Paul Lambert (actor)
This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2018) |
Paul Lambert | |
---|---|
Born | El Paso, Texas, U.S. | August 1, 1922
Died | April 27, 1997 Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 74)
Years active | 1956–1995 |
Paul Lambert (August 1, 1922 – April 27, 1997) was an American character actor who appeared in movies and on television. Lambert appeared as Gestapo Major Hegel in Hogans Heroes Season 2 Episode 6 "Diamonds In The Rough."
Early life
Lambert was born in
Career
He trained at the
Among his major films were Spartacus (his movie debut),[1] Planet of the Apes (in a brief role as a simian minister), and All the President's Men, in which he played the national editor of The Washington Post.
It was on television that Lambert played his biggest roles. He acted on 300 shows and appeared fourteen times on CBS's Playhouse 90 anthology series, more than any other actor.[2] He appeared twice in the role of Yates in the 1962 syndicated adventure series The Everglades with Ron Hayes. Lambert was a frequent guest star on 1960s television (including roles Gunsmoke, and in Gene Barry's TV Western Bat Masterson, in 1959 as unscrupulous financier Charles Hamilton in the episode "Flume to the Mother Load", and in 1960 as the crooked Augustus Ulbrecht in "The Rage of Princess Ann") and was able to maintain a successful career into the 1990s.
Lambert was often able to secure billing that eluded his contemporaries, such as the coveted title-sequence billing he received both times he appeared on
Death
Lambert died at the age of 74 at St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, where he resided.[1]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Gallegher | Season 2 Episode 29: "Vicious Circle" |
1958 | Girls on the Loose | Joe | |
1960 | Spartacus | Gannicus | |
1962 | House of Women | Richard Dunn | |
1966 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
Minor Role | Uncredited |
1967 | The Big Mouth | Moxie | |
1968 | Planet of the Apes | Minister | |
1969 | All the Loving Couples | Irv | |
1969 | Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires | ||
1969 | Cry for Poor Wally | Wally's Father | |
1970 | Bande de cons! | ||
1971 | The Windsplitter | Reverend | |
1971 | A Gunfight | Ed Fleury | |
1972 | The Godfather | Mobster at Funeral with Barzini | Uncredited |
1972 | Where Does It Hurt? | Dr. Pinikhes | |
1972 | Play It as It Lays | Larry Kulik | |
1973 | American Graffiti | Sleeping Police Officer | Uncredited |
1974 | Mama's Dirty Girls | Harold | |
1976 | All the President's Men | National Editor | |
1976 | Sparkle | Moe | |
1979 | Apocalypse Now | Messenger for Willard | Uncredited |
1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Uncredited | |
1982 | Death Wish II | New York Police Commander | |
1982 | Wrong Is Right | Defense Secretary | |
1983 | Blue Thunder | Holmes | |
1983 | Cracking Up | Joe - Carpet Installer | |
1985 | Avenging Angel | Arthur Gerrard | |
1986 | Soldier's Revenge | General Burns | |
1986 | The Perils of P.K. | ||
1992 | Rain Without Thunder | Swedish Doctor |
References
- ^ The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Paul Lambert, 74, Actor in Films and on TV". The New York Times. May 6, 1997. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
External links
- Paul Lambert at IMDb
- Paul Lambert at the Internet Broadway Database