Paul Cavanagh

Known for ActingBorn 1888-12-07Died 1964-03-15Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Highwayman

Café Colette

Without Regret

Tonight Is Ours

Heartbreak

Always Goodbye

A Tale of Two Cities

Uncertain Lady

Tesha

Flame of Calcutta

Blades of the Musketeers

One Exciting Adventure

Devil's Lottery

Perry Mason

The Runaway Princess

Wife Wanted

God Is My Partner

Pacific Rendezvous

Passage from Hong Kong

Have Gun, Will Travel

Khyber Patrol

The Mississippi Gambler

Mobs, Inc.

Humoresque

The Second Face

House of Wax

Eagle Squadron

Maisie Was a Lady

The Under-Pup

Magnificent Obsession

A Romance in Flanders

Crime Over London

The Scarlet Claw

Four Star Playhouse

The House of Fear

Unfaithful

The Storm

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

In the Money

You Gotta Stay Happy

Madame Bovary

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Scarlet Coat

Jungle Jim

Lux Video Theatre

Hollywood Story

Adventures of Superman

Letter to Loretta