Joseph Cawthorn
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The Postman Didn't Ring
Film • 1942
jako Silas Harwood
So Ends Our Night
Film • 1941
jako Leopold Potzloch
Scatterbrain
Film • 1940
jako Nicholas Raptis
Lillian Russell
Film • 1940
jako Leopold Damrosch
Crime Over London
Film • 1936
jako Mr. Sherwood / Reilly
Hot Money
Film • 1936
jako Max Dourfuss
One Rainy Afternoon
Film • 1936
jako Monique's Father
Brides Are Like That
Film • 1936
jako Fred Schultz
The Great Ziegfeld
Film • 1936
jako Dr. Ziegfeld
Freshman Love
Film • 1936
jako Wilson, Sr.
Beautiful Dreamer
Film • 1935
Harmony Lane
Film • 1935
jako Professor Henry Kleber
Page Miss Glory
Film • 1935
jako Mr. Freischutz
Bright Lights
Film • 1935
jako Oscar Schlemmer
Smart Girl
Film • 1935
jako Karl Krausemeyer
Naughty Marietta
Film • 1935
jako Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
Gold Diggers of 1935
Film • 1935
jako August Schultz
Sweet Music
Film • 1935
jako Sidney Selzer
Maybe It's Love
Film • 1935
jako Adolph Sr.
Sweet Adeline
Film • 1934
jako Oscar Schmidt
Music in the Air
Film • 1934
jako Hans Uppman
Young and Beautiful
Film • 1934
jako Herman Cline
The Human Side
Film • 1934
jako Fritz Speigal
Housewife
Film • 1934
jako Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Film • 1934
jako Herbert Brokman
The Last Gentleman
Film • 1934
jako Dr. Wilson
Lazy River
Film • 1934
jako Mr. Julius Ambrose
Broken Dreams
Film • 1933
jako Pop
Best of Enemies
Film • 1933
jako Gus Schneider
Made on Broadway
Film • 1933
jako Maxie Schultz
Blondie Johnson
Film • 1933
jako Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
Grand Slam
Film • 1933
jako Alex Alexandrovitch
Whistling in the Dark
Film • 1933
jako Barfuss
Men Are Such Fools
Film • 1932
jako Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
They Call It Sin
Film • 1932
jako Mr. Hollister
Love Me Tonight
Film • 1932
jako Dr. Armand de Fontinac
Białe Zombi
Film • 1932
jako Dr. Bruner
Peach-o-Reno
Film • 1931
jako Joe Bruno
The Runaround
Film • 1931
jako Lou
A Tailor-Made Man
Film • 1931
jako Huber
Kiki
Film • 1931
jako Alfred Rapp
The Princess and the Plumber
Film • 1930
jako Merkl
Dixiana
Film • 1930
jako Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father
Dance Hall
Film • 1929
jako Bremmer
Jazz Heaven
Film • 1929
jako Herman Kemple
The Taming of the Shrew
Film • 1929
jako Gremio
Street Girl
Film • 1929
jako Keppel - Cafe Owner
Speakeasy
Film • 1929
jako Yokel
Hold 'Em Yale
Film • 1928
jako Professor George Bradbury
Silk Legs
Film • 1927
jako Ezra Fulton
Very Confidential
Film • 1927
jako Donald Allen
Two Girls Wanted
Film • 1927
jako Philip Hancock
The Secret Studio
Film • 1927
jako Pa Merton