Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh
Born	8 December 1888 Chislehurst, Kent, England
Died	15 March 1964 (aged 75) London, England
Resting place	Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1928-1959
Spouse(s)	Katherine Layfield Luhn (1946-19??); 1 child

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 the University of Cambridge,^[1] A newspaper article published 17 June 1931, reported, "It is on record that Cavanagh won high honors in mathematics and history."^[2]

Cavanagh practiced "for several years" before he changed professions.^[3] He went to Canada "for a year of sightseeing and wandering" before he joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.^[4]

After serving in World War I, he returned to Canada, where he practiced law, including revising the statutes of Alberta,^[5] but eventually went back to England to practice 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.^[6] Those contacts led to Cavanagh's role in It Pays to Advertise.^[6]

Cavanagh first film contract and film came in 1929 with Paramount Pictures.^[7]

Cavanagh died In London from a heart attack in 1964, aged 75.

Partial filmography

• Two Little Drummer Boys (1928)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• Grumpy (1930)
• The Storm (1930)
• Strictly Unconventional (1930)
• The Virtuous Sin (1930)
• The Devil to Pay! (1930)
• Born to Love (1931)
• Transgression (1931)
• The Squaw Man (1931)
• The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
• Tonight Is Ours (1933)
• Tarzan and His Mate (1934) - Martin Arlington
• The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
• One Exciting Adventure (1934)
• Crime Over London (1936)
• A Romance in Flanders (1937)
• Cafe Colette (1937)
• Reno (1939)
• I Take This Woman (1940)
• Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
• Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
• Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
• Eagle Squadron (1942)
• The Hard Way (1943)
• The Gorilla Man (1943)
• Adventure in Iraq (1943)
• The Scarlet Claw (1944)
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
• The Woman in Green (1945)
• Night in Paradise (1946)
• Humoresque (1946)
• The Black Arrow (1948)
• Madame Bovary (1949)
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
• The Second Face (1950)
• The Iroquois Trail (1950)
• The Strange Door (1951)
• The Golden Hawk (1952)
• Plymouth Adventure (1952) - Governor John Carver
• The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
• House of Wax (1953)
• Port Sinister (1953)
• Flame of Calcutta (1953)
• Jungle Jim (1955–1956, nine television episodes as Commissioner Morrison)
• She Devil (1957)
• The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

References

1. "Studio Flashes". The Age. Australia, Melbourne. 28 August 1937. p. 38. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "English Scholars in New Bennett Film". The Evening News. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. 17 June 1931. p. 27. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Play's Villain Once a Lawyer". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. 19 May 1941. p. 11. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "A Prince Who Clips No Words". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. 4 July 1937. p. 50. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Keavy, Hubbard (5 July 1931). "Screen Life In Hollywood". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. West Virginia, Bluefield. p. 6. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Carroll, Harrison (7 November 1935). "Behind the Scenes in Hollywood". The Bristol Daily Courier. Pennsylvania, Bristol. King Features Syndicate, Inc. p. 4. Retrieved 30 June 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Paid Though Idle Failed to Suit Paul Cavanagh". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New York, Brooklyn. October 9, 1931. p. 17.

External links

• Paul Cavanagh at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Cavanagh at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Paul Cavanagh at Find a Grave