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Joseph Cawthorn‌

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Joseph Cawthorn

New York City, New York, USA

Joseph Cawthorn

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1868-03-27

Popularity

star2.9

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.

Movie Credits

Blondie Johnson

Blondie Johnson‌
star6.1
calendar 1933

The Postman Didn't Ring

The Postman Didn't Ring‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Dixiana

Dixiana‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight‌
star6.6
calendar 1932

White Zombie

White Zombie‌
star5.9
calendar 1932

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline‌
star5.7
calendar 1934

Naughty Marietta

Naughty Marietta‌
star4.9
calendar 1935

Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies‌
star0.0
calendar 1933

Peach-o-Reno

Peach-o-Reno‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

Kiki

Kiki‌
star4.5
calendar 1931

Young and Beautiful

Young and Beautiful‌
star4.5
calendar 1934

Silk Legs

Silk Legs‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Last Gentleman

The Last Gentleman‌
star3.0
calendar 1934

Sweet Music

Sweet Music‌
star5.7
calendar 1935

One Rainy Afternoon

One Rainy Afternoon‌
star4.6
calendar 1936

Harmony Lane

Harmony Lane‌
star3.5
calendar 1935

Brides Are Like That

Brides Are Like That‌
star4.8
calendar 1936

Housewife

Housewife‌
star7.6
calendar 1934

Hot Money

Hot Money‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

Broken Dreams

Broken Dreams‌
star6.0
calendar 1933

Dance Hall

Dance Hall‌
star3.8
calendar 1929

The Runaround

The Runaround‌
star7.0
calendar 1931

They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

Scatterbrain

Scatterbrain‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Hold 'Em Yale

Hold 'Em Yale‌
star6.0
calendar 1928

Jazz Heaven

Jazz Heaven‌
star5.0
calendar 1929

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Twenty Million Sweethearts‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

Lazy River

Lazy River‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark‌
star5.2
calendar 1933

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory‌
star6.3
calendar 1935

Maybe It's Love

Maybe It's Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Street Girl

Street Girl‌
star5.8
calendar 1929

Smart Girl

Smart Girl‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Music in the Air

Music in the Air‌
star4.8
calendar 1934

Freshman Love

Freshman Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Bright Lights

Bright Lights‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

Men Are Such Fools

Men Are Such Fools‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew‌
star5.2
calendar 1929

So Ends Our Night

So Ends Our Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

A Tailor-Made Man

A Tailor-Made Man‌
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calendar 1931

Crime Over London

Crime Over London‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Very Confidential

Very Confidential‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

Speakeasy

Speakeasy‌
star5.0
calendar 1929

Grand Slam

Grand Slam‌
star3.7
calendar 1933

The Princess and the Plumber

The Princess and the Plumber‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Human Side

The Human Side‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Two Girls Wanted

Two Girls Wanted‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

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