Joseph Cawthorn
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1868-03-27
- Died
- 1949-01-21
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Joseph Bridger Cawthorn · Joseph Cawthorne · Joe Cawthorne · Joe Cawthorn · Джозеф Которн
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (53)
Grand Slam
1933
as Alex Alexandrovitch
Lillian Russell
1940
as Leopold Damrosch
Broken Dreams
1933
as Pop
Hot Money
1936
as Max Dourfuss
White Zombie
1932
as Dr. Bruner
The Great Ziegfeld
1936
as Dr. Ziegfeld
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
Dixiana
1930
as Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as August Schultz
Smart Girl
1935
as Karl Krausemeyer
Lazy River
1934
as Mr. Julius Ambrose
Freshman Love
1936
as Wilson, Sr.
Housewife
1934
as Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
Scatterbrain
1940
as Nicholas Raptis
They Call It Sin
1932
as Mr. Hollister
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Dr. Armand de Fontinac
Kiki
1931
as Alfred Rapp
So Ends Our Night
1941
as Leopold Potzloch
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
Sweet Music
1935
as Sidney Selzer
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Herbert Brokman
Jazz Heaven
1929
as Herman Kemple
Music in the Air
1934
as Hans Uppman
Whistling in the Dark
1933
as Barfuss
Crime Over London
1936
as Mr. Sherwood / Reilly
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Dr. Wilson
Made on Broadway
1933
as Maxie Schultz
Peach-o-Reno
1931
as Joe Bruno
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Mr. Freischutz
Brides Are Like That
1936
as Fred Schultz
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Adolph Sr.
Harmony Lane
1935
as Professor Henry Kleber
Dance Hall
1929
as Bremmer
Best of Enemies
1933
as Gus Schneider
Speakeasy
1929
as Yokel
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
as Monique's Father
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
The Taming of the Shrew
1929
as Gremio
Street Girl
1929
as Keppel - Cafe Owner
Silk Legs
1927
as Ezra Fulton
Sweet Adeline
1934
as Oscar Schmidt
Two Girls Wanted
1927
as Philip Hancock
Bright Lights
1935
as Oscar Schlemmer
The Runaround
1931
as Lou
Very Confidential
1927
as Donald Allen
The Human Side
1934
as Fritz Speigal
The Princess and the Plumber
1930
as Merkl
Young and Beautiful
1934
as Herman Cline
Hold 'Em Yale
1928
as Professor George Bradbury
A Tailor-Made Man
1931
as Huber
The Secret Studio
1927
as Pa Merton
Beautiful Dreamer
1935
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
as Silas Harwood
About Joseph Cawthorn
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… With 53 credits spanning from 1927 to 1942, Joseph Cawthorn has appeared in 53 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Grand Slam (1933) — as Alex Alexandrovitch
- Lillian Russell (1940) — as Leopold Damrosch
- Broken Dreams (1933) — as Pop
- Hot Money (1936) — as Max Dourfuss
- White Zombie (1932) — as Dr. Bruner
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