Paul Guilfoyle

Biography

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Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes.

Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with The Jolly Roger and Cyrano de Bergerac in 1923 and ending with Jayhawker in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character.

He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Known For

It Happened Tomorrow
It Happened Tomorrow
Chief Crazy Horse
Chief Crazy Horse
Follow Me Quietly
Follow Me Quietly
This Marriage Business
This Marriage Business
The Woman on Pier 13
The Woman on Pier 13
Remember the Night
Remember the Night

Filmography

1960 The Boy and the Pirates
as Snipe
1958 Sea Hunt
as
1955 Trial
as Cap Grant
1955 Jungle Jim
as
1955 Gunsmoke
as Reverend
1955 Chief Crazy Horse
as Worm
1954 Climax!
as
1954 Apache
as Santos
1954 The Golden Idol
as Prince Ali Ben Mamoud
1953 The Diamond Queen
as Guide
1953 Torch Song
as Monty Rolfe
1953 The Body Beautiful
as Investigator
1953 Julius Caesar
as First Citizen of Rome
1952 Mr. & Mrs. North
as
1952 Confidence Girl
as William Pope
1952 Actors and Sin
as Mr. Blue
1952 China Smith
as
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Eastbrook
1951 Journey Into Light
as Fanatic
1951 Racket Squad
as