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Paul Guilfoyle
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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
As actor
The Boy and the Pirates
Chief Crazy Horse
Trial
Apache
The Golden Idol
Julius Caesar
Torch Song
The Body Beautiful
The Diamond Queen
Confidence Girl
Actors and Sin
When I Grow Up
Journey Into Light
The Woman on Pier 13
Bomba and the Hidden City
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Follow Me Quietly
White Heat
Mighty Joe Young
The Judge
There's a Girl in My Heart
Miss Mink of 1949
A Woman's Secret
Trouble Preferred
Second Chance
The Millerson Case
Roses Are Red
Messenger of Peace
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
The Scarlet Horseman