Lee Paul
Lee Paul | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Lee Kroll[1] June 16, 1939 |
| Died | September 22, 2019 (aged 80) |
| Occupations | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1966–1988 |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) |
| Spouse | Kathy Kroll |
| Website | leepaulusa.com |
Paul Lee Kroll (June 16, 1939[2] – September 22, 2019), also known as Lee Paul, was an American film and television actor.[3] He was best known for playing the bodyguard of Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in the 1973 film The Sting, alongside actor Charles Dierkop who played Floyd.[4]
Paul was born in the United States, where he was raised in Brooklyn, New York.[2] He attended college in Marietta, Ohio, and served in the United States Air Force.[2] He guest-starred in numerous television programs including Hawaii Five-O,[5] Quincy, M.E., Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, The Rookies, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon, Emergency!,[6] Ironside, Police Woman, Matlock, Falcon Crest, Cannon, Happy Days, Mannix, Adam-12 and Mission: Impossible.[2]
Paul was married to dancer Kathy Kroll.[7] He was an expatriate to Sweden for Swedish-American Day, and was a petroleum engineer.[1]
Partial filmography
[edit]- Mission Impossible (1971-1972) - Gristin, Schmidt
- Ben (1972) - Careu
- The Sting (1973) - Lonnegan's bodyguard
- The Rookies (1973) - Tim Duvall
- Kung Fu (1973) - Gilchrist
- Hawaii Five-O (1969, S1Ep23 "Not That Much Different"
- Hawaii Five-O (1972, S4E18) - Mitch Keller
- ’’Cannon’’ (1973, S3E3) - Menacing Loan Shark
- Scream of the Wolf (1974) - Student
- Get Christie Love (1974) - Pilot Episode, Max Loomis
- Happy Days (1974) - Mory
- The Island at the Top of the World (1974) - Chief of Boat Archers
- Police Woman (1975 - 1977)
- Emergency! (1975) - Pete
- The Fall Guy (1985) - Henchman
- Deadly Friend (1986) - Sergeant Charlie Volchek[9]
- The Van Dyke Show (1988) - Al
References
[edit]- 1 2 "The cowboy from Brooklyn". Evening Standard. London, Greater London, England. August 18, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lentz, Harris (November 6, 2020). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2019. McFarland. p. 316. ISBN 9781476679785 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Johnson, Dewayne (December 25, 1986). "Chatsworth Actor Finds Steady Work, Dividends as Film Heavy: But Veteran of 100 Roles Seeks to Change Hat to White". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ↑ Callan, Michael (May 2012). Robert Redford: The Biography. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 527. ISBN 9780307475961 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Rhodes, Karen (December 20, 2011). Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968-1980 Television Detective Series. McFarland. p. 49. ISBN 9780786486663 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Yokley, Richard; Sutherland, Rozane (May 2007). Emergency!: Behind the Scene. Jones and Bartlett Learning. p. 209. ISBN 9780763748968 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Paul, Lee (2011). Bitch, Pitch, and Get Rich: (Success at the Tip of Your Tongue). iUniverse. ISBN 9781450293211 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "SAG-AFTRA Fall 2019". SAG-AFTRA. p. 109. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
- ↑ Muir, John (February 24, 2004). Wes Craven: The Art of Horror. McFarland. p. 121. ISBN 9780786419234 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- Lee Paul at IMDb
- Lee Paul at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
- Rotten Tomatoes profile