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.

  • Popularitet : 1.707
  • Kendt for : Acting
  • Fødselsdag : 1868-03-27
  • Fødselssted : New York City, New York, USA
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  • 1933
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    Blondie Johnson

    Blondie Johnson

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  • 1942
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    The Postman Didn't Ring

    The Postman Didn't Ring

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  • 1930
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    Dixiana

    Dixiana

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  • 1932
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    Love Me Tonight

    Love Me Tonight

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    White Zombie

    White Zombie

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  • 1936
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    The Great Ziegfeld

    The Great Ziegfeld

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  • 1934
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    Sweet Adeline

    Sweet Adeline

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  • 1935
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    Naughty Marietta

    Naughty Marietta

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  • 1933
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    Best of Enemies

    Best of Enemies

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  • 1931
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    Peach-o-Reno

    Peach-o-Reno

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    Kiki

    Kiki

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  • 1934
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    Young and Beautiful

    Young and Beautiful

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  • 1927
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    Silk Legs

    Silk Legs

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  • 1934
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    The Last Gentleman

    The Last Gentleman

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  • 1935
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    Sweet Music

    Sweet Music

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  • 1936
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    One Rainy Afternoon

    One Rainy Afternoon

    4.6 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Harmony Lane

    Harmony Lane

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  • 1936
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    Brides Are Like That

    Brides Are Like That

    4.8 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Housewife

    Housewife

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  • 1936
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    Hot Money

    Hot Money

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  • 1933
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    Broken Dreams

    Broken Dreams

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  • 1929
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    Dance Hall

    Dance Hall

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  • 1931
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    The Runaround

    The Runaround

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  • 1932
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    They Call It Sin

    They Call It Sin

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  • 1940
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    Scatterbrain

    Scatterbrain

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  • 1928
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    Hold 'Em Yale

    Hold 'Em Yale

    6 1928 HD

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  • 1929
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    Jazz Heaven

    Jazz Heaven

    5 1929 HD

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  • 1934
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    Twenty Million Sweethearts

    Twenty Million Sweethearts

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Lazy River

    Lazy River

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    Whistling in the Dark

    Whistling in the Dark

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  • 1935
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    Page Miss Glory

    Page Miss Glory

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    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

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  • 1929
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    Street Girl

    Street Girl

    5.8 1929 HD

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  • 1935
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    Smart Girl

    Smart Girl

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  • 1934
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    Music in the Air

    Music in the Air

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  • 1936
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    Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

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  • 1940
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    Lillian Russell

    Lillian Russell

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  • 1932
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    Men Are Such Fools

    Men Are Such Fools

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  • 1935
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    Bright Lights

    Bright Lights

    4.5 1935 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

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  • 1941
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    So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our Night

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1931
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    A Tailor-Made Man

    A Tailor-Made Man

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  • 1936
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    Crime Over London

    Crime Over London

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1927
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    Very Confidential

    Very Confidential

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1935
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    Gold Diggers of 1935

    Gold Diggers of 1935

    6.4 1935 HD

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  • 1929
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    Speakeasy

    Speakeasy

    5 1929 HD

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  • 1933
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    Grand Slam

    Grand Slam

    3.7 1933 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Princess and the Plumber

    The Princess and the Plumber

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Human Side

    The Human Side

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  • 1927
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    Two Girls Wanted

    Two Girls Wanted

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  • 1933
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    Made on Broadway

    Made on Broadway

    6.5 1933 HD

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