American film and television actor (1939–2019)
Lee Paul
Born (1939-06-16 ) June 16, 1939Died September 22, 2019(2019-09-22) (aged 80) Occupation(s) Film and television actor Years active 1966–1988 Spouse Kathy Kroll Website leepaulusa.com
Paul Lee Kroll , also known as Lee Paul , (June 16, 1939[ 2] – September 22, 2019) was an American film and television actor.[ 3] He was perhaps best known for playing as the bodyguard of Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw ) in the 1973 film The Sting , alongside actor Charles Dierkop who played the role of Floyd.[ 4]
Paul was born in the United States , where he was raised in Brooklyn, New York .[ 2] He attended at a college in Marietta, Ohio , in which he then served in the United States Air Force .[ 2] Paul 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 a emigrant to Sweden for Swedish-American Day.[ 1] Paul worked as a petroleum engineer .[ 1] He died in September 2019, at the age of 80.[ 2] [ 8]
Partial filmography
References
^ a b c "The cowboy from Brooklyn" . Evening Standard . London, Greater London , England . August 18, 1959. p. 7. Retrieved May 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b c d e 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 .
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