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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.

House of Wax
1953 · as Sidney Wallace

Tarzan and His Mate
1934 · as Martin Arlington

Night and Day
1946 · as Bart McClelland

The Woman in Green
1945 · as Sir George Fenwick

The King's Thief
1955 · as Sir Edward Scott

Madame Bovary
1949 · as Marquis D'Andervilliers

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · as Lt. Col. Caesar von Hofaker

Hi-Jacked
1950 · as Hagen

The Desert Rats
1953 · as Colonel (uncredited)

The Scarlet Coat
1955 · as Sir Henry Clinton

Magnificent Obsession
1954 · as Dr. Henry Giraud

Casanova's Big Night
1954 · as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta

Secret Beyond the Door
1947 · as Rick Barrett

Splendor
1935 · as Martin Deering

The Scarlet Claw
1944 · as Lord Penrose

Club Havana
1945 · as Rogers

The Raid
1954 · as Col. Tucker

Uncertain Lady
1934 · as Bruce King