Paul Cavanagh
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-12-07
Day of Death
1964-03-15 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
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
Acting
(1994)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage)
(1959)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
as Kenneth Drake
(1958)
In the Money
as Inspector Herbert Saunders
(1957)
(1957)
She Devil
as Sugar Daddy
(1957)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Cooper
(1957)
God Is My Partner
as Dr. James Brady
(1956)
Diane
as Lord Bonnivet
(1956)
Francis in the Haunted House
as Neil Frazer
(1956)
Mobs, Inc.
as Harrington
(1956)
Blonde Bait
as Insp. D.N. Hedges
(1956)
Mobs Incorporated
as Harrington
(1955)
The King's Thief
as Sir Edward Scott
(1955)
The Prodigal
as Tobiah
(1955)
The Scarlet Coat
as Sir Henry Clinton
(1955)
The Purple Mask
as Duc de Latour
(1954)
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Henry Giraud
(1954)
The Raid
as Col. Tucker
(1954)
Casanova's Big Night
as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
(1954)
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as John H. Tunstall
(1954)
The Iron Glove
as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
(1954)
Khyber Patrol
as General Melville
(1953)
House of Wax
as Sidney Wallace
(1953)
The Desert Rats
as Colonel (uncredited)
(1953)
The Mississippi Gambler
as Edmond Dureau
(1953)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. Stryver
(1953)
The Bandits of Corsica
as Dianza
(1953)
Charade
as Col. Heisler
(1953)
The All American
as Professor Banning
(1953)
Port Sinister
as John Kolvac
(1953)
Flame of Calcutta
as Lord Robert Clive
(1952)
Plymouth Adventure
as John Carver
(1952)
The Golden Hawk
as Jeremy Smithers
(1951)
All That I Have
as Dr. James Brady
(1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
(1951)
Bride of the Gorilla
as Klaas Van Gelder
(1951)
Hollywood Story
as Roland Paul
(1951)
The Strange Door
as Edmond de Maletroit
(1951)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Inspector Stoddard
(1951)
(1951)
Tales of Robin Hood
as Sir Guy de Claremont
(1950)
The Iroquois Trail
as Col. Eric Thorne
(1950)
Hi-Jacked
as Hagen
(1950)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Sir Giles
(1950)
The Second Face
as Todd Williams
(1950)
Blades of the Musketeers
as Richelieu
(1950)
Hit Parade of 1951
as Two-to-One Thompson
(1949)
Madame Bovary
as Marquis D'Andervilliers
(1948)
The Black Arrow
as Sir John Sedley
(1948)
The Babe Ruth Story
as Dr. Menzies
(1948)
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Dr. Blucher
(1947)
Dishonored Lady
as Victor Kranish
(1947)
Secret Beyond the Door
as Rick Barrett
(1947)
Ivy
as Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
(1947)
Humoresque
as Victor Wright
(1946)
Night and Day
as Bart McClelland
(1946)
The Verdict
as Clive Russell
(1946)
Wife Wanted
as Jeffrey Caldwell
(1945)
The Woman in Green
as Sir George Fenwick
(1945)
Club Havana
as Rogers
(1945)
The House of Fear
as Simon Merrivale
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. Henry Latimer
(1944)
The Scarlet Claw
as Lord Penrose
(1944)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Mr. Selworth
(1944)
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Roger Pelham
(1943)
The Hard Way
as John 'Jack' Shagrue
(1943)
The Gorilla Man
as Dr. Dorn
(1943)
Adventure in Iraq
as Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Group Captain
(1942)
Pacific Rendezvous
as Cmdr. Charles Brennan
(1942)
Eagle Squadron
as Sir James Patridge
(1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as John Crispin
(1941)
Shadows on the Stairs
as Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
(1941)
Maisie Was a Lady
as Cap Rawlston
(1941)
Passage from Hong Kong
as Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
(1941)
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Max Armand
(1940)
I Take This Woman
as Bill Rodgers
(1939)
Reno
as John R. Banton
(1939)
The Under-Pup
as Mr. Franklin Cooper
(1939)
Within the Law
as English Eddie Morton
(1937)
Café Colette
as Ryan
(1937)
A Romance in Flanders
as John Morley
(1936)
Crime Over London
as Inspector Gary
(1936)
Champagne Charlie
as Charlie Cortland
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Count Peter Alvinczy
(1935)
Goin' to Town
as Edward Carrington
(1935)
Splendor
as Martin Deering
(1935)
Without Regret
as Robert Godfrey
(1934)
Tarzan and His Mate
as Martin Arlington
(1934)
Menace
as Leonard Crecy
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Lavassor
(1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Max Bernard, a.k.a. Sir Nigel Crane
(1934)
Shoot the Works
as Alvin Ritchie
(1933)
The Kennel Murder Case
as Thomas MacDonald
(1933)
Curtain at Eight
as Wylie Thornton
(1933)
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Governor Dick Crawford
(1933)
Tonight Is Ours
as Prince Keri of Zalgar
(1932)
A Bill of Divorcement
as Gray Meredith
(1932)
The Crash
as Ronnie Sanderson
(1932)
Devil's Lottery
as Major Hugo Beresford
(1931)
Born to Love
as Sir Wilfred Drake
(1931)
The Squaw Man
as Henry - Earl of Kerhill
(1931)
Unfaithful
as Ronald Killkerry
(1931)
Heartbreak
as Captain Wolke
(1931)
Always Goodbye
as Reginald Armstrong
(1931)
Transgression
as Robert Maury
(1930)
The Devil to Pay!
as Grand Duke Paul
(1930)
Strictly Unconventional
as Ted
(1930)
The Storm
as Dave Stewart
(1930)
The Virtuous Sin
as Capt. Orloff
(1930)
Grumpy
as Chamberlin Jarvis
(1929)
The Runaway Princess
as Prince of Savonia
(1928)
Tesha
as Lenane