Paul Cavanagh
Born December 07, 1888 (Age: 137)
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Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 105
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959
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as Kenneth Drake
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Age: 70
In the Money
1958
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as Inspector Herbert Saunders
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Age: 69
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
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as Neil Frazer
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Age: 67
Blonde Bait
1956
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as Insp. D.N. Hedges
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Age: 67
Mobs, Inc.
1956
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as Harrington
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Age: 67
Diane
1956
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as Lord Bonnivet
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Age: 67
The King's Thief
1955
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as Sir Edward Scott
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Age: 66
The Scarlet Coat
1955
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as Sir Henry Clinton
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Age: 66
The Purple Mask
1955
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as Duc de Latour
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Age: 66
The Prodigal
1955
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as Tobiah
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Age: 66
Khyber Patrol
1954
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as General Melville
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Age: 65
Magnificent Obsession
1954
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as Dr. Henry Giraud
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Age: 65
The Raid
1954
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as Col. Tucker
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Age: 65
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954
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as John H. Tunstall
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Age: 65
Casanova's Big Night
1954
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as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
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Age: 65
The Iron Glove
1954
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as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
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Age: 65
The All American
1953
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as Professor Banning
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Age: 64
Charade
1953
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as Col. Heisler
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Age: 64
Flame of Calcutta
1953
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as Lord Robert Clive
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Age: 64
A Tale of Two Cities
1953
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as Mr. Stryver
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Age: 64
House of Wax
1953
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as Sidney Wallace
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Age: 64
Port Sinister
1953
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as John Kolvac
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Age: 64
The Desert Rats
1953
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as Colonel (uncredited)
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Age: 64
The Bandits of Corsica
1953
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as Dianza
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Age: 64
The Mississippi Gambler
1953
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as Edmond Dureau
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Age: 64
The Second Face
1950
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as Todd Williams
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Age: 61
Blades of the Musketeers
1950
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as Richelieu
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Age: 61
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
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as Two-to-One Thompson
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Age: 61
Hi-Jacked
1950
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as Hagen
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Age: 61
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
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as Sir Giles
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Age: 61
The Iroquois Trail
1950
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as Col. Eric Thorne
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Age: 61
Club Havana
1945
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as Rogers
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Age: 56
The Woman in Green
1945
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as Sir George Fenwick
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Age: 56
The House of Fear
1945
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as Simon Merrivale
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Age: 56
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945
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as Dr. Henry Latimer
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Age: 56
Eagle Squadron
1942
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as Sir James Patridge
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Age: 53
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
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as Cmdr. Charles Brennan
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Age: 53
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
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as John Crispin
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Age: 53
Captains of the Clouds
1942
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as Group Captain
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Age: 53
Passage from Hong Kong
1941
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as Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
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Age: 52
Shadows on the Stairs
1941
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as Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
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Age: 52
Maisie Was a Lady
1941
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as Cap Rawlston
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Age: 52
The Case of the Black Parrot
1941
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as Max Armand
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Age: 52
The Crash
1932
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as Ronnie Sanderson
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Age: 43
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
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as Gray Meredith
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Age: 43
Devil's Lottery
1932
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as Major Hugo Beresford
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Age: 43
Heartbreak
1931
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as Captain Wolke
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Age: 42
The Squaw Man
1931
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as Henry - Earl of Kerhill
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Age: 42
Transgression
1931
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as Robert Maury
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Age: 42
Always Goodbye
1931
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as Reginald Armstrong
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Age: 42
Born to Love
1931
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as Sir Wilfred Drake
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Age: 42
Unfaithful
1931
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as Ronald Killkerry
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Age: 42
The Devil to Pay!
1930
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as Grand Duke Paul
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Age: 42
The Virtuous Sin
1930
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as Capt. Orloff
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Age: 41
The Storm
1930
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as Dave Stewart
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Age: 41
Grumpy
1930
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as Chamberlin Jarvis
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Age: 41
Strictly Unconventional
1930
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as Ted
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Age: 41