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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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as Self (archive footage)
1959
as Kenneth Drake
1958
as Inspector Herbert Saunders
1957
1957
as Edgar Ferrell
1957
as Horace Selkirk
1957
1957
as Dr. James Brady
1957
as Sugar Daddy
1957
as Cooper
1956
as Wilson
1956
as Neil Frazer
1956
as Insp. D.N. Hedges
1956
as Harrington
1956
as Harrington
1956
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as Lord Bonnivet
1955
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as Sir Edward Scott
1955
as Sir Henry Clinton
1955
as Duc de Latour
1955
as Tobiah
1955
as Dean Cosgrove
1954
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as General Melville
1954
as Dr. Henry Giraud
1954
as Col. Tucker
1954
as John H. Tunstall
1954
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as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
1954
as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
1953
as Professor Banning
1953
as Owen Vail
1953
as Col. Heisler
1953
as Lord Robert Clive
1953
as Colonel (uncredited)
1953
as Mr. Stryver
1953
as Sidney Wallace
1953
as John Kolvac
1953
as Dianza
1953
as Edmond Dureau
1952
as John Carver
1952
as Jeremy Smithers
1952
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as Bertrand
1952
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as Sir Guy de Claremont
1951
as Inspector Stoddard
1951
as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker
1951
as Klaas Van Gelder
1951
as Dr. James Brady
1951
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as Edmond de Maletroit
1951
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as Roland Paul
1950
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as Todd Williams
1950
as Richelieu
1950
as Two-to-One Thompson
1950
as Dr. Frobisher
1950
as Hagen
1950
as Sir Giles
1950
as Col. Eric Thorne
1949
as Marquis D'Andervilliers
1948
as Dr. Blucher
1948
as Dr. Menzies
1948
as Sir John Sedley
1947
as Rick Barrett
1947
as Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
1947
as Victor Kranish
1947
as Victor Wright
1946
as Clive Russell
1946
as Jeffrey Caldwell
1946
as Bart McClelland
1945
as Rogers
1945
as Sir George Fenwick
1945
as Simon Merrivale
1945
as Dr. Henry Latimer
1944
as Mr. Selworth
1944
as Roger Pelham
1944
as Lord Penrose
1943
as Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
1943
as Dr. Dorn
1943
as John 'Jack' Shagrue
1942
as Sir James Patridge
1942
as Cmdr. Charles Brennan
1942
as John Crispin
1942
as Group Captain
1941
as Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
1941
as Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds
1941
as Cap Rawlston
1941
as Max Armand
1940
as Bill Rodgers
1939
as John R. Banton
1939
as Mr. Franklin Cooper
1939
as English Eddie Morton
1937
as John Morley
1937
as Ryan
1936
as Inspector Gary
1936
as Charlie Cortland
1935
as Martin Deering
1935
as Count Peter Alvinczy
1935
as Robert Godfrey
1935
as Edward Carrington
1934
as Leonard Crecy
1934
as Lavassor
1934
as Max Bernard, a.k.a. Sir Nigel Crane
1934
as Alvin Ritchie
1934
as Martin Arlington
1933
as Governor Dick Crawford
1933
as Thomas MacDonald
1933
as Wylie Thornton
1933
as Prince Keri of Zalgar
1932
as Ronnie Sanderson
1932
as Gray Meredith
1932
as Major Hugo Beresford
1931
as Captain Wolke
1931
as Henry - Earl of Kerhill
1931
as Robert Maury
1931
as Reginald Armstrong
1931
as Sir Wilfred Drake
1931
as Ronald Killkerry
1930
as Grand Duke Paul
1930
as Capt. Orloff
1930
as Dave Stewart
1930
as Chamberlin Jarvis
1930
as Ted
1929
as Prince of Savonia
1928
as Lenane