Paul Malvern

Paul Malvern
File:Paul Malvern (1944).jpg Malvern in 1944
Born	(1902-06-28)June 28, 1902 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Stuntman producer actor
Spouse(s)	Jean Huntley (m. 1932; her death 1979)

Paul William Malvern (June 28, 1902 – May 29, 1993) was an American film producer, child actor, and stuntman. 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.

In Los Angeles, Malvern began first working in film as a double for Mary Pickford, as well as performing stunts. 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 at his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Select filmography

• Riders of Destiny (1933)
• The Fugitive (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)
• Wolf Call (1939)
• 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

See also

• Robert North Bradbury

External links

• Paul Malvern at the Internet Movie Database
• Paul Malvern at AllMovie
• Paul Malvern at Find a Grave