Richard Paul
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Richard Paul (June 6, 1940 – December 25, 1998) was an American actor who was born in Los Angeles, California. He was able to imitate most American and many foreign dialects. He had a tenor voice and trained with Lee Sweetland. Richard had a B.A. in public affairs from Claremont Men's College and an M.A. in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles. He was near completion of his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, but gave up his career as a therapist to become a full-time performer. Richard Paul was nicknamed "Pige Paul" by Slim Pickens while filming an episode of The Love Boat (1977) after local pigeons anointed a new suit jacket. In 1980 he guest starred in the ABC comedy 'One In A Million" which only aired for one season Richard was also a frequent panelist on Match Game in the 1980s. From 1977 to 1979 he portrayed Mayor Teddy Burnside in Carter Country, and later played the recurring character of Cabot Cove Mayor, Sam Booth, in Murder, She Wrote. He was cast as Dr. Bob Halyers in the "Clean Up Radio Everywhere" episode ofWKRP in Cincinnati (1978) because of his resemblance to Rev. Jerry Falwell. Paul played Falwell himself twice: once in Fall From Grace, a Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker TV movie made in 1990, and then in The People vs. Larry Flynt in 1996. Paul was in the cult classic film Eating Raoul (1982), written and directed byPaul Bartel. Also in 1982, he co-starred on the short-lived sitcom Herbie, the Love Bug. He also appeared in Bartel's short film, The Secret Cinema, a paranoid-delusional, fantasy masterpiece of self-referential cinema, which was part of theAmazing Stories series on television. Paul also appeared in Not for Publication, written and directed by Bartel. He volunteered with Actors and Others for Animals. He was on the Mental Health Advisory Board of Los Angeles County. He volunteered at childhood immunization clinics for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. He read books into tapes by special request at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles. He married Patty Oestereich in 1968 in Pasadena, California. They were married for 30 years until his death on Christmas day in 1998 at home in Studio City, California, due to cancer at age 58.
Known For
Credits
- 2000 · The Independent as Jeffries
- 1996 · The People vs. Larry Flynt as Reverend Jerry Falwell
- 1996 · Mind Games as Dean Meyer
- 1996 · The Glass Cage as Mr. Silkerman
- 1995 · The Drew Carey Show as Burt
- 1994 · Beanstalk as Mayor Cecil Boggs
- 1992 · Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight as Goddard
- 1991 · Herman's Head as Mr. Fitzer
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as
- 1990 · Fall From Grace as Rev. Jerry Fallwell
- 1988 · Pass the Ammo as G.W. Wraith
- 1987 · Full House as Mr. Strowbridge
- 1987 · Married... with Children as The Sheriff
- 1987 · The Princess Academy as Drago
- 1986 · Uphill All the Way as Thaddeus Dillman
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as Mr. Krupp
- 1985 · 227 as
- 1985 · Hail to the Chief as Rev. Billy Joe Bickerstaff
- 1984 · Not for Publication as Troppogrosso
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sam Booth
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · The Man Who Wasn't There as Pudgy Aide
- 1983 · At Ease as
- 1982 · Eating Raoul as Mr. Cray
- 1982 · Herbie, the Love Bug as Bo Phillips
- 1980 · Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary as Self
- 1980 · One in a Million as
- 1978 · WKRP in Cincinnati as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Floyd Scofield
- 1977 · Carter Country as Mayor Teddy Burnside
- 1977 · Exorcist II: The Heretic as Man on the Plane
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as
- 1974 · Happy Days as
- 1972 · Emergency! as
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self