Biography
As a child Paul Picerni had aspirations to become an attorney until he acted in an eighth-grade play and later learned that the school principal liked his performance and called him "a born actor". He next appeared in little theater productions, then (after World War II Air Force service) on the stage at Loyola University. Picerni was acting in a play in Hollywood when he was spotted by Solly V. Bianco, head of talent at Warner Brothers; brought to the studio, the young actor was given a role in...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Self - Flynn Co-Star (archive footage)
A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family.
Lethal Weapon 3
1992
Stunts
Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition t...
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
as Ernesto Ferruci
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied...
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Lt. Lagason
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "T...
Marciano
1979
as John Addelli
A highly romanticized dramatization of the life of Rocky Marciano, the only heavyweight champion to have retired with a perfect record.
Escape to Athena
1979
as Zeno's Man
During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ine...
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Kurt
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are sti...
Capricorn One
1977
as Jerry
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing....
The Last Hurrah
1977
as Dr. Mike Santangelo
The longtime head of a powerful political machine is determined to win a fourth election and stay in power, despite challenges to his regime by young,...
Something for Joey
1977
as Joe Paterno
This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, who has leuke...
Lucy Gets Lucky
1975
as Packy West
Lucy pulls out all the stops in Las Vegas to see her favorite entertainer, Dean Martin. Lucy gets a job working at the MGM Grand casino and high-stake...
Big Rose
1974
as Blass
Rose Winters, a private detective out of Los Angeles, teams with Ed Mills, a somewhat inexperienced young detective, to find out who is blackmailing a...
The Fearmaker
1971
as Kenneth
A world-famous stage performer returns home following her father's death, only to find greed and evil awaiting.
Kotch
1971
as Dr. Caudillo
When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a roa...
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970
as Det. Green
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless. When he wakes up he is told th...
Airport
1970
as Dr. Compagno
An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
Land Raiders
1969
as Carney / Arturo
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
Che!
1969
as Hector
Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually r...
The Scalphunters
1968
as Frank
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegad...
Pages of Death
1962
as Lead Cop
A campy, over-the-top educational short that tells the story of a young man who becomes deranged from reading pornographic magazines.
Fury River
1961
as Guy Perro
Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.
Strangers When We Meet
1960
as Arthur Gerandi
A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down...
The Killers of Mussolini
1959
as Lt. Alfredo
As the Salo Republic crumbles around him, Mussolini, along with his mistress and several of his ministers flee with retreating Nazi soldiers, but are ...
The Young Philadelphians
1959
as Louis Donetti
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and...
Torpedo Run
1958
as Lt. Burt Fisher
A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
The Man Who Died Twice
1958
as George
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narc...
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Philip Berman
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at...
Return to Warbow
1958
as Deputy sheriff
Three escaped prisoners return to the site of a robbery to find the stolen money that was never recovered. Western.
The Brothers Rico
1957
as Gino Rico
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour whe...
Omar Khayyam
1957
as Commander
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they...
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)
In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obn...
The Big Caper
1957
as Harry
A con artist moves into a small town to spearhead a payroll robbery.
The Shadow on the Window
1957
as Bigelow
Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. T...
Flight to Hong Kong
1956
as Michael Quisto
On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony, a career crook who deals in stolen diamonds, agonizes over whether he should stick with his girlfriend or pu...
The Come On
1956
as Jannings, assistant D.A.
A con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former marks. But is she to be trusted?
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Priest
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
as Alfred Gledhill
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The polic...
To Hell and Back
1955
as Valentino
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in th...
Wiretapper
1955
as Herbie
A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when ...
Lord of the Jungle
1955
as Paul Gavin
The jungle boy tries to stop a herd of rogue elephants.
Hell's Island
1955
as Eduardo Martin
Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disap...
Dial Red O
1955
as Norman Roper
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the...
The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954
as Nurel-Din
In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia is trying to talk her father, the Cal...
The Bounty Hunter
1954
as Jud
A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin ...
The Shanghai Story
1954
as Emilio De Verno
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the s...
Pushover
1954
as Usher (uncredited)
A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Drive a Crooked Road
1954
as Carl
A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend.
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
as Spanish Ship Owner (uncredited)
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. ...
The Desert Song
1953
as Hassan
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The R...
The System
1953
as David Wiley
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
House of Wax
1953
as Scott Andrews
A New York sculptor who opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures runs into trouble with his business partner, who de...
She's Back on Broadway
1953
as Jud Kellogg
When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a...
Operation Secret
1952
as Capt. Armand Dubois
After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Bas...
Cattle Town
1952
as Pepe
The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
Mara Maru
1952
as Steven Ranier
An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
The Tanks Are Coming
1951
as Danny Kolowicz
An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.
Force of Arms
1951
as Sheridan
During the winter of 1943, the German Army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's plato...
Fort Worth
1951
as Joe Castro
Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control...
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951
as Jeff Riordan
A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951
as Joe Cvetic
A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.
Operation Pacific
1951
as Jonesy
During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or n...
Breakthrough
1950
as Pvt. Edward P. Rojeck
Filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army, Breakthrough is a lean, no-nonsense war film set during the 1944 invasion of the continent.
Three Secrets
1950
as Sergeant (uncredited)
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted a...
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
as Health Department Investigator (uncredited)
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the polic...
Saddle Tramp
1950
as Denver
Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck real...
A Lady Without Passport
1950
as Italian (uncredited)
An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smugglin...
The Secret Fury
1950
as Dr. Roth (uncredited)
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen d...
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Bombardier
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deal...
Beyond Glory
1948
as Second Detective (uncredited)
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls f...