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Paul Guilfoyle

Born 1902-07-14

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

White Heat 1949 · 8.1 Remember the Night 1940 · 7.5 Apache 1954 · 6.3 Carefree 1938 · 7.0 The Mad Miss Manton 1938 · 6.7 The Seventh Cross 1944 · 7.4 The Virginian 1946 · 6.4 Special Agent 1935 · 6.4 A Life at Stake 1955 · 5.8 The Saint in New York 1938 · 6.3 The Mark of the Whistler 1944 · 6.5 The Crime of Doctor Crespi 1935 · 5.5 Flight from Glory 1937 · 6.1 White Savage 1943 · 5.7