Paul Cavanagh
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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 mathemati
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.
Born
Dec 07, 1888
Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
Died
Mar 15, 1964
Known For
Acting
Movies
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Known For
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
Tarzan and His Mate
1934
as Martin Arlington
Magnificent Obsession
1954
as Dr. Henry Giraud
House of Wax
1953
as Sidney Wallace
The Woman in Green
1945
as Sir George Fenwick
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
as Rick Barrett
The Scarlet Claw
1944
as Lord Penrose
The Desert Rats
1953
as Colonel (uncredited)
The House of Fear
1945
as Simon Merrivale
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