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 Self (archive footage)
as Kenneth Drake
as Cooper
as Sugar Daddy
as Insp. D.N. Hedges
as Neil Frazer
as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
as Col. Tucker
as Dr. Henry Giraud
as John H. Tunstall
as Col. Heisler
as Dianza
as Edmond Dureau
as John Kolvac
as Lord Robert Clive
as Mr. Stryver
as Professor Banning
as Sidney Wallace
as Jeremy Smithers
as Klaas Van Gelder
as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
