Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/27/1868
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Joseph Bridger CawthornJoseph CawthorneJoe Cawthorne
Joseph Cawthorn
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 firs...
Known For
Freshman Love
as Wilson, Sr.
Whistling in the Dark
as Barfuss
Broken Dreams
as Pop
Lazy River
as Mr. Julius Ambrose
One Rainy Afternoon
as Monique's Father
Bright Lights
as Oscar Schlemmer
Jazz Heaven
as Herman Kemple
Sweet Music
as Sidney Selzer
Sweet Adeline
as Oscar Schmidt
Harmony Lane
as Professor Henry Kleber
Street Girl
as Keppel - Cafe Owner
Smart Girl
as Karl Krausemeyer
Gold Diggers of 1935
as August Schultz
Love Me Tonight
as Dr. Armand de Fontinac
Hold 'Em Yale
as Professor George Bradbury
Housewife
as Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
Silk Legs
as Ezra Fulton
Men Are Such Fools
as Werner (as Joseph Cawthorne)
The Great Ziegfeld
as Dr. Ziegfeld
Scatterbrain
as Nicholas Raptis
Career Timeline
1936
1935
Beautiful Dreamer
Role unknown
Harmony Lane
as Professor Henry Kleber
Page Miss Glory
as Mr. Freischutz
Bright Lights
as Oscar Schlemmer
Smart Girl
as Karl Krausemeyer
Naughty Marietta
as Herr 'Schumie' Schuman
Gold Diggers of 1935
as August Schultz
Sweet Music
as Sidney Selzer
Maybe It's Love
as Adolph Sr.
1934
Sweet Adeline
as Oscar Schmidt
Music in the Air
as Hans Uppman
Young and Beautiful
as Herman Cline
The Human Side
as Fritz Speigal
Housewife
as Krueger (as Joe Cawthorne)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Herbert Brokman
The Last Gentleman
as Dr. Wilson
Lazy River
as Mr. Julius Ambrose