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Richard Paul
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Richard Paul
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-06-06,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Richard Paul (June 6, 1940 – December 25, 1998) was an American actor. He was able to imitate most American and many foreign dialects, though he had a tenor voice and trained with Lee Sweetland. Paul 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 Paul also appeared in Not for Publication, written and directed by Bartel.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.

Filmography

The Princess Academy

4.4

The Princess Academy
1987-04-01

6.4

Eating Raoul
1982-03-24

The Man Who Wasn't There

4.3

The Man Who Wasn't There
1983-08-12

4.8

Pass the Ammo
1988-03-04

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

4.8

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight
1992-01-05

5

Beanstalk
1994-12-21

Exorcist II: The Heretic

4.5

Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977-06-17

Not for Publication

4.7

Not for Publication
1984-11-01

4

Mind Games
1996-12-05

2.4

The Glass Cage
1996-10-01

The Independent

5.5

The Independent
2000-11-10

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary

8

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
1980-03-06

Uphill All the Way

5.6

Uphill All the Way
1986-01-01

The People vs. Larry Flynt

6.96

The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996-12-25

Fall From Grace

6.5

Fall From Grace
1990-04-29

The Drew Carey Show

6.5

The Drew Carey Show
1995-09-13

Murder, She Wrote

7.522

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

WKRP in Cincinnati

7.6

WKRP in Cincinnati
1978-09-18

Beverly Hills, 90210

7.3

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990-10-04

6.8

227
1985-09-14

7.5

Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

6.7

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983-10-03

7.6

Happy Days
1974-01-15

Herbie, the Love Bug

5.4

Herbie, the Love Bug
1982-03-17

7.5

Full House
1987-09-22

7.9

Emergency!
1972-01-22

Hail to the Chief

7

Hail to the Chief
1985-04-09

5.8

Carter Country
1977-09-15

One in a Million

7.5

One in a Million
1980-01-08

0

At Ease
1983-03-04

Amazing Stories

7.5

Amazing Stories
1985-09-29

Married... with Children

7.7

Married... with Children
1987-04-05

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

6.8

Herman's Head
1991-09-08

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11