Paul Cavanagh

Acting

Born Dec 07, 1888

From Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK

Died Mar 15, 1964

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.

Paul Cavanagh

Known For

House of Wax

Casanova's Big Night

Tarzan and His Mate

The Woman in Green

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Ivy

The Scarlet Claw

Secret Beyond the Door

Madame Bovary

The Hard Way

Filmography — Acting

House of Wax

Casanova's Big Night

Tarzan and His Mate

The Woman in Green

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Ivy

The Scarlet Claw

Secret Beyond the Door

Madame Bovary

The Hard Way

Night and Day

Humoresque

Diane

The Prodigal

The Golden Hawk

Magnificent Obsession

The Desert Rats

The House of Fear

The Kennel Murder Case

The Verdict

The King's Thief

Dishonored Lady

Plymouth Adventure

Hollywood Story

Interlude

Francis in the Haunted House

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Hi-Jacked

The Sin of Nora Moran

The Raid

The Purple Mask

You Gotta Stay Happy

Bride of the Gorilla

One Exciting Adventure

Eagle Squadron

The Strange Door

Reno

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Iroquois Trail

A Bill of Divorcement

The Squaw Man

Captains of the Clouds

The Notorious Sophie Lang

The Black Arrow

Maisie Was a Lady

Within the Law

The Bandits of Corsica

Splendor

Charade

A Tale of Two Cities

The Mississippi Gambler

Born to Love

Curtain at Eight

Shoot the Works

Blonde Bait

The Son of Dr. Jekyll

The Man Who Turned to Stone

The Storm

Mobs, Inc.

Maisie Goes to Reno

The Devil to Pay!

The Crash

Transgression

Goin' to Town

Tales of Robin Hood

The Second Face

I Take This Woman