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