7.7
7.7
Housewife
1934
as Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
Joseph Cawthorn
Acting
Born:March 27, 1868
Died:January 21, 1949(aged 80)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Cawthorn (March 29, 1868, New York City, New York – January 21, 1949, Beverly Hills, California) was an American stage and film comic actor. Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debuting at Robinson's Music Hall in his hometown of New York in 1872. He appeared in minstrel shows and vaudeville as a "Dutch" comic, employing a thick German dialect. He later worked in British music halls and American touring companies. Cawthorn made his Broadway debut in 1895, 1897 or 1898, and embarked on a long career lasting over two decades. His first success was playing Boris in Victor Herbert's 1898 operetta The Fortune Teller. Other notable Broadway roles included the title character in Mother Goose (1903) and inventor Dr. Pill in the fantasy musical Little Nemo (1908). In the latter, he was called upon to ad lib to buy time during one performance. As "the scene called for him to describe imaginary animals he had hunted", he invented the "whiffenpoof" on the spot. Yale students in the audience appropriated it for the name of their glee club. When his Broadway stardom waned, Cawthorn moved to Hollywood in 1927 and started a second prolific career, appearing in over 50 films, the last in 1942. He played Gremio in the first sound adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew in 1929, starring Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks; Schultz in Gold Diggers of 1935; and Florenz Ziegfeld's father in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). Cawthorn died peacefully on January 21, 1949. He was survived by his wife, actress Queenie Vassar.
Filmography (52 movies)
7.0
7.0
The Runaround
1931
as Lou
6.5
6.5
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Dr. Armand de Fontinac
6.5
6.5
Made on Broadway
1933
as Maxie Schultz
6.4
6.4
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as August Schultz
6.3
6.3
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Mr. Freischutz
6.3
6.3
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Dr. Ziegfeld
6.2
6.2
So Ends Our Night
1941
as Leopold Potzloch
6.1
6.1
Lillian Russell
1940
as Leopold Damrosch
6.0
6.0
Freshman Love
1936
as Wilson, Sr.
6.0
6.0
Hold 'Em Yale
1928
as Professor George Bradbury
6.0
6.0
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Herbert Brokman
6.0
6.0
Crime Over London
1936
as Mr. Sherwood / Reilly
6.0
6.0
Peach-o-Reno
1931
as Joe Bruno
6.0
6.0
Lazy River
1934
as Mr. Julius Ambrose
6.0
6.0
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Adolph Sr.
6.0
6.0
Broken Dreams
1933
as Pop
5.9
5.9
White Zombie
1932
as Dr. Bruner
5.8
5.8
Street Girl
1929
as Keppel - Cafe Owner
5.8
5.8
They Call It Sin
1932
as Mr. Hollister
5.8
5.8
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
5.7
5.7
Sweet Adeline
1934
as Oscar Schmidt
5.7
5.7
Sweet Music
1935
as Sidney Selzer
5.6
5.6
Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Barfuss
5.4
5.4
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Gremio
5.4
5.4
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
5.0
5.0
Scatterbrain
1940
as Nicholas Raptis
5.0
5.0
Smart Girl
1935
as Karl Krausemeyer
5.0
5.0
Jazz Heaven
1929
as Herman Kemple
5.0
5.0
Speakeasy
1929
as Yokel
4.8
4.8
Brides Are Like That
1936
as Fred Schultz
4.8
4.8
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
as Monique's Father
4.8
4.8
Music in the Air
1934
as Hans Uppman
4.7
4.7
Dixiana
1930
as Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father
4.5
4.5
Kiki
1931
as Alfred Rapp
4.2
4.2
Bright Lights
1935
as Oscar Schlemmer
4.0
4.0
Young and Beautiful
1934
as Herman Cline
4.0
4.0
Hot Money
1936
as Max Dourfuss
4.0
4.0
Grand Slam
1933
as Alex Alexandrovitch
3.8
3.8
Dance Hall
1929
as Bremmer
3.4
3.4
Harmony Lane
1935
as Professor Henry Kleber
3.0
3.0
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Dr. Wilson
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Silas Harwood
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
A Tailor-Made Man
1931
as Huber
Best of Enemies
1933
as Gus Schneider
Two Girls Wanted
1927
as Philip Hancock
Very Confidential
1927
as Donald Allen
The Human Side
1934
as Fritz Speigal
The Princess and the Plumber
1930
as Merkl
Beautiful Dreamer
1935
Silk Legs
1927
as Ezra Fulton
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