Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh
Born	8 December 1888(1888-12-08) Chislehurst, England
Died	15 March 1964(1964-03-15) (aged 75) London, England
Resting place	Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Other names	Paul Cavanaugh
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1928 - 1959
Spouse	Katherine Layfield Luhn (1946-19??); 1 child

Paul Cavanagh (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1928 and 1959. He was born in Chislehurst and died in London from a heart attack.

Cavanagh was educated at Cambridge where he studied law. He went to Canada where he joined the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. After serving in World War I, he returned to Canada but eventually went back to England to practise law.

He went onto the stage after a stroke of bad luck in 1924 caused him to lose his savings, and later he went into films. He died in 1964, aged 75.

Selected filmography

• Two Little Drummer Boys (1928)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• Grumpy (1930)
• The Devil to Pay! (1930)
• The Squaw Man (1931)
• The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
• Tonight Is Ours (1933)
• Tarzan and His Mate (1934) - Martin Arlington
• The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)
• A Romance in Flanders (1937)
• Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
• Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
• Adventure in Iraq (1943)
• The Scarlet Claw (1944)
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
• The Woman in Green (1945)
• Night in Paradise (1946)
• Humoresque (1946)
• Madame Bovary (1949)
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
• The Strange Door (1951)
• Plymouth Adventure (1952) - Governor John Carver
• The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
• House of Wax (1953)
• Port Sinister (1953)
• Jungle Jim (TV series) (1955–1956, nine television episodes as Commissioner Morrison)
• The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

External links

• Paul Cavanagh at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Cavanagh at the Internet Broadway Database
• Paul Cavanagh at Find a Grave