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Paul L. Smith

Name in Native Language: "Paul Lawrence Smith" (English/EN)
Actor / Character Actor / Film Director / Film Producer | * 02/05/1939 († 73, 04/25/2012) | Everett, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Paul Lawrence Smith (June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012) was an American-Israeli actor and director. Burly, bearded and imposing, he appeared in feature films and occasionally on television since the 1960s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison guard in Midnight Express (1978), Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980), Gideon in the ABC miniseries Masada (1981), Glossu "Beast" Rabban in David Lynch's Dune (1984) and Falkon in Red Sonja (1985). He was most frequently credited as Paul Smith or Paul L. Smith, but was also billed as P. L. Smith and Paul Lawrence Smith. ()
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Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) is an American character actor. Burly, bearded, and imposing, he has appeared in films and occasionally on TV since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison warden in Midnight Express (1978), Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980) and the Beast Rabban in David Lynch's Dune (1984). He is sometimes credited as Paul Smith or Paul Lawrence Smith.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Comedies | Drama

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Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he join ...

Maverick

PG

1994 | 3.4/5 | 2h 7min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
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Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meet ...

Popeye

PG

1980 | 2.7/5 | 1h 54min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family
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The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with ...

Red Sonja

PG-13

1985 | 2.7/5 | 1h 29min
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Arrakis—the only place where the space-travel substance Melange 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, i ...

Dune

PG-13

1984 | 3.1/5 | 2h 17min
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
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Movies with Paul L. Smith as Actor(42)

as Vladimir Corzon (as Paul Smith)1999 D.R.E.A.M. Team
as The Archduke1994 Maverick
as Elko1991 Eye of the Widow
as Head Guard1990 Caged Fury
as Joe Kapinski1990 Crossing the Line
as Slue1989 Sonny Boy
1989 Ochlim Lokshim
1989 Nipagesh Basafari
as Elmo Rodgers1989 Ten Little Indians
as Wounded Man1989 The Hired Gun
as Steele1988 Death Chase
as Inspector Wainright1988 Outlaw Force
as Serbus1987 Gor
as Dr. Paul Abbot1986 Haunted Honeymoon
as Falkon1985 Red Sonja
as Faron Crush1985 Crimewave
as Duval1985 Sno-Line
as Mr. Booar (uncredited)1985 The Protector
as The Beast Rabban1984 Dune
as Cesar Santiago1984 Jungle Warriors
1984 Operation Shtreimel
as Sir Blackstone Hardtack1982 When I Am King
as Willard1982 Pieces
as The Surgeon1981 The Salamander
as Bluto1980 Popeye
as Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott1979 Disaster on the Coastliner
as Mo1979 The In-Laws
as Radio Announcer1979 Going in Style
as Hamidou1978 Midnight Express
as Paul the Westerner1977 Return of the Tiger
as Simone / Toby1976 The Diamond Peddlers
1976 21 Hours at Munich
as Butch1975 Convoy Buddies
as Len1975 Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket
as Raphael McDonald1975 We Are No Angels
as Pound Supervisor1975 Conspiracy of Terror
as Len1974 Carambola
as Shmiel1973 They Call Me Shmil
as Peter1973 Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
1972 Nahtche and the General
as שמיל1971 Fishke Bemilu'im
as Gabe Price (uncredited)1970 Madron

TV Shows/Series with Paul L. Smith as Actor(3)

as Gideon1981 Masada
as Simon Rohan1975 Wonder Woman
as Leon Stipanich (as Paul Lawrence Smith)1975 Barney Miller

Movies with Paul L. Smith as Crew(1)

Production/Associate Producer1990 Caged Fury

Full Name: Paul Smith
Born: Sunday, 02/05 1939 (February) in Everett, Massachusetts (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 04/25 2012 (April) in Ra'anana (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language), Hebrew (HE)
Educated at: Brandeis University
Other names for Paul L. Smith (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Paul Smith"
"Bob Spencer"
"Paul Lawrence Smith"
"Adam Eden"
"פול סמית"
Paul L. Smith frequently works together with these people:
Rod Colbin (7x, Actor)
Don Calfa (7x, Actor)
Phil Leeds (6x, Actor)
Philip Sterling (6x, Actor)
Kenneth Tigar (6x, Actor)
Florence Halop (6x, Actress)
Allan Miller (6x, Actor)
David Clennon (5x, Actor)
Howard Platt (5x, Actor)
Norman Bartold (5x, Actor)
Mario Roccuzzo (5x, Actor)
Oliver Clark (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7228, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024