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