Paul Cavanagh(1888-1964)
- 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
(Une femme diabolique (1934),
stalwart leading men (Mae West's love
interest in Je veux être une lady (1935),
as well as the occasional murder victim or dastardly swine (as Martin
Arlington in
Tarzan et sa compagne (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.
