✎ About Paul Cavanagh

Paul Cavanagh was born on December 08, 1888 in Chislehurst, Kent [now in Bromley, London], England, United Kingdom, is Actor, Soundtrack. Cambridge-educated Paul Cavanagh appeared in pictures as the epitome of the debonair, well-dressed Englishman. The former barrister and Royal Canadian Mountie turned to acting in 1924 and had a starring role on Broadway in 'Scotland Yard' (1929). His film career began in 1928 and lasted just over three decades. During that time, he portrayed charming grifters (The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934), stalwart leading men (Mae West's love interest in Goin' to Town (1935), as well as the occasional murder victim or dastardly swine (as Martin Arlington in Tarzan and His Mate (1934). He was at his best however, as the urbane older husband of Joan Crawford in the brilliant Humoresque (1946), tolerating the antics of his neurotic wife - and Oscar Levant's wisecrack ("Does your husband interfere with your marriage?") with nothing but bemused languor.
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Biography/Timeline

1924

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.

1926

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.

1929

Cavanagh first film contract and film came in 1929 with Paramount Pictures.

1931

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."

1964

Cavanagh died In London from a heart attack in 1964, aged 75.

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1888 births 1964 deaths Male actors from London British military personnel of World War I English male film actors English male television actors People from Chislehurst 20th-century English male actors Male actors from Kent People educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge British expatriates in Canada