Paul Cavanagh
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.
Filmography (131 Appearances)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
In the Money
Interlude
Perry Mason
Have Gun, Will Travel
God Is My Partner
She Devil
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Hey, Jeannie!
Francis in the Haunted House
Blonde Bait
Mobs, Inc.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Diane
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Jungle Jim
The King's Thief
The Scarlet Coat
The Purple Mask
The Prodigal
The Millionaire
Climax!
December Bride
Lassie
Khyber Patrol
Magnificent Obsession
The Raid
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Adventures Of The Falcon
Casanova's Big Night
The Iron Glove
The All American
Letter to Loretta
Charade
Flame of Calcutta
A Tale of Two Cities
House of Wax
Port Sinister
The Desert Rats
The Bandits of Corsica
The Mississippi Gambler
Plymouth Adventure
The Golden Hawk
Mr. & Mrs. North
Four Star Playhouse
Adventures of Superman
Tales of Robin Hood
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
The Strange Door
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
All That I Have
Bride of the Gorilla
The Highwayman
Racket Squad
Hollywood Story
Space Patrol
The Second Face
Blades of the Musketeers
Hit Parade of 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Hi-Jacked
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
The Iroquois Trail
Madame Bovary
You Gotta Stay Happy
The Babe Ruth Story
The Black Arrow
Secret Beyond the Door
Ivy
Dishonored Lady
Humoresque
The Verdict
Wife Wanted
Night and Day
Club Havana
The Woman in Green
The House of Fear
The Man in Half Moon Street
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Maisie Goes to Reno
The Scarlet Claw
Adventure in Iraq
The Gorilla Man
The Hard Way
Eagle Squadron
Pacific Rendezvous
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Captains of the Clouds
Passage from Hong Kong
Shadows on the Stairs
Maisie Was a Lady
The Case of the Black Parrot
I Take This Woman
Reno
The Under-Pup
Within the Law
Café Colette
A Romance in Flanders
Crime Over London
Champagne Charlie
Splendor
Thunder in the Night
Without Regret
Goin' to Town
Menace
One Exciting Adventure
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Shoot the Works
Tarzan and His Mate
Uncertain Lady
The Sin of Nora Moran
The Kennel Murder Case
Curtain at Eight
Tonight Is Ours
The Crash
A Bill of Divorcement
Devil's Lottery
Heartbreak
The Squaw Man
Transgression
Always Goodbye
Born to Love
Unfaithful
The Devil to Pay!
The Virtuous Sin
The Storm
Grumpy
Strictly Unconventional
The Runaway Princess
Tesha