Paul Guilfoyle

American character actor. Upon his entry into films in 1930, he was typecast as a weakling or criminal type. He received great acclaim for his role as Garth Esdras, the haunted and hunted accessory to murder in _Winterset (1936)_ (qv). Memorable as the weaselly convict who tries to kill 'James Cagney' (qv) at 'Steve Cochran' (qv)'s behest, but gets his just deserts in the trunk of a car, in _White Heat (1949)_ (qv). After two decades as a film actor, he made a small foray into film directing. He died at 58.::Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>