Paul Soles
| Paul Soles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul Robert Soles 11 August 1930 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, television personality, voice actor |
| Years active | 1950s-present |
Paul Robert Soles (born 11 August 1930) is a Canadian actor and television personality. He is also a voice actor, starring in series such as The Marvel Super Heroes show (1966) and Spider-Man the original TV series (1967).
Soles first screen appearance was on CFPL (Canada's second privately owned television station) in 1953, and he continues to perform over 60 years later, performing as of 2016 in the comedy web series My 90-Year-Old Roommate on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's online comedy channel, CBC Comedy.
Soles is best known as the original voice of Hermey the misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964.
Soles went on to voice Bruce Banner the alter ego of the Hulk and his friend Rick Jones in the 1966 Incredible Hulk cartoon series from The Marvel Super Heroes program. He also voiced fellow Marvel superhero Spider-Man in the original animated television series also from the late 1960s, and he played "The Lawbreaker" on the CBC panel quiz show This Is the Law in the 1970s, and played Costas Stavros on the Canadian soap opera Riverdale. In 2001, Soles took over the role of Shylock the Jew in the Stratford Festival of Canada production of The Merchant of Venice after Al Waxman, who was originally scheduled to play the part, died. Soles played Stanley the pizza shop owner in The Incredible Hulk (2008), and his other film appearances have included roles in Ticket to Heaven (1981), Just the Way You Are (1984) and The Gunrunner (1989) opposite Kevin Costner. He also played Danny, the Montréal Customs House janitor in the 2001 crime thriller The Score.
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