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)
She Devil
as Sugar Daddy
(1957)
(1957)
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Cooper
(1957)
God Is My Partner
as Dr. James Brady
(1956)
Diane
as Lord Bonnivet
(1956)
Blonde Bait
as Insp. D.N. Hedges
(1956)
Mobs, Inc.
as Harrington
(1956)
Francis in the Haunted House
as Neil Frazer
(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)
Casanova's Big Night
as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
(1954)
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Henry Giraud
(1954)
The Raid
as Col. Tucker
(1954)
The Iron Glove
as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
(1954)
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
as John H. Tunstall
(1954)
Khyber Patrol
as General Melville
(1953)
House of Wax
as Sidney Wallace
(1953)
The Desert Rats
as Colonel (uncredited)
(1953)
Port Sinister
as John Kolvac
(1953)
The Mississippi Gambler
as Edmond Dureau
(1953)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mr. Stryver
(1953)
The All American
as Professor Banning
(1953)
Flame of Calcutta
as Lord Robert Clive
(1953)
Charade
as Col. Heisler
(1953)
The Bandits of Corsica
as Dianza
(1952)
The Golden Hawk
as Jeremy Smithers
(1952)
Plymouth Adventure
as John Carver
(1951)
Bride of the Gorilla
as Klaas Van Gelder
(1951)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
(1951)
All That I Have
as Dr. James Brady
(1951)
The Strange Door
as Edmond de Maletroit
(1951)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Inspector Stoddard
(1951)
(1951)
Hollywood Story
as Roland Paul
(1951)
Tales of Robin Hood
as Sir Guy de Claremont
(1950)
The Iroquois Trail
as Col. Eric Thorne
(1950)
Hi-Jacked
as Hagen
(1950)
The Second Face
as Todd Williams
(1950)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Sir Giles
(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)
Humoresque
as Victor Wright
(1947)
Secret Beyond the Door
as Rick Barrett
(1947)
Ivy
as Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
(1946)
Night and Day
as Bart McClelland
(1946)
Wife Wanted
as Jeffrey Caldwell
(1946)
The Verdict
as Clive Russell
(1945)
The Woman in Green
as Sir George Fenwick
(1945)
The House of Fear
as Simon Merrivale
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Dr. Henry Latimer
(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)
The Hard Way
as John 'Jack' Shagrue
(1943)
Adventure in Iraq
as Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
(1943)
The Gorilla Man
as Dr. Dorn
(1942)
Eagle Squadron
as Sir James Patridge
(1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as John Crispin
(1942)
Pacific Rendezvous
as Cmdr. Charles Brennan
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Group Captain
(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)
The Under-Pup
as Mr. Franklin Cooper
(1939)
Reno
as John R. Banton
(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)
Without Regret
as Robert Godfrey
(1935)
Goin' to Town
as Edward Carrington
(1935)
Thunder in the Night
as Count Peter Alvinczy
(1935)
Splendor
as Martin Deering
(1934)
Tarzan and His Mate
as Martin Arlington
(1934)
The Notorious Sophie Lang
as Max Bernard, a.k.a. Sir Nigel Crane
(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)
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Governor Dick Crawford
(1933)
Curtain at Eight
as Wylie Thornton
(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)
Heartbreak
as Captain Wolke
(1931)
Unfaithful
as Ronald Killkerry
(1931)
Transgression
as Robert Maury
(1931)
Always Goodbye
as Reginald Armstrong
(1930)
The Devil to Pay!
as Grand Duke Paul
(1930)
The Storm
as Dave Stewart
(1930)
Grumpy
as Chamberlin Jarvis
(1930)
The Virtuous Sin
as Capt. Orloff
(1930)
Strictly Unconventional
as Ted
(1929)
The Runaway Princess
as Prince of Savonia
(1928)
Tesha
as Lenane