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Paul Cavanagh
Known for: ActingFrom 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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Diane
as Lord Bonnivet 
House of Wax
+2
as Sidney Wallace 
The Woman in Green
+3
as Sir George Fenwick 
Madame Bovary
+1
as Marquis D'Andervilliers 
Tarzan and His Mate
as Martin Arlington 
Magnificent Obsession
as Dr. Henry Giraud 
Secret Beyond the Door
as Rick Barrett 
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker 
Night and Day
+1
as Bart McClelland 
The Desert Rats
as Colonel (uncredited) 
The Virtuous Sin
as Capt. Orloff 
Casanova's Big Night
as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta 
The Hard Way
as John 'Jack' Shagrue 
The King's Thief
as Sir Edward Scott 
The House of Fear
as Simon Merrivale 
The Scarlet Claw
as Lord Penrose 
The Kennel Murder Case
+4
as Thomas MacDonald 
The Mississippi Gambler
as Edmond Dureau 
Charade
as Col. Heisler 
The Prodigal
+1
as Tobiah 
Dishonored Lady
+2
as Victor Kranish 
Plymouth Adventure
as John Carver 
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Dr. Blucher 
Goin' to Town
as Edward Carrington 
The Scarlet Coat
as Sir Henry Clinton 
Bride of the Gorilla
+4
as Klaas Van Gelder 
I Take This Woman
as Bill Rodgers 
Humoresque
+1
as Victor Wright 
Captains of the Clouds
+1
as Group Captain 
Francis in the Haunted House
as Neil Frazer 
Maisie Was a Lady
as Cap Rawlston 
Ivy
as Dr. Berwick (uncredited) 
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
as Kenneth Drake 
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
as Inspector Stoddard 
Hollywood Story
as Roland Paul 
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as John Crispin 
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Governor Dick Crawford 
The Bandits of Corsica
as Dianza 
She Devil
as Sugar Daddy 
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
as Self (archive footage) 
The Babe Ruth Story
as Dr. Menzies 
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Roger Pelham 
A Bill of Divorcement
as Gray Meredith 
The Devil to Pay!
as Grand Duke Paul 
Shadows on the Stairs
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as Joseph 'Joe' Reynolds 
Hi-Jacked
as Hagen 
All That I Have
as Dr. James Brady 
In the Money
as Inspector Herbert Saunders