Richard Paul (actor)
| Richard D. Paul | |
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Paul's publicity photograph.
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| Born |
June 6, 1940 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 1998 (aged 58) Studio City, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1973–1997 |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Spouse(s) | Patty Oestereich (1968–1998, his death) |
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.
Paul was born in Los Angeles, California. 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.
Paul was also a frequent panelist on Match Game from 1978 to 1982. 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.
The role of Bob Halyers in the "Clean Up Radio Everywhere" episode of WKRP in Cincinnati (1978) was written for him by the show's creator. Paul played Jerry Falwell 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.
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