Paul Guilfoyle
Date of birth: 1902-07-14
Place of birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Bringing Up Baby
1938-02-18
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strang
The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings
Chief Crazy Horse
1955-04-01
When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man go
Julius Caesar
1953-06-04
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassi
Follow Me Quietly
1949-07-07
When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim
This Marriage Business
1938-04-08
A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
The Woman on Pier 13
1950-06-15
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Remember the Night
1940-01-19
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter
Carefree
1938-09-02
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persu
The Mark of the Whistler
1944-10-09
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who t
Apache
1954-07-09
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for t
White Heat
1949-09-02
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his ol
Mighty Joe Young
1949-07-13
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Jo
The Judge
1949-01-31
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out
The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fi
The Boy and the Pirates
1960-04-13
Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish
Second Chance
1947-07-18
Jewel thieves battle investigators.
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1946-11-16
A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college rowing c
Special Agent
1935-09-14
A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster'
The Saint Takes Over
1940-06-07
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the a
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941-01-24
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint
Confidence Girl
1952-06-20
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (
The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven
The Millerson Case
1947-05-29
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
Blind Alibi
1938-05-20
A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's lo
Sea Devils
1937-02-19
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming of
Roses Are Red
1947-11-10
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
The Law West of Tombstone
1938-11-18
A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936-08-15
Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Gin
One Crowded Night
1940-08-09
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky mot
White Savage
1943-04-23
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
Crashing Hollywood
1938-01-07
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
Super-Sleuth
1937-07-16
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-li
Law of the Underworld
1938-05-06
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connectio
Society Lawyer
1939-03-21
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall who was arrested for the
Wildcat Bus
1940-08-23
A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
Why Girls Leave Home
1945-10-09
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night c
Tarnished Angel
1938-10-28
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist o
Behind The Headlines
1937-05-14
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
Bomba and the Hidden City
1950-09-24
A nature photographer and his guide meet a corrupt emir with a dirty secret. Only jungle-dwelling Bo
The Golden Idol
1954-01-10
Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba has
Maid's Night Out
1938-03-03
A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering mi
The Missing Corpse
1945-06-01
A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackm
Fight for Your Lady
1937-11-05
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich
The Scarlet Horseman
1946-01-22
Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.
The Virginian
1946-05-05
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve a
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936-12-04
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
She's Got Everything
1937-12-31
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors h
The Woman I Love
1937-04-15
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
The Master Race
1944-09-22
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British com
Quick Money
1937-12-10
Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwo
Sky Giant
1938-07-22
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockt
Fugitives for a Night
1938-09-23
A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
Millionaires in Prison
1940-07-12
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton wa
Petticoat Larceny
1943-07-17
An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for
Double Danger
1938-01-28
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds".
Danger Patrol
1937-11-18
An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.
Hideaway
1937-08-13
A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a place to
The North Star
1943-11-04
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and
Trial
1955-10-07
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom
You Can't Buy Luck
1937-04-30
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him in
Flight from Glory
1937-08-20
Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air serv
Pacific Liner
1939-01-06
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942-02-05
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-
Heritage of the Desert
1939-06-23
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance
News Is Made at Night
1939-07-20
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a co
Dark Shadows
1944-12-16
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
Sabotage
1939-10-13
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to
Winterset
1936-12-03
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly execu
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940-02-22
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lin
The Crime of Doctor Crespi
1935-09-23
A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in anyone who gets the injection.
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1939-12-30
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
Money to Loan
1939-03-11
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks ab
East of the River
1940-11-09
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing co
There's a Girl in My Heart
1949-12-19
A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its inhabitants---an I
Torch Song
1953-10-01
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is
Unexpected Father
1939-06-14
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950-01-06
It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout
Messenger of Peace
1947-10-30
Poignant true story of Pastor Armin Ritter, who is sent to build a church in a backwoods community a
Our Leading Citizen
1939-08-23
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on ex
The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles awa
The Skull Murder Mystery
1932-03-01
When a skeleton is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tena
The Incredible Stranger
1942-06-20
In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been built
When I Grow Up
1951-04-19
Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he chances
The Story of Alfred Nobel
1939-02-18
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942-04-17
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, whi
Three Russian Girls
1943-12-30
Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies, Three
I'm from the City
1938-08-05
Pete Pepper is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whir
Time to Kill
1942-12-24
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
Miss Mink of 1949
1949-02-11
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at
Roaming Lady
1936-05-02
Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as passengers h
You May Be Next!
1936-02-05
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
Madero of Mexico
1942-11-28
This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bri
One Hour To Live
1939-11-10
Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.
The Body Beautiful
1953-08-10
Susan Morrow, the secretary to Robert Clarke, a model photographer, is upset when her boss pays too
Actors and Sin
1952-06-18
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigge
Trouble Preferred
1948-12-31
A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.
Journey Into Light
1951-09-28
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger
The Diamond Queen
1953-11-28
A French jeweler travels to India in search of a fabulous diamond.
Stage Fright
1938-09-23
Leon's wife and her fellow amateur actors decide to play a joke on Leon, which backfires when he doe