Paul Cavanagh
AKA: Paul Cavanaugh
Birthday: 1888-12-07
Died: 1964-03-15
Birthplace: 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.
Filmography
Character: Klaas Van Gelder
Character: Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
Character: Simon Merrivale
Character: Charlie Cortland
Character: Sir George Fenwick
Character: Governor Dick Crawford
Character: Dr. Henry Giraud
Character: English Eddie Morton
Character: John 'Jack' Shagrue
Character: Sidney Wallace
Character: Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
Character: Martin Arlington
Character: Edward Carrington
Character: Thomas MacDonald
Character: Cmdr. Charles Brennan
Character: Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
Character: Jeffrey Caldwell
Character: Sir Wilfred Drake
Character: Insp. D.N. Hedges
Character: Inspector Stoddard
Character: Prince Keri of Zalgar
Character: Wylie Thornton
Character: Inspector Herbert Saunders
Character: General Melville
Character: Henry - Earl of Kerhill
Character: Chamberlin Jarvis
Character: Jeremy Smithers
Character: Dr. Henry Latimer
Character: Ronald Killkerry
Character: John R. Banton
Character: Professor Banning
Character: Robert Godfrey
Character: Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
Character: Reginald Armstrong
Character: Martin Deering
Character: Grand Duke Paul
Character: Dr. James Brady
Character: Mr. Franklin Cooper
Character: Ronnie Sanderson
Character: Count Peter Alvinczy
Character: Edmond de Maletroit
Character: Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
Character: Sir John Sedley
Character: John H. Tunstall
Character: Sir James Patridge
Character: Col. Eric Thorne
Character: Sir Guy de Claremont
Character: Victor Kranish
Character: Inspector Gary
Character: Marquis D'Andervilliers
Character: Dr. James Brady
Character: Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
Character: Max Bernard/Sir Nigel Crane
Character: Prince of Savonia
Character: Bart McClelland
Character: Two-to-One Thompson
Character: Lord Robert Clive
Character: Major Hugo Beresford
Character: Sir Edward Scott
Character: Colonel (uncredited)
Character: Sir Henry Clinton
Character: Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)