Paul Malvern
American film producer, acrobat and Production manager

Paul Malvern

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American film producer, acrobat and Production manager
A.K.A.
Paul William Malvern
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Birth:
28 June 1902(Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA)
Death:
29 May 1993(North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, USA)
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Paul Malvern (June 28, 1902 – May 29, 1993) was a film producer, child actor, and stuntman in the United States. He produced more than 100 films.

He began his career as a child acrobat. He later worked as a stuntman before transitioning to an assistant director role.

Some of his productions were westerns released by Monogram Pictures under Malvern's Lonestar Productions moniker. He produced many early Western films with John Wayne in them.

He married actress Jean Huntley.

As a child, he was an acrobatic performer, Malvern worked as a stuntman and later a film producer, producing several John Wayne features, and later numerous films for Universal Pictures.

Biography

Malvern was born June 28, 1902 in Portland, Oregon. He began his career as a member of his family's acrobatic troupe, and performed in vaudeville beginning at age four, when he was touted as "the greatest child acrobat on the American stage." His family's troupe toured internationally, performing as a featured act with the Ringling Brothers circus.

Malvern's first major stunt appearance was doubling for Eileen Sedgwick in Beasts of Paradise (1923). In 1928, Malvern suffered serious injuries in a 70 feet (21 m)-fall, and he retired from stunt performing, subsequently working as a producer for Universal Pictures and Monogram. Malvern married his wife, Jean Huntley, in 1932, to whom he was married until her death in 1979.

Death

Malvern died May 29, 1993 in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Select filmography

  • Riders of Destiny (1933)
  • Sagebrush Trail (1933)
  • West of the Divide (1933)
  • The Lucky Texan (1934)
  • Randy Rides Alone (1934)
  • The Star Packer (1934)
  • The Trail Beyond (1934)
  • 'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
  • The Lawless Frontier (1934)
  • The Dawn Rider (1935)
  • Paradise Canyon (1935)
  • The Man From Utah (1934)
  • Blue Steel (1934)
  • Texas Terror (1935)
  • Rainbow Valley (1935)
  • The Desert Trail (1935)
  • Westward Ho (1935)
  • North to the Klondike (1942)
  • House of Frankenstein (1944)
  • Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves (1944)
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1924 The Thief of Bagdad Gigantic Bat Uncredited
1927 Gun-Hand Garrison
1928 Trail Riders
1928 The Chinatown Mystery
1929 Two Sisters N/A Producer
1934 The Star Packer N/A Producer
1934 Tailspin Tommy N/A Producer
1941 Sign of the Wolf N/A Producer
1945 Sudan N/A Producer
1945 House of Dracula N/A Producer
1950 Rock Island Trail N/A Producer
1980 Hazard of the Game Unknown role