Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961)[1] was an American stage, film and television actor.

Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes.

[1] 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.

In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character.

[4] Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.