Paul L. Smith

Actor

Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) was 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.

Born: February 5, 1939 in Everett, Massachusetts, USA

Died: April 25, 2012 (Age 73)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Crimewave Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Faron Crush	1985
Midnight Express Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.7	Actor	Hamidou	1978
Popeye Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	5.2	Actor	Bluto	1980
Maverick Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	The Archduke	1994
Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket Movie	4.5	Actor	Len	1975
Red Sonja Movie	4.9	Actor	Falkon	1985
Pieces Movie Available on 11 streaming services.	5.8	Actor	Willard	1982
Death Chase Movie	4.4	Actor	Steele	1988
Sonny Boy Movie	5.5	Actor	Slue	1989
Gor Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	3.7	Actor	Serbus	1987
Return of the Tiger Movie	5.3	Actor	Paul the Westerner	1977
Ten Little Indians Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	4.9	Actor	Elmo Rodgers	1989
Carambola! Movie	3.6	Actor	Len	1974
Convoy Buddies Movie	5.9	Actor	Butch	1975
The Diamond Peddlers Movie	6.2	Actor	Simone / Toby	1976
The In-Laws Movie	7.4	Actor	Mo	1979
Caged Fury Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	4.1	Actor	Head Guard	1990
The Salamander Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	5.3	Actor	The Surgeon	1981
The Protector Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	5.8	Actor	Mr. Booar (uncredited)	1985
Haunted Honeymoon Movie	5.7	Actor	Dr. Paul Abbot	1986
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus Movie	5.5	Actor	Peter	1973
Crossing the Line Movie	4.8	Actor	Joe Kapinski	1990
Outlaw Force Movie	4.1	Actor	Inspector Wainright	1988
Madron Movie	5.1	Actor	Gabe Price (uncredited)	1970
Eye of the Widow Movie	3.7	Actor	Elko	1991
Jungle Warriors Movie	4.3	Actor	Cesar Santiago	1984
Sno-Line Movie	6.2	Actor	Duval	1985
They Call Me Shmil Movie	6.9	Actor	Shmiel	1973
We Are No Angels Movie	5.9	Actor	Raphael McDonald	1975
The Hired Gun Movie	4.4	Actor	Wounded Man	1989
Nahtche and the General Movie	6	Actor		1972
Dune Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	The Beast Rabban	1984
Going in Style Movie	7.2	Actor	Radio Announcer	1979
Operation Shtreimel Movie	4.9	Actor		1984
Desert Kickboxer Movie	4	Actor	Santos	1992
You're Famous Movie	6	Actor		1989
Fishke Bemilu'im Movie	7.5	Actor	שמיל	1971
Crazy Camera Movie	4.6	Actor		1989
When I Am King Movie	5.7	Actor	Sir Blackstone Hardtack	1982
Alcohol: The Choice Short Film		Actor		1974
Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza Movie		Actor	(archive footage)	2014
CHiPs TV Show Available on 9 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Announcer 1 Episode	1977-1983
Hawaii Five-O TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Andy Kamoku 2 Episodes	1968-1980
Wonder Woman TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Simon Rohan 1 Episode	1975-1979
Barney Miller TV Show Available on 3 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Leon Stipanich (as Paul Lawrence Smith) 1 Episode	1975-1982
Emergency! TV Show	7.8	Actor	1 Episode	1972-1979
Love, American Style TV Show	6.6	Actor	1 Episode	1969-1974
Disaster on the Coastliner Movie	5.6	Actor	Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott	1979
D.R.E.A.M. Team Movie	4.4	Actor	Vladimir Corzon (as Paul Smith)	1999
21 Hours at Munich Movie	6.1	Actor	Guttfruend	1976
Conspiracy of Terror Movie	5.5	Actor	Pound Supervisor	1975
The Three Hostages Movie		Actor	David Warcliff (as Saul Eden Smith)	1977
Masada Limited Series	7.6	Actor	Gideon 4 Episodes	1981-1981
Caged Fury Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	4.1	Production	Associate Producer	1990
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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