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Paul Cavanagh
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. Cavana…
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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.
Filmography
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1994
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1959
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Movie Kenneth Drake
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1958
In the Money
Movie Inspector Herbert Saunders
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1957
Interlude
Movie
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Edgar Ferrell
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1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV show
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1957
God Is My Partner
Movie Dr. James Brady
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1957
She Devil
Movie Sugar Daddy
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1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Movie Cooper
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1956
Hey, Jeannie!
TV show Wilson
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1956
Francis in the Haunted House
Movie Neil Frazer
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1956
Blonde Bait
Movie Insp. D.N. Hedges
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1956
Mobs, Inc.
Movie Harrington
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1956
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV show
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1956
Diane
Movie Lord Bonnivet
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1955
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
TV show
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1955
Jungle Jim
TV show
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1955
The King's Thief
Movie Sir Edward Scott
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1955
The Scarlet Coat
Movie Sir Henry Clinton
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1955
The Purple Mask
Movie Duc de Latour
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1955
The Prodigal
Movie Tobiah
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1955
The Millionaire
TV show Dean Cosgrove
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1954
Climax!
TV show
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1954
December Bride
TV show
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1954
Lassie
TV show
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1954
Khyber Patrol
Movie General Melville
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1954
Magnificent Obsession
Movie Dr. Henry Giraud
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1954
The Raid
Movie Col. Tucker
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1954
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
Movie John H. Tunstall
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1954
Adventures Of The Falcon
TV show
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1954
Casanova's Big Night
Movie Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
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1954
The Iron Glove
Movie Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
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1953
The All American
Movie Professor Banning
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1953
Letter to Loretta
TV show Owen Vail
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1953
Charade
Movie Col. Heisler
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1953
Flame of Calcutta
Movie Lord Robert Clive
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1953
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie Mr. Stryver
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1953
House of Wax
Movie Sidney Wallace
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1953
Port Sinister
Movie John Kolvac
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1953
The Desert Rats
Movie Colonel (uncredited)
