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.
Acted in 129
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
In the Money
Inspector Herbert Saunders
- 1957
Interlude
Movie
God Is My Partner
Dr. James Brady
She Devil
Sugar Daddy
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Cooper
- 1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Wilson · 1 episode
Francis in the Haunted House
Neil Frazer
Blonde Bait
Insp. D.N. Hedges
Mobs, Inc.
Harrington
- 1955
Jungle Jim
TV
The King's Thief
Sir Edward Scott
The Scarlet Coat
Sir Henry Clinton
The Purple Mask
Duc de Latour
The Prodigal
Tobiah
- 1954
Khyber Patrol
General Melville
Magnificent Obsession
Dr. Henry Giraud
The Raid
Col. Tucker
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
John H. Tunstall
Adventures Of The Falcon
TV
Casanova's Big Night
Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
The Iron Glove
Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
- 1953
The All American
Professor Banning
Charade
Col. Heisler
Flame of Calcutta
Lord Robert Clive
A Tale of Two Cities
Mr. Stryver
Port Sinister
John Kolvac
The Desert Rats
Colonel (uncredited)
The Bandits of Corsica
Dianza
The Mississippi Gambler
Edmond Dureau
- 1952
Plymouth Adventure
John Carver
The Golden Hawk
Jeremy Smithers
- 1951
Tales of Robin Hood
Sir Guy de Claremont
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
Inspector Stoddard
The Strange Door
Edmond de Maletroit
All That I Have
Dr. James Brady
The Highwayman
(uncredited)
Hollywood Story
Roland Paul
- 1950
The Second Face
Todd Williams
Blades of the Musketeers
Richelieu
Hit Parade of 1951
Two-to-One Thompson
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Sir Giles
The Iroquois Trail
Col. Eric Thorne
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
Dr. Blucher
The Black Arrow
Sir John Sedley
- 1947
Ivy
Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
Humoresque
Victor Wright
- 1946
Wife Wanted
Jeffrey Caldwell
- 1945
Club Havana
Rogers
The House of Fear
Simon Merrivale
The Man in Half Moon Street
Dr. Henry Latimer
- 1944
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Mr. Selworth
Maisie Goes to Reno
Roger Pelham
- 1943
Adventure in Iraq
Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
The Gorilla Man
Dr. Dorn
The Hard Way
John 'Jack' Shagrue
- 1942
Eagle Squadron
Sir James Patridge
Pacific Rendezvous
Cmdr. Charles Brennan
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
John Crispin
Captains of the Clouds
Group Captain
- 1941
Passage from Hong Kong
Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
Maisie Was a Lady
Cap Rawlston
The Case of the Black Parrot
Max Armand
- 1940
I Take This Woman
Bill Rodgers
1930s
- 1939
Reno
John R. Banton
The Under-Pup
Mr. Franklin Cooper
Within the Law
English Eddie Morton
- 1937
A Romance in Flanders
John Morley
Café Colette
Ryan
- 1936
Crime Over London
Inspector Gary
Champagne Charlie
Charlie Cortland
- 1935
Splendor
Martin Deering
Thunder in the Night
Count Peter Alvinczy
Without Regret
Robert Godfrey
Goin' to Town
Edward Carrington
- 1934
Menace
Leonard Crecy
One Exciting Adventure
Lavassor
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Max Bernard, a.k.a. Sir Nigel Crane
Shoot the Works
Alvin Ritchie
Uncertain Lady
Bruce King
- 1933
Curtain at Eight
Wylie Thornton
Tonight Is Ours
Prince Keri of Zalgar
- 1932
The Crash
Ronnie Sanderson
A Bill of Divorcement
Gray Meredith
Devil's Lottery
Major Hugo Beresford
- 1931
Heartbreak
Captain Wolke
The Squaw Man
Henry - Earl of Kerhill
Transgression
Robert Maury
Always Goodbye
Reginald Armstrong
Born to Love
Sir Wilfred Drake
Unfaithful
Ronald Killkerry
- 1930
The Virtuous Sin
Capt. Orloff
The Storm
Dave Stewart
Grumpy
Chamberlin Jarvis
Strictly Unconventional
Ted
1920s
- 1929
The Runaway Princess
Prince of Savonia
- 1928
Tesha
Lenane
Appearances1
1990s
- 1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self (archive footage)