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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes. Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with The Jolly Roger and Cyrano de Bergerac in 1923 and ending with Jayhawker in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character. He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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1960
Tess of the Storm Country
Movie Director
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1960
The Boy and the Pirates
Movie Snipe
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1959
Lock-Up
TV show Director
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1958
U.S. Marshall
TV show Director
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1958
Lawman
TV show Director
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1958
Sea Hunt
TV show
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1957
Sugarfoot
TV show Director
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1957
Official Detective
TV show Director
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1955
Trial
Movie Cap Grant
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1955
Highway Patrol
TV show Director
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1955
Jungle Jim
TV show
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Reverend
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1955
Science Fiction Theatre
TV show Director
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1955
Chief Crazy Horse
Movie Worm
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1955
A Life at Stake
Movie Director
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1954
Climax!
TV show
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1954
Apache
Movie Santos
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1954
Public Defender
TV show Director
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1954
The Golden Idol
Movie Prince Ali Ben Mamoud
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1953
The Diamond Queen
Movie Guide
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1953
Captain Scarface
Movie Director
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1953
Torch Song
Movie Monty Rolfe
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1953
The Body Beautiful
Movie Investigator
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1953
Julius Caesar
Movie Citizen of Rome
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1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV show
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1952
Confidence Girl
Movie William Pope
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1952
Actors and Sin
Movie Mr. Blue
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1952
China Smith
TV show
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show Eastbrook
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1951
Journey Into Light
Movie Fanatic
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1951
Racket Squad
TV show
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1951
When I Grow Up
Movie Doc
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1950
Bomba and the Hidden City
Movie Hassan
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1950
The Woman on Pier 13
Movie Ralston
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1950
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Movie Ben
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1949
There's a Girl in My Heart
Movie Father Callaghan
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1949
White Heat
Movie Roy Parker (uncredited)
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1949
Mighty Joe Young
Movie Smith
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1949
Follow Me Quietly
Movie Overbeck