Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1888-12-07
Day of Death
1964-03-15
Place of Birth
Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
Paul Cavanagh
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.
Filmography (113)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959
In the Money
1958
Interlude
1957
God Is My Partner
1957
She Devil
1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
Blonde Bait
1956
Mobs, Inc.
1956
Diane
1956
The King's Thief
1955
The Scarlet Coat
1955
The Purple Mask
1955
