Paul L. Smith

Paul L. Smith

1939-02-05 Everett, Massachusetts, USA 49 Credits

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.

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Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza

2014

as (archive footage)

Acting

Featurette about the 1980 film "Gefangene Frauen" starring Eric Falk and Erwin C. Dietrich.

D.R.E.A.M. Team

D.R.E.A.M. Team

1999

as Vladimir Corzon (as Paul Smith)

5.0
Acting

J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell, pl...

Maverick

Maverick

1994

as The Archduke

6.9
Acting

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game b...

Desert Kickboxer

Desert Kickboxer

1992

as Santos

3.9
Acting

A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to...

Eye of the Widow

Eye of the Widow

1991

as Elko

3.0
Acting

A new international terrorist group attack the castle of an Austrian prince during his party, but one of the guests, a contractor, deals with them. Th...

Crossing the Line

Crossing the Line

1990

as Joe Kapinski

5.3
Acting

A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.

Caged Fury

Caged Fury

1990

as Head Guard

4.1
Acting

Kat arrives in Los Angeles to audition for movies. However, after meeting a sleazy producer, she and her new friend find themselves in a women's priso...

Caged Fury

Caged Fury

1990

Associate Producer

4.1
Producing

Kat arrives in Los Angeles to audition for movies. However, after meeting a sleazy producer, she and her new friend find themselves in a women's priso...

Ten Little Indians

Ten Little Indians

1989

as Elmo Rodgers

4.9
Acting

Ten people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?

Sonny Boy

Sonny Boy

1989

as Slue

4.9
Acting

A small-town car thief and his transgender wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.

The Hired Gun

The Hired Gun

1989

as Wounded Man

Acting

A hardcore former mercenary in Africa is commissioned by a neo-Nazi organization to bring secret documents from WW2, hidden at an American military ba...

You're Famous

You're Famous

1989

3.5
Acting

A woman goes streaking in a race track, a senior citizens' seminar features a pre-sex demonstration, public toilets' walls fall apart, and other candi...

Crazy Camera

Crazy Camera

1989

7.0
Acting

A candid camera comedy where hidden camera films unsuspecting street passers-by reacting to comic situations the filmmakers set up.

Terminal Entry

Terminal Entry

1988

as Stewart

4.0
Acting

The USA is attacked by a large group of well organized terrorists who communicate through a computer network via satellite. A bunch of highschool kids...

Death Chase

Death Chase

1988

as Steele

3.4
Acting

After a man's sister is killed by two gunmen who seemingly come out of nowhere, he manages to find and kill them. He then discovers that the men he ki...

Outlaw Force

Outlaw Force

1988

as Inspector Wainright

4.8
Acting

Some punks go into a small town and start hassling the gas station owner; Billy Ray Dalton a friend of the owner pulls a shot gun on them and tells th...

Gor

Gor

1987

as Serbus

3.6
Acting

American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his...

Haunted Honeymoon

Haunted Honeymoon

1986

as Dr. Paul Abbot

5.4
Acting

Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech...

Sno-Line

Sno-Line

1985

as Duval

4.0
Acting

A New York City district attorney secretly runs a cocaine-smuggling ring in Texas. When the mob tries to move in on his operation, he goes down there ...

The Protector

The Protector

1985

as Mr. Booar (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fa...

Crimewave

Crimewave

1985

as Faron Crush

5.5
Acting

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, ...

Red Sonja

Red Sonja

1985

as Falkon

5.4
Acting

The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great pow...

Dune

Dune

1984

as The Beast Rabban

6.2
Acting

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spi...

Operation Shtreimel

Operation Shtreimel

1984

3.5
Acting

This wacky comedy takes place in the weeks leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. With the Allies uncertain as to what th...

Jungle Warriors

Jungle Warriors

1984

as Cesar Santiago

3.9
Acting

A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a...

Pieces

Pieces

1982

as Willard

5.9
Acting

A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.

When I Am King

When I Am King

1982

as Sir Blackstone Hardtack

Acting

Two children move to a dream world of magicians, witches and an evil Gypsy.

The Salamander

The Salamander

1981

as The Surgeon

5.5
Acting

An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a sala...

Popeye

Popeye

1980

as Bluto

5.5
Acting

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and wi...

Going in Style

Going in Style

1979

as Radio Announcer

6.8
Acting

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad dayl...

Disaster on the Coastliner

Disaster on the Coastliner

1979

as Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott

5.3
Acting

A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man William Sha...

The In-Laws

The In-Laws

1979

as Mo

6.7
Acting

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a ...

Midnight Express

Midnight Express

1978

as Hamidou

7.5
Acting

Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 y...

The Three Hostages

1977

as David Warcliff (as Saul Eden Smith)

Acting

Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy crimin...

Return of the Tiger

Return of the Tiger

1977

as Paul the Westerner

5.5
Acting

Chang Hung, an agent who works for a rival organization, and his female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin ring led by the nefariou...

21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

1976

as Guttfruend

6.1
Acting

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

The Diamond Peddlers

The Diamond Peddlers

1976

as Simone / Toby

6.3
Acting

Bumbling crooks Butch and Toby pose as priests in order to elude being arrested by the authorities in Africa. Butch and Toby deliver a statue of the V...

Conspiracy of Terror

Conspiracy of Terror

1975

as Pound Supervisor

6.0
Acting

A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who h...

We Are No Angels

We Are No Angels

1975

as Raphael McDonald

6.0
Acting

Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.

Convoy Buddies

Convoy Buddies

1975

as Butch

5.7
Acting

Toby and Butch are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job hauling insecticide from Italy to France. Unbeknownst to the clueless duo, ...

Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket

Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket

1975

as Len

6.0
Acting

Len and Cody are two friends who can not spend more than two minutes without arguing. These crazy gunmen snatched a Confederate colonel charged an arc...

Alcohol: The Choice

Alcohol: The Choice

1974

Acting

A teenager is faced with pressure from peers to drink and his decision about the use of alcohol. The young man is assisted by a youth minister in maki...

Carambola!

Carambola!

1974

as Len

3.0
Acting

Coby is an ex-soldier and billiard champion. He and his friend Len accept the sum of 50,000 dollars to investigate the trafficking of arms across the ...

Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

1973

as Peter

6.0
Acting

Johnny Cash appears in and narrates this retelling of the story of Jesus' Life, Death and Resurrection.

They Call Me Shmil

They Call Me Shmil

1973

as Shmiel

1.0
Acting

Professional big-dude Paul Smith in an Israeli-produced action-comedy that looks to take inspiration from the Hill/Spencer comedies.

Tel Aviv Call Girls

Tel Aviv Call Girls

1972

Director

Directing

Jacquo, a shady owner of a Las Vegas nightclub in Lower Haifa, also runs a brothel and gambling den. His business thrives with an entourage of women, ...

Nahtche and the General

1972

5.0
Acting

Comedy which revolves around the exploits of Nahtche and his constant success in disentangling himself from the grip of the persons who are after him ...

Fishke Bemilu'im

Fishke Bemilu'im

1971

as שמיל

6.0
Acting
Madron

Madron

1970

as Gabe Price (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.