Joseph Cawthorn

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 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: Acting
Birthday: 1868-03-27
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As: Joseph Bridger Cawthorn, Joseph Cawthorne, Joe Cawthorne, Joe Cawthorn, Джозеф Которн

Movies List of Joseph Cawthorn

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Blondie Johnson

1933 Movie
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Dixiana

1930 Movie
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Love Me Tonight

1932 Movie
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White Zombie

1932 Movie
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The Great Ziegfeld

1936 Movie
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Sweet Adeline

1934 Movie
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Naughty Marietta

1935 Movie
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Best of Enemies

1933 Movie
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Peach-o-Reno

1931 Movie
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Kiki

1931 Movie
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Young and Beautiful

1934 Movie
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Silk Legs

1927 Movie
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The Last Gentleman

1934 Movie
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Sweet Music

1935 Movie
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One Rainy Afternoon

1936 Movie
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Harmony Lane

1935 Movie
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Brides Are Like That

1936 Movie
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Housewife

1934 Movie
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Hot Money

1936 Movie
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Broken Dreams

1933 Movie
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Dance Hall

1929 Movie
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The Runaround

1931 Movie
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They Call It Sin

1932 Movie
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Scatterbrain

1940 Movie
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Hold 'Em Yale

1928 Movie
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Jazz Heaven

1929 Movie
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Lazy River

1934 Movie
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Whistling in the Dark

1933 Movie
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Page Miss Glory

1935 Movie
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Maybe It's Love

1935 Movie
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Street Girl

1929 Movie
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Smart Girl

1935 Movie
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Music in the Air

1934 Movie
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Freshman Love

1936 Movie
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Lillian Russell

1940 Movie
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Bright Lights

1935 Movie
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Men Are Such Fools

1932 Movie
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So Ends Our Night

1941 Movie
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A Tailor-Made Man

1931 Movie
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Crime Over London

1936 Movie
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Very Confidential

1927 Movie
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Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 Movie
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Speakeasy

1929 Movie
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Grand Slam

1933 Movie
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The Human Side

1934 Movie
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Two Girls Wanted

1927 Movie