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- American character actor. Upon his entry into films in 1930, he was typecast as a weakling or criminal type. He received great acclaim for his role as Garth Esdras, the haunted and hunted accessory to murder in Sous les ponts de New-York (1936). Memorable as the weaselly convict who tries to kill James Cagney at Steve Cochran's behest, but gets his just deserts in the trunk of a car, in L'enfer est à lui (1949). After two decades as a film actor, he made a small foray into film directing. He died at 58.- IMDb mini biography by: Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
- SpouseKathleen Mulqueen(? - June 27, 1961) (his death, 1 child)
- No relation to Paul Guilfoyle, the character actor best known from television's Les Experts (2000).
- He had a son named Anthony.
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