Paul L. Smith1939 - 2012

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.4

Famous

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.

Credits

Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza
Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza

2014

Documentary

as (archive footage)

0
0.2
D.R.E.A.M. Team
D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999

Action • Adventure

as Vladimir Corzon (as Paul Smith)

5
0.4
Maverick
Maverick

1994

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Drama • Western

as The Archduke

6.9
3.1
Desert Kickboxer
Desert Kickboxer

1992

Action • Drama • Western

as Santos

3.9
0.2
Eye of the Widow
Eye of the Widow

1991

Action • Adventure • Crime

as Elko

3
0.3
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line

1990

Drama

as Joe Kapinski

5.3
0.1
Caged Fury
Caged Fury

1990

Action

as Head Guard

4.1
0.9
Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians

1989

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Elmo Rodgers

5
0.6
Sonny Boy
Sonny Boy

1989

Action • Drama • Horror

as Slue

4.9
0.8
The Hired Gun
The Hired Gun

1989

Action

as Wounded Man

0
0.1
You're Famous
3.5
0.3
Crazy Camera
7
0.2
Terminal Entry
Terminal Entry

1988

Action

as Stewart

4
0.4
Death Chase
Death Chase

1988

Action

as Steele

3.4
0.3
Outlaw Force
Outlaw Force

1988

Action • Drama

as Inspector Wainright

4.8
0.2
Gor
Gor

1987

Action • Adventure • Fantasy • Science Fiction

as Serbus

3.6
0.7
Haunted Honeymoon
Haunted Honeymoon

1986

Comedy • Horror • Mystery

as Dr. Paul Abbot

5.4
0.7
Sno-Line
Sno-Line

1985

Action • Thriller

as Duval

4
0.1
The Protector
The Protector

1985

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Mr. Booar (uncredited)

6
1.4
Crimewave
Crimewave

1985

Comedy • Crime • Horror

as Faron Crush

5.5
1.1
Red Sonja
Red Sonja

1985

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

as Falkon

5.4
2.1
Dune
Dune

1984

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

as The Beast Rabban

6.2
8
Operation Shtreimel
3.5
0.2
Jungle Warriors
Jungle Warriors

1984

Action • Adventure

as Cesar Santiago

3.9
1.1
Pieces
Pieces

1982

Horror • Thriller

as Willard

5.9
0.8
When I Am King
When I Am King

1982

Adventure • Drama • Family • Fantasy

as Sir Blackstone Hardtack

0
0
The Salamander
The Salamander

1981

Mystery • Thriller

as The Surgeon

5.5
0.5
Popeye
Popeye

1980

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Family

as Bluto

5.5
2.4
Going in Style
Going in Style

1979

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Radio Announcer

6.9
0.5
Disaster on the Coastliner
Disaster on the Coastliner

1979

Action • TV Movie • Thriller

as Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott

5.3
0.5
The In-Laws
The In-Laws

1979

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Mystery

as Mo

6.6
0.8
Midnight Express
Midnight Express

1978

Crime • Drama

as Hamidou

7.5
2.7
The Three Hostages
The Three Hostages

1977

as David Warcliff (as Saul Eden Smith)

0
0.2
Return of the Tiger
Return of the Tiger

1977

Action • Crime

as Paul the Westerner

5.5
1.3
21 Hours at Munich
21 Hours at Munich

1976

Drama • Thriller

as Guttfruend

6.1
0.6
The Diamond Peddlers
The Diamond Peddlers

1976

Comedy

as Simone / Toby

6.3
0.2
Conspiracy of Terror
Conspiracy of Terror

1975

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Pound Supervisor

6
0.2
We Are No Angels
We Are No Angels

1975

Comedy • Western

as Raphael McDonald

6
0.2
Convoy Buddies
Convoy Buddies

1975

Comedy

as Butch

5.7
0.2
Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket
6
0.1
Carambola!
Carambola!

1974

Comedy • Western

as Len

3
0.2
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

1973

Drama • Music

as Peter

6
0.1
They Call Me Shmil
They Call Me Shmil

1973

Adventure • Comedy • Drama

as Shmiel

1
0.2
Nahtche and the General
5
0.1
Fishke Bemilu'im
Fishke Bemilu'im

1971

as שמיל

6
0.1
Madron
Madron

1970

Western

as Gabe Price (uncredited)

5.1
0.2

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