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
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959
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as Kenneth Drake
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Age: 70
Mobs, Inc.
1956
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as Harrington
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Age: 67
House of Wax
1953
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as Sidney Wallace
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Age: 64
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