William Grigs Atkinson[2] (8 December 1888 – 15 March 1964), known professionally as Paul Cavanagh, was an English film and stage actor.

He attended the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was an undergraduate student.

[3] A newspaper article published 17 June 1931, reported, "It is on record that Cavanagh won high honors in mathematics and history.

[5] 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.

[10] Cavanagh died in London from a heart attack in 1964, aged 75, and is buried in Lorraine Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.