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Paul William Malvern[1] (June 28, 1902 – May 29, 1993) was an American film producer, child actor, and stuntman. He produced more than 100 films.[2]

Paul Malvern
Malvern in 1944
Born	(1902-06-28)June 28, 1902 Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	May 29, 1993(1993-05-29) (aged 90) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Stuntman producer actor
Spouse	Jean Huntley ​ ​ (m. 1932; died 1979)​

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.[3] He produced many early Western films with John Wayne in them.[4]

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.[1] 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."[4] His family's troupe toured internationally, performing as a featured act with the Ringling Brothers circus.[4]

In Los Angeles, Malvern began first working in film as a double for Mary Pickford, as well as performing stunts.[5] Malvern's first major stunt appearance was doubling for Eileen Sedgwick in Beasts of Paradise (1923).[1] 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.[1] Malvern married his wife, Jean Huntley, in 1932, to whom he was married until her death in 1979.[6]

Death

Malvern died May 29, 1993 at his home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.[4][7][8] He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[6]

Select filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1924	The Thief of Bagdad	Gigantic Bat	Uncredited	[9]
1927	Gun-Hand Garrison			[10]
1928	Trail Riders			[11]
1928	The Chinatown Mystery			[12]
1929	Two Sisters	—	Producer
1934	The Star Packer	—	Producer	[8]
1934	Tailspin Tommy	—	Producer	[13]
1941	Sign of the Wolf	—	Producer	[14]
1945	Sudan	—	Producer	[8]
1945	House of Dracula	—	Producer	[8]
1950	Rock Island Trail	—	Producer	[8]
1980	Hazard of the Game	Unknown role		[8]

See also

• Robert North Bradbury

References

Sources

External links

• Paul Malvern at IMDb
• Paul Malvern at AllMovie
• Paul Malvern at Find a Grave

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