People
Joseph Cawthorn
Biography:
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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Postman Didn't Ring as Silas Harwood | 1942-07-03 |
So Ends Our Night as Leopold Potzloch | 1941-02-27 |
Scatterbrain as Nicholas Raptis | 1940-07-20 |
Lillian Russell as Leopold Damrosch | 1940-05-24 |
Crime Over London as Mr. Sherwood / Reilly | 1936-10-21 |
Hot Money as Max Dourfuss | 1936-07-18 |
One Rainy Afternoon as Monique's Father | 1936-05-13 |
Brides Are Like That as Fred Schultz | 1936-04-18 |
The Great Ziegfeld as Dr. Ziegfeld | 1936-04-08 |
Freshman Love as Wilson, Sr. | 1936-01-18 |
Harmony Lane as Professor Henry Kleber | 1935-10-22 |
Page Miss Glory as Mr. Freischutz | 1935-09-07 |
Bright Lights as Oscar Schlemmer | 1935-07-27 |
Smart Girl as Karl Krausemeyer | 1935-07-16 |
Naughty Marietta as Herr 'Schumie' Schuman | 1935-03-29 |
Gold Diggers of 1935 as August Schultz | 1935-03-15 |
Sweet Music as Sidney Selzer | 1935-02-23 |
Maybe It's Love as Adolph Sr. | 1935-01-12 |
Sweet Adeline as Oscar Schmidt | 1934-12-29 |
Music in the Air as Hans Uppman | 1934-12-13 |
Young and Beautiful as Herman Cline | 1934-09-16 |
The Human Side as Fritz Speigal | 1934-09-01 |
Housewife as Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne) | 1934-08-11 |
Twenty Million Sweethearts as Herbert Brokman | 1934-05-26 |
The Last Gentleman as Dr. Wilson | 1934-04-27 |
Lazy River as Mr. Julius Ambrose | 1934-03-16 |
Broken Dreams as Pop | 1933-10-19 |
Best of Enemies as Gus Schneider | 1933-06-22 |
Blondie Johnson as Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn) | 1933-02-25 |
Grand Slam as Alex Alexandrovitch | 1933-02-22 |
Whistling in the Dark as Barfuss | 1933-01-21 |
Men Are Such Fools as Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne) | 1932-11-18 |
They Call It Sin as Mr. Hollister | 1932-11-05 |
Love Me Tonight as Dr. Armand de Fontinac | 1932-08-18 |
White Zombie as Dr. Bruner | 1932-07-28 |
Peach-o-Reno as Joe Bruno | 1931-12-25 |
The Runaround as Lou | 1931-08-21 |
A Tailor-Made Man as Huber | 1931-03-28 |
Kiki as Alfred Rapp | 1931-03-14 |
The Princess and the Plumber as Merkl | 1930-12-21 |
Dixiana as Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father | 1930-07-22 |
Dance Hall as Bremmer | 1929-12-13 |
Jazz Heaven as Herman Kemple | 1929-11-03 |
The Taming of the Shrew as Gremio | 1929-10-26 |
Street Girl as Keppel - Cafe Owner | 1929-08-21 |
Speakeasy as Yokel | 1929-03-08 |
Hold 'Em Yale as Professor George Bradbury | 1928-05-14 |
Silk Legs as Ezra Fulton | 1927-12-18 |
Very Confidential as Donald Allen | 1927-11-06 |
Two Girls Wanted as Philip Hancock | 1927-09-11 |