Paul Cavanagh
Acting
Born 1888-12-07
Died 1964-03-15
Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
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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.
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Perry Mason
Lassie
Have Gun, Will Travel
Climax!
Four Star Playhouse
Adventures of Superman
The Millionaire
Racket Squad
December Bride
The Count of Monte Cristo
Lux Video Theatre
House of Wax
Hey, Jeannie!
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Mr. & Mrs. North
Space Patrol
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Tarzan and His Mate
Letter to Loretta
The Verdict
Jungle Jim
Night and Day
Magnificent Obsession
The Woman in Green
Uncertain Lady
The Raid
The Desert Rats
Tales of Robin Hood
Casanova's Big Night
Adventures Of The Falcon
Maisie Goes to Reno
The Prodigal
Madame Bovary
The Scarlet Claw
Secret Beyond the Door
The Mississippi Gambler
The King's Thief
Francis in the Haunted House
Humoresque
The All American
Hollywood Story
Hi-Jacked
Ivy
Diane
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
The House of Fear
Plymouth Adventure
The Scarlet Coat
Dishonored Lady
A Bill of Divorcement
You Gotta Stay Happy
The Purple Mask
The Black Arrow
Eagle Squadron
Club Havana
Interlude
The Devil to Pay!
The Strange Door
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
She Devil
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