Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
56
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-02-05
Day of Death
2012-04-25 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Paul Smith
Bob Spencer
Paul Lawrence Smith
Adam Eden
פול סמית
Paul L. Smith
Biography
Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) was an American character actor. Burly, bearded, and imposing, he has appeared in films and occasionally on TV since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison warden in Midnight Express (1978), Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980) and the Beast Rabban in David Lynch's Dune (1984). He is sometimes credited as Paul Smith or Paul Lawrence Smith.
