Person Details

Birthday: 1888-12-08 11:39:28

Death: 1964-03-15 11:39:28

Aliases: Paul Cavanaugh

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 90

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Horace Selkirk
The Millionaire
Average
5

The Millionaire

(1955) Dean Cosgrove
Lux Video Theatre
Average
6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Dr. Frobisher
House of Wax
Average
7

House of Wax

(1953) Sidney Wallace
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Average
4
The Woman in Green
Average
6

The Woman in Green

(1945) Sir George Fenwick
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Average
7

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

(1951) Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
Magnificent Obsession
Average
7

Magnificent Obsession

(1954) Dr. Henry Giraud

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1959 Kenneth Drake
1958 Inspector Herbert Saunders
1957 N/A
Horace Selkirk
Edgar Ferrell
N/A
Dr. James Brady
Sugar Daddy
Cooper
1956 Wilson
Neil Frazer
Insp. D.N. Hedges
Harrington
N/A
Lord Bonnivet
1955 N/A
N/A
Sir Edward Scott
Sir Henry Clinton
Duc de Latour
Tobiah
Dean Cosgrove
1954 N/A
N/A
N/A
General Melville
Dr. Henry Giraud
Col. Tucker
John H. Tunstall
N/A
Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
N/A
1953 Professor Banning
Owen Vail
Col. Heisler
Lord Robert Clive
Colonel (uncredited)
Mr. Stryver
Sidney Wallace
John Kolvac
Dianza
Edmond Dureau
1952 Jeremy Smithers
N/A
Bertrand
N/A
1951 Sir Guy de Claremont
Inspector Stoddard
Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
Dr. James Brady
Klaas Van Gelder
Edmond de Maletroit
N/A
Roland Paul
1950 N/A
Todd Williams
Richelieu
Two-to-One Thompson
Dr. Frobisher
Hagen
Sir Giles
Col. Eric Thorne
1949 Marquis D'Andervilliers
1948 Dr. Blucher
Dr. Menzies
Sir John Sedley
1947 Rick Barrett
Victor Kranish
Victor Wright
1946 Clive Russell
Jeffrey Caldwell
Bart McClelland
1945 Rogers
Sir George Fenwick
Simon Merrivale
Dr. Henry Latimer
1944 Mr. Selworth
Roger Pelham
Lord Penrose
1943 Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
Dr. Dorn
John 'Jack' Shagrue
1942 Sir James Patridge
Cmdr. Charles Brennan
John Crispin
Group Captain
1941 Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
Cap Rawlston
Max Armand
1940 Bill Rodgers
1939 John R. Banton
Mr. Franklin Cooper
English Eddie Morton
1937 John Morley
Ryan
1936 Inspector Gary
Charlie Cortland
1935 Martin Deering
Count Peter Alvinczy
Robert Godfrey
Edward Carrington
1934 Leonard Crecy
Lavassor
Max Bernard/Sir Nigel Crane
Alvin Ritchie
Martin Arlington
1933 Governor Dick Crawford
Thomas MacDonald
Wylie Thornton
Prince Keri of Zalgar
1932 Ronnie Sanderson
Gray Meredith
Major Hugo Beresford
1931 Captain Wolke
Henry - Earl of Kerhill
Robert Maury
Reginald Armstrong
Sir Wilfred Drake
Ronald Killkerry
1930 Grand Duke Paul
Capt. Orloff
Dave Stewart
Chamberlin Jarvis
Ted
1929 Prince of Savonia
1928 Lenane
Year Character Movie/Tv

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