Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 5, 1939
Day of Death
April 25, 2012
(died at 73.218579234973 years old)
Place of Birth
Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Paul L. Smith
Biography
Paul L. Smith (February 5, 1939 – April 25, 2012) 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.