Paul Guilfoyle
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Grapes of Wrath
as Floyd 1940
Bringing Up Baby
as (uncredited) 1938
White Heat
as Roy Parker (uncredited) 1949
Julius Caesar
as First Citizen of Rome 1953
Apache
as Santos 1954
Mighty Joe Young
as Smith 1949
Remember the Night
as District Attorney 1940
Carefree
as Elevator Starter (uncredited) 1938
It Happened Tomorrow
as Shep 1944
A Woman's Secret
as Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited) 1949
The Seventh Cross
as Fiedler 1944
The Mad Miss Manton
as Bat Regan 1938
Brother Orchid
as Red Martin 1940
Follow Me Quietly
as Overbeck 1949
The North Star
as Iakin 1943
The Woman on Pier 13
as Ralston 1950
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Minor Role (uncredited) 1940