1946), as George
- *Don Juan Quilligan* (1945), as Mr. Rostigaff
- *I'll Remember April* (1945), as Joe Billings
- *Roughly Speaking* (1945), as The Teacher (uncredited)
- *Guest in the House* (1944), as Mr. Blossom
- *Kismet* (1944), as Moolah
- *San Diego I Love You* (1944), as Mr. McGregor (uncredited)
- *Louisiana Hayride* (1944), as Malcolm Cartwright
- *The Immortal Blacksmith* (1944), as Oliver Davenport
- *What a Woman* (1943), as Mailman (uncredited)
- *Gildersleeve on Broadway* (1943), as Homer
- *A Scream in the Dark* (1943), as Leo Stark
- *Sweet Rosie O'Grady* (1943), as Clark
- *Dangerous Blondes* (1943), as Pop
- *The Kansan* (1943), as Josh Hudkins
- *The Man from Down Under* (1943), as Boots
- *Pilot #5* (1943), as Boat Owner
- *Taxi, Mister* (1943), as Police Fingerprint Man
- *The Human Comedy* (1943), as Drunk at Bar (uncredited) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-human-comedy.md)
- *Stand by for Action* (1942), as Carpenter's Mate 'Chips'
- *Whistling in Dixie* (1942), as Mr. Panky
- *Her Cardboard Lover* (1942), as Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- *The Magnificent Dope* (1942), as Albert Gowdy
- *Jackass Mail* (1942), as Gospel Jones
- *Lady in a Jam* (1942), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *My Favorite Spy* (1942), as Jules
- *Land of the Open Range* (1942), as Pinky Gardner
- *The Remarkable Andrew* (1942), as Teller / Witness
- *A Tragedy at Midnight* (1942), as Charles Miller
- *Railroadin'* (1941), as George
- *Our Wife* (1941), as Shipboard Passenger (uncredited)
- *Down in San Diego* (1941), as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
- *Thieves Fall Out* (1941), as David Tipton
- *Reaching for the Sun* (1941), as Front Office Man
- *Horror Island* (1941), as Professor Jasper Quinley
- *I Wanted Wings* (1941), as Mickey
- *Santa Fe Trail* (1940), as Barber Doyle
- *The Great Plane Robbery* (1940), as Homer Pringle
- *Charter Pilot* (1940), as Horace Sturgeon
- *Street of Memories* (1940), as Mr. Foster
- *Hired Wife* (1940), as William
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), as Mr. Schlitz
- *Stage to Chino* (1940), as J. Horatio Boggs
- *Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!* (1940), as Gimpy Darnell
- *You Can't Fool Your Wife* (1940), as Potts
- *An Angel from Texas* (1940), as Mr. Robelink
- *Shooting High* (1940), as Clem Perkle
- *The Ghost Comes Home* (1940), as Ambrose Bundy
- *Home Movies* (1940), as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)
- *Four Wives* (1939), as Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
- *See Your Doctor* (1939), as Brother-in-Law
- *The Honeymoon's Over* (1939), as Avery Butterfield
- *A Child is Born* (1939), as Mr. Herbert West
- *Reno* (1939), as Abe Compass
- *That's Right – You're Wrong* (1939), as Dwight Cook
- *The Covered Trailer* (1939), as E. L. Beamish
- *Chicken Wagon Family* (1939), as Henri Fippany
- *I Stole a Million* (1939), as Jenkins's Assistant
- *Career* (1939), as Jim Bronson
- *The House of Fear* (1939), as Minor Role
- *Daughters Courageous* (1939), as Tourist (uncredited)
- *Naughty but Nice* (1939), as Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited)
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), as Charlie Daggett
- *Rose of Washington Square* (1939), as Whitey Boone
- *Zenobia* (1939), as Mr. Dover
- *The Adventures of Jane Arden* (1939), as "Killer"
- *Never Say Die* (1939), as Druggist
- *How to Sub-Let* (1939), as Mr. Mustavas
- *Idiot's Delight* (1939), as Frueheim
- *Cowboy from Brooklyn* (1938), as Mr. "Pops" Jordan
- *That’s My Story* (1937), as Sheriff Otis
- *Carnival Queen* (1937), as Profesor Silva
- *Reported Missing* (1937), as 'Ab' Steele
- *Love in a Bungalow* (1937), as Mr. Kester
- *Night Key* (1937), as Petty Louie
- *The Great O'Malley* (1937), as Reporter Pinky Holden
- *Girl Overboard* (1937), as Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray
- *The Mighty Treve* (1937), as Mr. Davis
- *Mysterious Crossing* (1936), as Ned J. Stebbins
- *Sing Me a Love Song* (1936), as Mr. Barton (uncredited)
- *Three Smart Girls* (1936), as Wilbur Lamb — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/three-smart-girls.md)
- *Love Letters of a Star* (1936), as Chester Blodgett
- *Here Comes Carter* (1936), as Mel Winter
- *Cain and Mabel* (1936), as Milo
- *Stage Struck* (1936), as Wayne
- *Love Begins at Twenty* (1936), as Jacob 'Jake' Buckley
- *Two Against the World* (1936), as Tippy Mantus
- *The Golden Arrow* (1936), as DeWolfe
- *Colleen* (1936), as Noggin
- *Wife vs. Secretary* (1936), as Joe Farnsworth
- *The Lady Consents* (1936), as Mr. Yardley
- *Captain Blood* (1935), as Dr. Bronson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Dr. Socrates* (1935), as Stevens
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), as Philostrate — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)
- *I Live for Love* (1935), as Townsend
- *Page Miss Glory* (1935), as Joe Bonner
- *We're in the Money* (1935), as Max
- *Broadway Gondolier* (1935), as Music Critic Gilmore
- *Don't Bet on Blondes* (1935), as Philbert O. Slemp
- *While the Patient Slept* (1935), as Eustace Federie
- *Wings in the Dark* (1935), as Mac
- *Bordertown* (1935), as Harry
- *I Am a Thief* (1934), as Daudet
- *The St. Louis Kid* (1934), as Richardson
- *The Firebird* (1934), as Emile, Brandt's Valet
- *I Sell Anything* (1934), as Stooge
- *Madame du Barry* (1934), as Professor de la Vauguyon
- *A Lost Lady* (1934), as Robert
- *Kansas City Princess* (1934), as Alderman Sam Warren
- *Housewife* (1934), as George Wilson
- *The Key* (1934), as Homer, Tennant's Aide
- *Now I'll Tell* (1934), as Freddie Stanton
- *A Modern Hero* (1934), as Henry Mueller
- *Merry Wives of Reno* (1934), as Derwent
- *A Very Honorable Guy* (1934), as Benny
- *Harold Teen* (1934), as Pop
- *Wonder Bar* (1934), as Drunk (uncredited)
- *Jimmy the Gent* (1934), as Fake Worthingham
- *I've Got Your Number* (1934), as Happy Dooley
- *Fashions of 1934* (1934), as Inventor on Ship (uncredited)
- *Mandalay* (1934), as Purser (uncredited)
- *Dark Hazard* (1934), as George Mayhew
- *Hi, Nellie!* (1934), as Fullerton
- *Easy to Love* (1934), as Hotel Desk Clerk
- *Moulin Rouge* (1934), as Drunk
- *Convention City* (1933), as Wendell Orchard
- *Havana Widows* (1933), as Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance
- *From Headquarters* (1933), as Muggs Manton
- *Broadway Thru a Keyhole* (1933), as Peanuts Dinwiddie
- *My Woman* (1933), as Mr. Miller
- *Too Much Harmony* (1933), as Piano Tuner
- *Bureau of Missing Persons* (1933), as Mr. Harris (uncredited)
- *Goodbye Again* (1933), as Mr. Clayton
- *The Devil's Mate* (1933), as Parkhurst
- *No Marriage Ties* (1933), as Smith
- *Headline Shooter* (1933), as Happy
- *Mary Stevens, M.D.* (1933), as Alf Simmons
- *The Mayor of Hell* (1933), as Mr. Gorman
- *Private Detective 62* (1933), as Harcourt S. Burns
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), as Dog Salesman (uncredited)
- *I Cover the Waterfront* (1933), as One Punch McCoy
- *Picture Snatcher* (1933), as James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited)
- *State Fair* (1933), as Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited)
- *The Wall Street Mystery* (1931), as Martin Hill
- *The Poor Fish* (1930), as Harry
- *Sympathy* (1929), as William Maxwell
- *San Francisco Nights* (1928), as Tommie

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