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.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 1.187
Birthday 1868-03-27
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Joseph Bridger Cawthorn, Joseph Cawthorne, Joe Cawthorne, Joe Cawthorn, Джозеф Которн,
Blondie Johnson
1933

Blondie Johnson

The Postman Didn't Ring
1942

The Postman Didn't Ring

Dixiana
1930

Dixiana

Love Me Tonight
1932

Love Me Tonight

White Zombie
1932

White Zombie

The Great Ziegfeld
1936

The Great Ziegfeld

Sweet Adeline
1934

Sweet Adeline

Naughty Marietta
1935

Naughty Marietta

Best of Enemies
1933

Best of Enemies

Peach-o-Reno
1931

Peach-o-Reno

Kiki
1931

Kiki

Young and Beautiful
1934

Young and Beautiful

Silk Legs
1927

Silk Legs

The Last Gentleman
1934

The Last Gentleman

Sweet Music
1935

Sweet Music

One Rainy Afternoon
1936

One Rainy Afternoon

Harmony Lane
1935

Harmony Lane

Brides Are Like That
1936

Brides Are Like That

Housewife
1934

Housewife

Hot Money
1936

Hot Money

Broken Dreams
1933

Broken Dreams

Dance Hall
1929

Dance Hall

The Runaround
1931

The Runaround

They Call It Sin
1932

They Call It Sin

Scatterbrain
1940

Scatterbrain

Hold 'Em Yale
1928

Hold 'Em Yale

Jazz Heaven
1929

Jazz Heaven

Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Lazy River
1934

Lazy River

Whistling in the Dark
1933

Whistling in the Dark

Page Miss Glory
1935

Page Miss Glory

Maybe It's Love
1935

Maybe It's Love

Street Girl
1929

Street Girl

Smart Girl
1935

Smart Girl

Music in the Air
1934

Music in the Air

Freshman Love
1936

Freshman Love

Lillian Russell
1940

Lillian Russell

Men Are Such Fools
1932

Men Are Such Fools

Bright Lights
1935

Bright Lights

The Taming of the Shrew
1929

The Taming of the Shrew

So Ends Our Night
1941

So Ends Our Night

A Tailor-Made Man
1931

A Tailor-Made Man

Crime Over London
1936

Crime Over London

Very Confidential
1927

Very Confidential

Gold Diggers of 1935
1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

Speakeasy
1929

Speakeasy

Grand Slam
1933

Grand Slam

The Princess and the Plumber
1930

The Princess and the Plumber

The Human Side
1934

The Human Side

Two Girls Wanted
1927

Two Girls Wanted

Made on Broadway
1933

Made on Broadway