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Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh

Actor · 1888 – 1964 · Chislehurst, 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.

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  • Movie6.9

    House of Wax

    1953 · 396 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Tarzan and His Mate

    1934 · 157 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.8

    Magnificent Obsession

    1954 · 146 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Madame Bovary

    1949 · 59 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Night and Day

    1946 · 38 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The King's Thief

    1955 · 12 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Purple Mask

    1955 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The House of Fear

    1945 · 120 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Woman in Green

    1945 · 159 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Secret Beyond the Door

    1947 · 165 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Desert Rats

    1953 · 101 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Casanova's Big Night

    1954 · 19 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Scarlet Claw

    1944 · 115 votes

  • Movie4.6

    The Prodigal

    1955 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.8

    You Gotta Stay Happy

    1948 · 18 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Black Arrow

    1948 · 13 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Raid

    1954 · 34 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Strange Door

    1951 · 33 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Captains of the Clouds

    1942 · 32 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Kennel Murder Case

    1933 · 60 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Bride of the Gorilla

    1951 · 36 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Humoresque

    1947 · 73 votes

  • Movie6.4

    A Bill of Divorcement

    1932 · 44 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV6.3

    Lassie

    1954 · 74 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV6.7

    Adventures of Superman

    1952 · 63 votes

  • TV6.3

    December Bride

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV6.6

    Space Patrol

    1950 · 5 votes

  • TV6.5

    Racket Squad

    1951 · 4 votes

  • TV5.0

    Mr. & Mrs. North

    1952 · 7 votes

  • TV6.6

    Letter to Loretta

    1953 · 7 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV5.6
  • TV6.2

    Hey, Jeannie!

    1956 · 4 votes

  • TV6.7

    Jungle Jim

    1955 · 3 votes