Paul Cavanagh
Date of birth: 1888-12-07
Place of birth: Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Paul Cavanaugh, Пол Кэвэна
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.
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Interlude
1957-10-30
A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back
Hit Parade of 1951
1950-10-15
While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like h
Bride of the Gorilla
1951-10-01
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Captains of the Clouds
1942-02-12
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and t
Humoresque
1947-01-25
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neuro
The House of Fear
1945-03-16
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside a
The Scarlet Claw
1944-05-18
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monste
Flame of Calcutta
1953-07-20
A British captain and a French official's daughter save the East India Company.
The Woman in Green
1945-06-15
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger sev
Magnificent Obsession
1954-08-07
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s on
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933-12-13
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that sh
A Romance in Flanders
1937-01-01
During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a
Within the Law
1939-03-17
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge up
The Verdict
1946-11-23
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent f
Café Colette
1937-01-01
A diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess.
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957-03-01
A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small
Diane
1956-01-12
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress i
Devil's Lottery
1932-03-27
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes win
House of Wax
1953-04-16
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly r
Shadows on the Stairs
1941-03-01
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
Tarzan and His Mate
1934-04-16
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
Goin' to Town
1935-04-25
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to
The Gorilla Man
1943-01-16
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
A Bill of Divorcement
1932-09-28
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has ch
The Kennel Murder Case
1933-10-28
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder o
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942-03-27
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acq
Heartbreak
1931-11-08
John Merrick and Vilma Walden, who fall in love at an embassy fundraiser in Vienna before World War
Hi-Jacked
1950-07-07
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involveme
Pacific Rendezvous
1942-05-21
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire
Adventure in Iraq
1943-09-27
Three Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a loca
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950-06-21
The son of Robin Hood carries on his late father's tradition.
Born to Love
1931-04-17
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed
Wife Wanted
1946-11-02
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actuall
Transgression
1931-06-27
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife El
The Bandits of Corsica
1953-02-27
Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
The Purple Mask
1955-06-15
France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpern
The King's Thief
1955-08-05
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
The Case of the Black Parrot
1941-01-09
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased duri
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
1951-10-31
The son of the notorious Dr. Henry Jekyll is determined to prove that his father's reputation has be
Blonde Bait
1956-04-01
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Sco
Port Sinister
1953-04-10
A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, wher
Secret Beyond the Door
1947-12-24
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly
Tonight Is Ours
1933-01-21
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
Curtain at Eight
1933-10-01
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? Hi
In the Money
1958-02-16
The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezz
Khyber Patrol
1954-09-04
British officers of India is jeopardized when warlords Ahmed Shir and Prince Ishak Khan battle at th
The Virtuous Sin
1930-10-24
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
Grumpy
1930-08-01
A crotchety, old ex-attorney solves the violent theft of a priceless diamond from his nephew.
The Mississippi Gambler
1953-01-29
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. H
The Golden Hawk
1952-10-08
A 17th-century French pirate sides with an English noblewoman who's posing as a pirate.
The Man in Half Moon Street
1945-01-19
A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944-08-15
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954-08-01
Billy the Kid is forced to kill for the woman he loves, and is ultimately brought to justice by his
The Scarlet Coat
1955-07-29
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
Francis in the Haunted House
1956-07-09
A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
Unfaithful
1931-03-14
In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in orde
Reno
1939-12-01
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
The All American
1953-10-01
A family tragedy causes a college football quarterback to re-think his goals in life.
Without Regret
1935-09-13
In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to En
Casanova's Big Night
1954-04-07
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to roma
The Second Face
1950-12-01
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she
Strictly Unconventional
1930-05-03
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic Englis
Ivy
1947-06-26
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do
Splendor
1935-11-22
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointm
Always Goodbye
1931-05-24
Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con ma
The Prodigal
1955-05-06
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959-11-13
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased i
The Desert Rats
1953-03-26
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British for
The Devil to Pay!
1930-12-18
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too
God Is My Partner
1957-07-01
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, cl
Menace
1934-11-22
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's deat
She Devil
1957-04-01
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.
Plymouth Adventure
1952-11-28
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captai
The Raid
1954-08-04
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the smal
Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
One Exciting Adventure
1934-09-01
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
The Crash
1932-10-09
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips fro
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994-08-09
As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, se
I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's sug
Thunder in the Night
1935-09-16
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Mea
The Strange Door
1951-10-31
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly
Passage from Hong Kong
1941-09-01
In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he
The Black Arrow
1948-03-18
A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his fathe
Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in lov
The Storm
1930-08-17
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn a
Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires h
The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15
An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French
Blades of the Musketeers
1950-11-24
In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and
Tales of Robin Hood
1951-12-21
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de
Dishonored Lady
1947-05-16
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with a
Crime Over London
1936-10-21
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they
Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when
Charade
1953-09-16
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws ske
All That I Have
1951-10-01
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those
The Iron Glove
1954-04-01
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I o
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934-07-20
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944-08-23
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been marr
The Runaway Princess
1929-03-01
A prince in disguise saves a runaway princess from becoming a forger's dupe.
Tesha
1928-08-27
The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an En
Hollywood Story
1951-06-01
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the uns
Night and Day
1946-07-02
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he
A Tale of Two Cities
1953-05-03
A dramatization originally for TV on the Plymouth Playhouse. Set against the conditions leading up t
Club Havana
1945-11-23
A number of different characters unfolding love, hate, and death problems during an evening in a fas
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face th
The Babe Ruth Story
1948-09-16
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run h
Shoot the Works
1934-07-18
The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even
Mobs, Inc.
1956-03-21
Captain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling them
The Highwayman
1951-08-11
Uncertain Lady
1934-04-03
Uncertain Lady is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Karl Freund.