Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 07, 1888
Died
Mar 15, 1964
Place of Birth
Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
Credits
131 titles
Paul Cavanagh
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Cavanagh (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959. Cavanagh was born in Chislehurst, Kent, and attended the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Cavanagh studied law in England, earning a master of arts degree at Cambridge. A newspaper article published 17 June 1931, reported, "It is on record that Cavanagh won high honors in mathematics and history." Cavanagh practised "for several years" before he changed professions. He went to Canada "for a year of sightseeing and wandering" before he joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. After serving in World War I, he returned to Canada, where he practised law, including revising the statutes of Alberta, but eventually went back to England to practise law. Cavanagh went onto the stage after a stroke of bad luck in 1924 caused him to lose his savings, and later he went into films. In 1926, Cavanagh lost $22,000 in one evening on a roulette wheel in Monte Carlo. An observer offered to provide a letter "to some of my theatrical acquaintances" in London, England. Those contacts led to Cavanagh's role in It Pays to Advertise. Cavanagh first film contract and film came in 1929 with Paramount Pictures. Cavanagh died In London from a heart attack in 1964, aged 75.
Known For
Filmography
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Kenneth Drake
In the Money
Inspector Herbert Saunders
Interlude
Perry Mason
Edgar Ferrell
Have Gun, Will Travel
God Is My Partner
Dr. James Brady
She Devil
Sugar Daddy
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Cooper
Hey, Jeannie!
Wilson
Francis in the Haunted House
Neil Frazer
Blonde Bait
Insp. D.N. Hedges
Mobs, Inc.
Harrington
The Count of Monte Cristo
Diane
Lord Bonnivet
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Jungle Jim
The King's Thief
Sir Edward Scott
The Scarlet Coat
Sir Henry Clinton
The Purple Mask
Duc de Latour
The Prodigal
Tobiah
The Millionaire
Dean Cosgrove
Climax!
December Bride
Lassie
Khyber Patrol
General Melville
Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Henry Giraud
The Raid
Col. Tucker
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
John H. Tunstall
Adventures Of The Falcon
Casanova's Big Night
Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
The Iron Glove
Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
The All American
Professor Banning
Letter to Loretta
Owen Vail
Charade
Col. Heisler
Flame of Calcutta
Lord Robert Clive
A Tale of Two Cities
Mr. Stryver
House of Wax
Sidney Wallace
Port Sinister
John Kolvac
The Desert Rats
Colonel (uncredited)
The Bandits of Corsica
Dianza
The Mississippi Gambler
Edmond Dureau
Plymouth Adventure
John Carver
The Golden Hawk
Jeremy Smithers
Mr. & Mrs. North
Four Star Playhouse
Bertrand
Adventures of Superman
Tales of Robin Hood
Sir Guy de Claremont
The Strange Door
Edmond de Maletroit
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Inspector Stoddard