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