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Biography

Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) is 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

Most Famous Work

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Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Andy Kamoku

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Dune

(1984) The Beast Rabban

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Wonder Woman

(1975) Simon Rohan

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Red Sonja

(1985) Falkon

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CHiPs

(1977) Announcer

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Midnight Express

(1978) Hamidou

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Caged Fury

(1990) Head Guard

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Masada

(1981) Gideon

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	(archive footage)	Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo Auf Ibiza 2014-06-10 Movie
1999	Vladimir Corzon (as Paul Smith)	D.R.E.A.M. Team 1999-09-25 Movie
1994	The Archduke	Maverick 1994-05-20 Movie
1992	Santos	Desert Kickboxer 1992-11-14 Movie
1991	Elko	Eye of the Widow 1991-10-17 Movie
1990	Joe Kapinski	Crossing the Line 1990-08-08 Movie
	Head Guard	Caged Fury 1990-03-01 Movie
1989	Elmo Rodgers	Ten Little Indians 1989-11-29 Movie
	Slue	Sonny Boy 1989-03-22 Movie
	Wounded Man	The Hired Gun 1989-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Nipagesh Basafari 1989-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Ochlim Lokshim 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Steele	Death Chase 1988-03-12 Movie
	Inspector Wainright	Outlaw Force 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Serbus	Gor 1987-05-08 Movie
1986	Dr. Paul Abbot	Haunted Honeymoon 1986-07-25 Movie
1985	Duval	Sno-Line 1985-09-13 Movie
	Mr. Booar (uncredited)	The Protector 1985-07-11 Movie
	Faron Crush	Crimewave 1985-04-12 Movie
	Falkon	Red Sonja 1985-04-09 Movie
1984	The Beast Rabban	Dune 1984-12-14 Movie
	N/A	Operation Shtreimel 1984-06-06 Movie
	Cesar Santiago	Jungle Warriors 1984-05-11 Movie
1982	Willard	Pieces 1982-08-23 Movie
	Sir Blackstone Hardtack	When I Am King 1982-07-08 Movie
1981	Gideon	Masada 1981-04-05 TV Show
	The Surgeon	The Salamander 1981-01-01 Movie
1980	Bluto	Popeye 1980-12-12 Movie
1979	Radio Announcer	Going in Style 1979-12-07 Movie
	Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott	Disaster on the Coastliner 1979-10-28 Movie
	Mo	The In-Laws 1979-06-15 Movie
1978	Hamidou	Midnight Express 1978-08-31 Movie
1977	Announcer	CHiPs 1977-09-15 TV Show
	Paul the Westerner	Return of the Tiger 1977-06-10 Movie
1976	Guttfruend	21 Hours at Munich 1976-11-07 Movie
	Simone / Toby	The Diamond Peddlers 1976-01-29 Movie
1975	Pound Supervisor	Conspiracy of Terror 1975-12-29 Movie
	Simon Rohan	Wonder Woman 1975-11-07 TV Show
	Raphael McDonald	We Are No Angels 1975-09-25 Movie
	Butch	Convoy Buddies 1975-07-20 Movie
	Leon Stipanich (as Paul Lawrence Smith)	Barney Miller 1975-01-23 TV Show
	Len	Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Len	Carambola 1974-09-13 Movie
1973	Peter	Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus 1973-03-31 Movie
	Shmiel	They Call Me Shmil 1973-01-01 Movie
1972	N/A	Nahtche and the General 1972-06-06 Movie
	N/A	Emergency! 1972-01-22 TV Show
1971	שמיל	Fishke Bemilu'im 1971-01-01 Movie
1970	Gabe Price (uncredited)	Madron 1970-12-01 Movie
1968	N/A	The Doris Day Show 1968-09-24 TV Show
	Andy Kamoku	Hawaii Five-O 1968-09-20 TV Show
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1990	Associate Producer	Caged Fury 1990-03-01 Movie
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