Paul Cavanagh
Birthday: 1888-12-08 | Place of Birth: Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UKFrom 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Cooper
as Sugar Daddy
as Insp. D.N. Hedges
as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
as Col. Tucker
as Dr. Henry Giraud
as Dianza
as Edmond Dureau
as John Kolvac
as Sidney Wallace
as Jeremy Smithers
as Edmond de Maletroit
as Inspector Stoddard
as Klaas Van Gelder
as Roland Paul
as Col. Eric Thorne
as Hagen
as Sir John Sedley
as Victor Kranish
as Victor Wright
as Jeffrey Caldwell
as Dr. Henry Latimer
as Simon Merrivale
as Sir George Fenwick
as Mr. Selworth
as Roger Pelham
as Cmdr. Charles Brennan
as Group Captain
as John Crispin
as Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
