William Grigs Atkinson (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1928 and 1959.
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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, where he was an undergraduate student. Cavanagh studied law in England, earning a master of arts degree at
Cambridge
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. 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 and served nine months with the
Royal North-West Mounted Police
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian para-military police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert’s Land and North-Western Territor ...
.
After serving in
World War I
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, he returned to Canada, where he practised law, including revising the statutes of
Alberta
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, 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
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wheel in
Monte Carlo
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. An observer offered to provide a letter "to some of my theatrical acquaintances" in London, England. Those contacts led to Cavanagh's role in Walter Hackett's '' It Pays to Advertise.'' He also appeared in
Eden Phillpotts
Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...
' ''
Blue Comet
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Designed by Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) president R.B. White in 19 ...
'' in the West End.
After appearing in a handful of British
silent film
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s he moved to the United States. Cavanagh's first film contract and film came in 1929 with
Paramount Pictures
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.
Cavanagh died in London from a
heart attack
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The Runaway Princess
''The Runaway Princess'' is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey.
Production
The film was a co-production between Bri ...
'' (1929) as Prince of Savonia
* ''
Strictly Unconventional
''Strictly Unconventional'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton, written by Sylvia Thalberg and Frank Butler, and starring Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh, Tyrell Davis, Lewis Stone and Ernest Torrence. It was ...
'' (1930) as Ted
* '' Grumpy'' (1930) as Chamberlin Jarvis
* '' The Storm'' (1930) as Dave Stewart
* ''
The Virtuous Sin
''The Virtuous Sin'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor and Louis J. Gasnier and starring Walter Huston, Kay Francis, and Kenneth MacKenna. The screenplay by Martin Brown and Louise Long is ...
'' (1930) as Capt. Orloff
* ''
The Devil to Pay!
''The Devil to Pay!'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman, Frederick Kerr, Myrna Loy, and Loretta Young. It was written by Frederick Lonsdale and Benjamin Glazer.
Plot
After ...
'' (1930) as Grand Duke Paul
* '' Unfaithful'' (1931) as Ronald Killkerry
* '' Born to Love'' (1931) as Sir Wilfred Drake
* '' Always Goodbye'' (1931) as Reginald Armstrong, alias of Morgan
* '' Transgression'' (1931) as Robert Maury
* '' The Squaw Man'' (1931) as Henry - Earl of Kerhill
* '' Heartbreak'' (1931) as Captain Wolke
* ''
Devil's Lottery
''Devil's Lottery'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Sam Taylor and written by Guy Bolton. The film stars Elissa Landi, Victor McLaglen, Alexander Kirkland, Ralph Morgan, Paul Cavanagh and Barbara Weeks. The film was releas ...
'' (1932) as Major Hugo Beresford
* '' A Bill of Divorcement'' (1932) as Gray
* '' The Crash'' (1932) as Ronnie Sanderson
* '' Tonight Is Ours'' (1933) as Prince Keri of Zalgar
* ''
Curtain at Eight
''Curtain at Eight'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill and Paul Cavanagh.Pitts p.224
Plot summary
Wylie Thornton is the star of "Isle of Romance" at the Edwin Bo ...
'' (1933) as Wylie Thornton - Actor
* ''
The Kennel Murder Case
''The Kennel Murder Case'' is a 1933 murder mystery novel written by S. S. Van Dine with fictional detective Philo Vance investigating a complex locked-room mystery.
Plot summary
One of the Coe brothers is found dead in his bedroom, locked f ...
'' (1933) as Sir Thomas MacDonald
* ''
The Sin of Nora Moran
''The Sin of Nora Moran'' is a 1933 American pre-code melodrama and proto-noir film directed by Phil Goldstone and based on the short story "Burnt Offering" by W. Maxwell Goodhue. The film is also known as ''Voice from the Grave'' (American reiss ...
'' (1933) as Gov. Dick Crawford
* ''
Uncertain Lady
''Uncertain Lady'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Karl Freund, written by Daniel Evans, Doris Anderson, Edward A. Curtiss, George O'Neil and Don Ryan, and starring Edward Everett Horton, Genevieve Tobin, Paul Cavanagh, Mary Nash, ...
'' (1934) as Bruce King
* ''
Tarzan and His Mate
''Tarzan and His Mate'' is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Cedric Gibbons, it w ...
'' (1934) as Martin Arlington
* '' Shoot the Works'' (1934) as Alvin Ritchie
* ''
The Notorious Sophie Lang
''The Notorious Sophie Lang'' is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh and Alison Skipworth.One Exciting Adventure
''One Exciting Adventure'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank and starring Binnie Barnes, Neil Hamilton and Paul Cavanagh.Goble p.229 It is a remake of the 1933 German film ''What Women Dream''.
Cast
* Binnie Barnes as Re ...
'' (1934) as Lavassor
* '' Menace'' (1934) as Col. Leonard Crecy
* ''
Goin' to Town
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'' (1935) as Edward Carrington
* '' Escapade'' (1935)
* '' Without Regret'' (1935) as Robert Godfrey
* ''
Thunder in the Night
''Thunder in the Night'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frances Hyland and Eugene Solow. It is based on the 1934 play ''A Woman Lies'' by Ladislas Fodor. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Pau ...
'' (1935) as Count Peter Alvinczy
* '' Splendor'' (1935) as Martin Deering
* '' Champagne Charlie'' (1936) as Charlie Cortland
* ''
Crime Over London
''Crime Over London'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Margot Grahame, Paul Cavanagh and David Burns. It was made at Isleworth Studios,Wood p.89 based on the novel ''House of a Thousand Windows'' by Ludwig v ...
The Under-Pup
''The Under-Pup'' is a 1939 American feature film by Richard Wallace that introduced soprano singing star Gloria Jean to the screen.
Plot
The story, adapted by Grover Jones from a magazine story by Australian author I. A. R. Wylie, casts Gloria ...
'' (1939) as Mr. Franklin Cooper
* ''
Reno
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'' (1939) as John R. Banton
* '' I Take This Woman'' (1940) as Bill Rodgers
* ''
The Case of the Black Parrot
''The Case of the Black Parrot'' is a 1941 American crime film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Robert E. Kent. The film stars William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Eddie Foy, Jr., Luli Deste, Paul Cavanagh and Charles Waldron. The film w ...
'' (1941) as Max Armand
* ''
Maisie Was a Lady
''Maisie Was a Lady'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and is the fourth in a series of ten films starring Ann Sothern as good-hearted showgirl Maisie Ravier.
Plot
When wealthy drunkard Bob Rawlston causes Maisie ...
'' (1941) as 'Cap' Rawlston
* ''
Shadows on the Stairs
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It is based on Frank Vosper's play '' Murder on the Second Floor''. The British subsidiary of Warner Brothers had previously produced a film adaptation of ...
'' (1941) as Joseph Reynolds
* ''
Passage from Hong Kong
''Passage from Hong Kong'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Earl Derr Biggers. The film stars Lucile Fairbanks, Douglas Kennedy, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Ainley, Marjorie Gateson and ...
'' (1941) as Capt. Duncan MacNeil-Fraser
* ''
Captains of the Clouds
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'' (1942) as Group Captain
* ''
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
''The Strange Case of Doctor Rx'' is a 1942 black-and-white murder mystery/ horror B film by Universal Studios directed by William Nigh and starring Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Samuel S. Hinds. Although ...
'' (1942) as John Crispin
* ''
Pacific Rendezvous
''Pacific Rendezvous'' is a 1942 American mystery film directed by George Sidney. It stars Lee Bowman and Jean Rogers.
The previous film version was the 1935 film '' Rendezvous'',
starring William Powell and Rosalind Russell, directed by William ...
'' (1942) as Cmdr. Charles Brennan
* ''
Eagle Squadron
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Wit ...
'' (1942) as Sir James Patridge
* '' The Hard Way'' (1943) as John 'Jack' Shagrue
* ''
The Gorilla Man
''The Gorilla Man'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Despite the title and marketing, it is not a horror film, but a World War II espionage thriller.
Plot
Military officer Captain Craig Killian is wounded in the lin ...
'' (1943) as Dr. Dorn
* ''
Adventure in Iraq
''Adventure in Iraq'' is a 1943 American adventure film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring John Loder, Ruth Ford, Warren Douglas and Paul Cavanagh. The film is based on the 1921 play '' The Green Goddess'' by William Archer.
Plot
Th ...
'' (1943) as Sheik Ahmid Bel Nor
* ''
The Scarlet Claw
''The Scarlet Claw'' is a 1944 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, it is the eighth film of the Rathbone/ ...
'' (1944) as Lord Penrose
* ''
Maisie Goes to Reno
''Maisie Goes to Reno'' is the eighth film starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, preceded by '' Swing Shift Maisie'' and followed by ''Up Goes Maisie''. John Hodiak plays her love interest in this 1944 romantic comedy.
Plot
Overworked World Wa ...
'' (1944) as Roger Pelham
* ''
Marriage Is a Private Affair
''Marriage is a Private Affair'' is a 1944 war-comedy film, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, based on novel ''Marriage Is a Private Affair'' (1941) by Judith Kelly. It stars Lana Turner, Frances Gifford and James Craig.
Plot
During World War II T ...
'' (1944) as Mr. Selworth
* ''
This Man's Navy
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'' (1945) as Sir Anthony Tivall
* ''
The Man in Half Moon Street
''The Man in Half Moon Street'' is a 1945 science fiction romantic melodrama dealing with a man who retains his youth and cannot die, living throughout the ages. The plot is similar to Oscar Wilde's '' Picture of Dorian Gray'', except that t ...
'' (1945) as Dr. Henry Latimer
* '' The House of Fear'' (1945) as Simon Merrivale
* ''
The Woman in Green
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The Verdict
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'' (1946) as Clive Russell
* ''
Humoresque
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History
The name refers to the German term ''Humoreske'', which was given from the 1800s (decade) onward to h ...
'' (1946) as Victor Wright
* ''
Dishonored Lady
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'' (1947) as Victor Kranish
* ''
Ivy
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'' (1947) as Dr. Berwick (uncredited)
* ''
Secret Beyond the Door
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'' (1947) as Rick Barrett
* ''
The Black Arrow
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'' (1948) as Sir John Sedley
* ''
The Babe Ruth Story
''The Babe Ruth Story'' is a 1948 biographical film of Babe Ruth, the famed New York Yankees slugger. It stars William Bendix (New York Yankee batboy in the 1920s) as the ballplayer and Claire Trevor as his wife Claire Merritt Hodgson. Critics fa ...
'' (1948) as Dr. Menzies
* ''
You Gotta Stay Happy
''You Gotta Stay Happy'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Joan Fontaine, James Stewart and Eddie Albert. It was distributed by Universal-International and produced by Karl Tunberg. The film was writt ...
'' (1948) as Dr. Blucher
* ''
Madame Bovary
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'' (1949) as Marquis D'Andervilliers
* ''
The Iroquois Trail
''The Iroquois Trail'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Phil Karlson starring George Montgomery and Brenda Marshall. It is set during the French-Indian War. It is an adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's 1826 work ''The Last of ...
'' (1950) as Col. Eric Thorne
* ''
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
''Rogues of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1950 Technicolor adventure film from Columbia Pictures, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring John Derek as Robin, the Earl of Huntingdon, the son of Robin Hood, Diana Lynn as Lady Marianne, and Alan Hale, S ...
'' (1950) as Sir Giles
* ''
Hi-Jacked
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'' (1950) as Hagen
* ''
Hit Parade of 1951
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'' (1950) as Two-to-One Thompson
* ''
The Second Face
''The Second Face'' is a 1950 romantic drama film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring Ella Raines as a plain woman whose life is drastically changed by plastic surgery.
Plot
Claire Elwood runs to her car and speeds away. Phyllis Holmes chases ...
'' (1950) as Todd Williams
* ''
Tales of Robin Hood
''Tales of Robin Hood'' is a 1951 American film directed by James Tinling.
The film was one of a series Robert L. Lippert wanted to make for television with R and L Productions but he ended up only making this and '' As You Were''.
Filming sta ...
'' (1951) as Sir Gui de Clairmont
* ''
Hollywood Story
''Hollywood Story'' is a 1951 American mystery film directed by William Castle and starring Richard Conte and Julie Adams. The supporting cast features Richard Egan (actor), Richard Egan, Henry Hull, Fred Clark and Jim Backus.
The film was an at ...
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
''The Son of Dr. Jekyll'' is a 1951 American horror film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance and Alexander Knox. The film is a continuation of Robert Louis Stevenson's original classic 1886 novella ''Strange ...
'' (1951) as Insp. Stoddard
* '' Bride of the Gorilla'' (1951) as Klaas Van Gelder
* ''All That I Have'' (1951) as Dr. James Brady
* '' The Strange Door'' (1951) as Edmond de Maletroit
* ''
The Golden Hawk
''The Golden Hawk'' is a 1952 American adventure film, directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Rhonda Fleming and Sterling Hayden, based on the novel of the same name by Frank Yerby.
Plot
French sea captain Kit 'The Hawk' Gerardo sails the seas ...
'' (1952) as Jeremy Smithers
* ''
Plymouth Adventure
''Plymouth Adventure'' is a 1952 Technicolor drama film with an ensemble cast starring Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson and Leo Genn, made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Clarence Brown, and produced by Dore Schary. The screenplay ...
The Bandits of Corsica
''The Bandits of Corsica'', alternative title ''The Return of the Corsican Brothers'', is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Richard Greene, Paula Raymond and Raymond Burr. It is loosely based on the 1844 novell ...
'' (1953) as Dianza
* '' House of Wax'' (1953) as Sidney Wallace
* ''
Port Sinister
''Port Sinister'' (a.k.a. ''Beast of Paradise Isle'' in the UK) is a 1953 American independently made black-and-white adventure science fiction film, produced by Jack Pollexfen and Albert Zugsmith, and directed by Harold Daniels. The film was w ...
'' (1953) as John Kolvac
* ''
The Desert Rats
The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army that saw distinguished active service during the Second World War, where its exploits in the Western Desert Campaign gained it the ''Desert Rats'' nickname.
After the Muni ...
'' (1953) as Colonel (uncredited)
* ''
Flame of Calcutta
''Flame of Calcutta'' is a 1953 American historical film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Denise Darcel, Patric Knowles and Paul Cavanagh. It was one of a number of historical films made by Sam Katzman's production unit for Columbia Pic ...
Casanova's Big Night
''Casanova's Big Night'' is a 1954 American comedy film starring Bob Hope and Joan Fontaine, which is a spoof of swashbuckling historical adventure films. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod.
Hope plays a tailor who impersonates Giacomo Casanova, ...
'' (1954) as Signor Alberto Di Gambetta
* ''
The Iron Glove
''The Iron Glove'' is a 1954 American historical adventure film directed by William Castle and starring Robert Stack, Ursula Thiess and Richard Stapley. It was based on the adventures of the Jacobite Charles Wogan.
Plot
Irish Jacobite Charles ...
'' (1954) as Cavenly, advisor to Prince James
* ''
Magnificent Obsession
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'' (1954) as Dr. Giraud
* ''
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
''The Law vs. Billy the Kid'' is a 1954 American western film directed by William Castle and starring Scott Brady, Betta St. John and Paul Cavanagh. It was produced by Sam Katzman for distribution by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Cheated out of a h ...
Charade
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Games
* Charades, originally "acting charades", a parlor game
Films/TV
* ''Charade'' (1953 film), an American film featuring James Mason
* ''Charade'' (1963 film), an American film starring Cary Grant and A ...
'' (1954) as Col. Heisler
* ''
The Prodigal
''The Prodigal'' is a 1955 Eastmancolor biblical epic CinemaScope film made by MGM starring Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom. It was based on the New Testament parable about a selfish son who leaves his family to pursue a life of pleasure. The f ...
'' (1955) as Tobiah
* '' The Purple Mask'' (1955) as Duc de Latour
* ''
The Scarlet Coat
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The King's Thief
''The King's Thief'' is a 1955 swashbuckling CinemaScope adventure film directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who replaced Hugo Fregonese during filming. Released on August 5, 1955, the film takes place in London at the time of Charles II and stars A ...
'' (1955) as Sir Edward Scott
* '' Diane'' (1956) as Lord Bonnivet
* '' Women Without Men'' (1956) as Insp. D.N. Hedges (uncredited)
* ''
Blonde Bait
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'' (1956) as Insp. D.N. Hedges
* ''
Francis in the Haunted House
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This is the seventh and final film in Universal-I ...
'' (1956) as Neil Frazer
* ''
The Man Who Turned to Stone
''The Man Who Turned to Stone'' (a.k.a. ''The Petrified Man'') is a 1957 American black-and-white horror science fiction film directed by László Kardos and starring Victor Jory, Ann Doran and Charlotte Austin. The screenplay was written by B ...
'' (1957) as Cooper
* '' She Devil'' (1957) as Sugar Daddy
* '' God Is My Partner'' (1957) as Dr. James Brady
* ''
In the Money
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'' (1958) as Inspector Herbert Saunders
* ''
The Beat Generation
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'' (1959) as Will Belmont - Stan's Father (uncredited)
* ''
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
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'' (1959) as Kenneth Drake
Television
* ''
Jungle Jim
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'' (1955–1956) as Commissioner Morrison in 8 episodes
* '' Lassie'' (1956) as Dr. Elwood Mason
* ''
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
''The Adventures of Jim Bowie'' is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book ''Tempered Blade'', by Monte Barrett.
Synop ...
'' (1956) as John Andrews
* ''
Highway Patrol (American TV series)
''Highway Patrol'' is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959.
Overview
''Highway Patrol'' stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified ...
''(1957) portrayed a vehicle thief
* ''
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
''Challenge of the Yukon'' is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title changed from ''Challenge of the Yukon'' to ''Se ...
'' (1957) as Sir Philip Northrup
* ''
Perry Mason
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'' (1957-1959) as Edgar Ferrell/ Horace Selkirk
* '' Adventures of Superman'' (1958) as Delbert Carter
* ''
Tombstone Territory
''Tombstone Territory'' is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The first season was sponsored by Bristol-Myers (consumer products) and the second seaso ...
'' (1958) as Banker Racklin
* ''
Northwest Passage
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'' (1958) as Colonel George Clayton
* ''
Walt Disney Presents
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