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Paul Mace | |
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 Mace in The Rockford Files, 1979 | |
| Born | Paul Nicholas Mace April 4, 1950 New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 1983 (aged 33) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Film, stage and television actor |
Paul Nicholas Mace (April 4, 1950 – August 12, 1983) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for playing Wimpy Murgalo in the 1974 film The Lords of Flatbush.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Mace was born in New York.[2] He began his stage career in 1960, appearing in the stage play Semi-Detached.[3] He appeared in such other plays as Midgie Purvis,[4] The Wall, Zoot Suit and The Me Nobody Knows.[5][6] He then began his screen career in 1962, appearing in the anthology television series The United States Steel Hour. In 1970, he played the recurring role of Luke in the CBS soap opera television series Search for Tomorrow.[7]
Later in his career, Mace guest-starred in television programs including East Side West Side, The Rockford Files and CHiPs, and played the recurring role of Pagano, the street lord in the NBC police procedural television series Hill Street Blues. In 1974, he starred as Wimpy Murgalo in the film The Lords of Flatbush, starring along with Sylvester Stallone, Perry King and Henry Winkler.[1][8] He also appeared in films such as The Panic in Needle Park and Paradise Alley.[7]
Mace retired from acting in 1982, last appearing in the NBC medical drama television series St. Elsewhere.[7]
Death
[edit]Mace died on August 12, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 33.[2][5][9]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Alpers, Benjamin L. (January 12, 2024). Happy Days: Images of the Pre-Sixties Past in Seventies America. Rutgers University Press. p. 27. ISBN 9781978830554 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Benjamin, Ruth; Rosenblatt, Arthur (October 2025). Who Sang What on Broadway, 1866–1996. McFarland. p. 482. ISBN 9781476632322 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "'30,000 for 'Plume;' Iggie Quitting Musical". Daily News. New York, New York. January 21, 1960. p. 59. Retrieved September 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "No Magical, Airborne Mood in Fantasy 'Midgie Purvis'". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. February 2, 1961. p. 22. Retrieved September 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Paul Mace". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved September 26, 2026.
- ↑ "'Me Nobody Knows' Is Worth Knowing". The Times. Trenton, New Jersey. May 24, 1970. p. 52. Retrieved September 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "Paul Mace List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved September 26, 2026.
- ↑ Holmlund, Chris, ed. (2014). The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as Star, Icon, Auteur. Wallflower Press. p. 263. ISBN 9780231169806 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Guernsey, Otis L., ed. (1984), The Best Plays of 1983-1984, Dodd, Mead, p. 445
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