Portrait of Hobart Cavanaugh

Acting

Hobart Cavanaugh

Career

Active from 1928 to 1948, busiest in 1934 with 14 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hobart Cavanaugh Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Murder Mystery 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Moral Dilemmas 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • Situational Humor 2
  • Classic Comedy 2
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Noir 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Family Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

163
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title
Stella
Stella (1950)

as Tim Gross

1940s

64 titles ยท average score 60
Up in Central Park
Up in Central Park (1948)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mayor Oakley

Black Angel
Black Angel (1946)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jake

The Spider Woman Strikes Back
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bill Stapleton

Gildersleeve on Broadway
Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
GoodWatch score 66

as Homer

A Scream in the Dark
A Scream in the Dark (1943)

as Leo Stark

A Tragedy at Midnight
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
GoodWatch score 57

as Charles Miller

Land of the Open Range
Land of the Open Range (1942)

as Pinky Gardner

Jackass Mail
Jackass Mail (1942)
GoodWatch score 68

as Gospel Jones

Horror Island
Horror Island (1941)
GoodWatch score 52

as Professor Jasper Quinley

Stage to Chino
Stage to Chino (1940)

as J. Horatio Boggs

Home Movies
Home Movies (1940)

as Party Guest Wearing Bowtie (uncredited)

Hired Wife
Hired Wife (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

as William

1930s

96 titles ยท average score 61
See Your Doctor
See Your Doctor (1939)

as Brother-in-Law

Rose of Washington Square
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Whitey Boone

How to Sub-Let
How to Sub-Let (1939)

as Mr. Mustavas

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
GoodWatch score 78

as Philostrate

Bordertown
Bordertown (1935)
GoodWatch score 72

as Harry

I Live for Love
I Live for Love (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Townsend

Wings in the Dark
Wings in the Dark (1935)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mac

Housewife
Housewife (1934)
GoodWatch score 54

as George Wilson

Hi, Nellie!
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

as Fullerton

A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady (1934)
GoodWatch score 59

as Robert

Harold Teen
Harold Teen (1934)

as Pop

My Woman
My Woman (1933)

as Mr. Miller

1920s

2 titles
Sympathy
Sympathy (1929)

as William Maxwell

San Francisco Nights
San Francisco Nights (1928)

as Tommie