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.
Have Gun - Will Travel(1957)as Windrom
The Magical World of Disney(1954)as Governor Rutledge
The Beat Generation(1959)as Will Belmont - Stan's Father
Border Patrol(1959)as Dr. Milner
Perry Mason(1957)as Edgar Ferrell, Horace Selkirk
Champagne Charlie(1936)
Pantomime Quiz(1947)as Self - Regular Panelist
Bud Boetticher: A Documentary(2020)as Self
American Masters(1985)as Self
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness(2007)as Sidney Wallace
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her(1994)
Mobs, Inc.(1956)as Harrington
