Hobart Cavanaugh: movies and TV shows
Hobart Cavanaugh has 166 credits in the archive: 165 films and 1 TV series, from 1928 to 1975. Highest rated: MGM Parade (7.5/10).
Career timeline
1928 – 1975 · busiest year: 1934 (23 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 88 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1950 | Stella | Tim Gross | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Mr. Manleigh | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Sigmund | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1948 | The Inside Story | Mr. Mason | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1948 | Up in Central Park | Mayor Oakley | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1948 | Best Man Wins | Amos | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1947 | Driftwood | Judge Beckett | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Higgins | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1947 | Doctor Jim | Mayor | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1946 | Night and Day | Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Antique Clock Dealer (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 59 |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Jake | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | George | Film | 3.8 | 59 |
| 1946 | The Spider Woman Strikes Back | Bill Stapleton | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1946 | Margie | Mr. Angus MacDuff | Film | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1946 | Little Iodine | Mr. Tremble | Film | 4.7 | 59 |
| 1946 | Faithful in My Fashion | Mr. Wilson | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | The Teacher (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1945 | I'll Remember April | Joe Billings | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | Mr. Rostigaff | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | Guest in the House | Mr. Blossom | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 1944 | Kismet | Moolah | Film | 5.5 | 57 |
| 1944 | The Immortal Blacksmith | Oliver Davenport | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1944 | Louisiana Hayride | Malcolm Cartwright | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You | Mr. McGregor (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1943 | The Human Comedy | Drunk at Bar (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Clark | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1943 | The Man from Down Under | Boots | Film | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1943 | Dangerous Blondes | Pop | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1943 | What a Woman | Mailman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1943 | A Scream in the Dark | Leo Stark | Film | 4.1 | 56 |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Josh Hudkins | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve on Broadway | Homer | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 | Boat Owner | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1943 | Taxi, Mister | Police Fingerprint Man | Film | 4.2 | 56 |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Arresting Plainclothesman (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 55 |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Carpenter's Mate 'Chips' | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Remarkable Andrew | Teller / Witness | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1942 | My Favorite Spy | Jules | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Albert Gowdy | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1942 | Land of the Open Range | Pinky Gardner | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | A Tragedy at Midnight | Charles Miller | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 1942 | Jackass Mail | Gospel Jones | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1942 | Whistling in Dixie | Mr. Panky | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1941 | Our Wife | Shipboard Passenger (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Mickey | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1941 | Horror Island | Professor Jasper Quinley | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1941 | Reaching for the Sun | Front Office Man | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1941 | Railroadin' | George | Film | — | 54 |
| 1941 | Thieves Fall Out | David Tipton | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Down in San Diego | Telegraph Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Barber Doyle | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1940 | The Ghost Comes Home | Ambrose Bundy | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1940 | Home Movies | Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | The Great Plane Robbery | Homer Pringle | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife | Potts | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | William | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Mr. Robelink | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Mr. Schlitz | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino | J. Horatio Boggs | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1940 | Charter Pilot | Horace Sturgeon | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Street of Memories | Mr. Foster | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Shooting High | Clem Perkle | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! | Gimpy Darnell | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Mr. Dover | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Naughty but Nice | Clark's Piano Tuner (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Frueheim | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Jenkins's Assistant | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong | Dwight Cook | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | Four Wives | Mr. Jenkins (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Whitey Boone | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Honeymoon's Over | Avery Butterfield | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Never Say Die | Druggist | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | Daughters Courageous | Tourist (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Jane Arden | "Killer" | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | A Child is Born | Mr. Herbert West | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Charlie Daggett | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1939 | Reno | Abe Compass | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1939 | How to Sub-Let | Mr. Mustavas | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1939 | The House of Fear | Minor Role | Film | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Henri Fippany | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Career | Jim Bronson | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | See Your Doctor | Brother-in-Law | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Covered Trailer | E. L. Beamish | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1938 | Cowboy from Brooklyn | Mr. "Pops" Jordan | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | Girl Overboard | Joseph L. 'Joe' Gray | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | That’s My Story | Sheriff Otis | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Reporter Pinky Holden | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | Night Key | Petty Louie | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1937 | The Mighty Treve | Mr. Davis | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1937 | Reported Missing | 'Ab' Steele | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | Carnival Queen | Profesor Silva | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | Love in a Bungalow | Mr. Kester | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | Wife vs. Secretary | Joe Farnsworth | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Wilbur Lamb | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1936 | Sing Me a Love Song | Mr. Barton (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Colleen | Noggin | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1936 | Cain and Mabel | Milo | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow | DeWolfe | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1936 | The Lady Consents | Mr. Yardley | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Wayne | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1936 | Two Against the World | Tippy Mantus | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1936 | Mysterious Crossing | Ned J. Stebbins | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Love Begins at Twenty | Jacob 'Jake' Buckley | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1936 | Here Comes Carter | Mel Winter | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1936 | Love Letters of a Star | Chester Blodgett | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Captain Blood | Dr. Bronson | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Philostrate | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1935 | I Live for Love | Townsend | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1935 | Bordertown | Harry | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Joe Bonner | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | Music Critic Gilmore | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1935 | Wings in the Dark | Mac | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1935 | We're in the Money | Max | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1935 | Don't Bet on Blondes | Philbert O. Slemp | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1935 | Dr. Socrates | Stevens | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1935 | While the Patient Slept | Eustace Federie | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1934 | Housewife | George Wilson | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1934 | A Lost Lady | Robert | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1934 | Hi, Nellie! | Fullerton | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1934 | Wonder Bar | Drunk (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1934 | Jimmy the Gent | Fake Worthingham | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1934 | Harold Teen | Pop | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1934 | I Am a Thief | Daudet | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1934 | Merry Wives of Reno | Derwent | Film | 4.4 | 47 |
| 1934 | A Modern Hero | Henry Mueller | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Inventor on Ship (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1934 | The Key | Homer, Tennant's Aide | Film | 4.9 | 47 |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Happy Dooley | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1934 | Madame du Barry | Professor de la Vauguyon | Film | 4.6 | 47 |
| 1934 | Moulin Rouge | Drunk | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1934 | Dark Hazard | George Mayhew | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1934 | Easy to Love | Hotel Desk Clerk | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1934 | Kansas City Princess | Alderman Sam Warren | Film | 4.9 | 47 |
| 1934 | The Firebird | Emile, Brandt's Valet | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1934 | Mandalay | Purser (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1934 | Now I'll Tell | Freddie Stanton | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy | Benny | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1934 | The St. Louis Kid | Richardson | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1934 | I Sell Anything | Stooge | Film | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Dog Salesman (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1933 | Convention City | Wendell Orchard | Film | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1933 | My Woman | Mr. Miller | Film | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1933 | The Mayor of Hell | Mr. Gorman | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1933 | Bureau of Missing Persons | Mr. Harris (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1933 | Picture Snatcher | James Peters - Drunken Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1933 | Private Detective 62 | Harcourt S. Burns | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1933 | State Fair | Professor Fred Coin (Uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1933 | The Devil's Mate | Parkhurst | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again | Mr. Clayton | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Alf Simmons | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1933 | No Marriage Ties | Smith | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Happy | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1933 | I Cover the Waterfront | One Punch McCoy | Film | 5.1 | 46 |
| 1933 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Peanuts Dinwiddie | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1933 | From Headquarters | Muggs Manton | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1933 | Havana Widows | Mr. Otis, Invincible Insurance | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1933 | Too Much Harmony | Piano Tuner | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1931 | The Wall Street Mystery | Martin Hill | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1930 | The Poor Fish | Harry | Film | — | 43 |
| 1929 | Sympathy | William Maxwell | Film | 4.0 | 42 |
| 1928 | San Francisco Nights | Tommie | Film | 10.0 | 41 |