Joseph Cawthorn
Age: 80 | From: New York City, New York, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1868-03-29 11:16:39
Death: 1949-01-21 11:16:39
Aliases: Joseph Bridger Cawthorn , Joseph Cawthorne , Joe Cawthorne , Joe Cawthorn , Джозеф Которн
Gender: Male
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936) Dr. Ziegfeld
White Zombie
(1932) Dr. Bruner
Naughty Marietta
(1935) Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
Blondie Johnson
(1933) Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn)
Lillian Russell
(1940) Leopold Damrosch
So Ends Our Night
(1941) Leopold Potzloch
They Call It Sin
(1932) Mr. Hollister
Street Girl
(1929) Keppel - Cafe OwnerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Silas Harwood | |
| 1941 | Leopold Potzloch | |
| 1940 | Nicholas Raptis | |
| Leopold Damrosch | ||
| 1936 | Mr. Sherwood / Reilly | |
| Max Dourfuss | ||
| Monique's Father | ||
| Fred Schultz | ||
| Dr. Ziegfeld | ||
| Wilson, Sr. | ||
| 1935 | Professor Henry Kleber | |
| Mr. Freischutz | ||
| Oscar Schlemmer | ||
| Karl Krausemeyer | ||
| Herr 'Schumie' Schuman | ||
| August Schultz | ||
| Sidney Selzer | ||
| Adolph Sr. | ||
| 1934 | Oscar Schmidt | |
| Hans Uppman | ||
| Herman Cline | ||
| Fritz Speigal | ||
| Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne) | ||
| Herbert Brokman | ||
| Dr. Wilson | ||
| Mr. Julius Ambrose | ||
| 1933 | Pop | |
| Gus Schneider | ||
| Jewelry Store Manager (as Joe Cawthorn) | ||
| Alex Alexandrovitch | ||
| Barfuss | ||
| 1932 | Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne) | |
| Mr. Hollister | ||
| Dr. Armand de Fontinac | ||
| Dr. Bruner | ||
| 1931 | Joe Bruno | |
| Lou | ||
| Huber | ||
| Alfred Rapp | ||
| 1930 | Merkl | |
| Cornelius Van Horn, Carl's Father | ||
| 1929 | Bremmer | |
| Herman Kemple | ||
| Gremio | ||
| Keppel - Cafe Owner | ||
| Yokel | ||
| 1928 | Professor George Bradbury | |
| 1927 | N/A | |
| Donald Allen | ||
| Philip Hancock | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
