Paul Lambert (actor)

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Paul Lambert
in Death Wish II (1982)
Born(1922-08-01)August 1, 1922
DiedApril 27, 1997(1997-04-27) (aged 74)
Years active1956–1995

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

El Paso, Texas, and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. During World War II, he was a lieutenant in the Army Air Forces.[1]

Career

He trained at the

Off Broadway, subsequently appearing with Rod Steiger on Broadway in a revival of Clifford Odets's Night Music (a credit that is often misrepresented as A Little Night Music[1] because of the similarity of the titles and the fact that the Sondheim musical featured an actor named Mark Lambert
).

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

The Man From U.N.C.L.E., in "The Bow-Wow Affair" (1965) and "The Take Me To Your Leader Affair". He played a doctor in the 1960 Twilight Zone episode "King Nine Will Not Return". He also appeared in three episodes of the CBS courtroom drama series Perry Mason, twice in 1961: as Ben Nicholson in "The Case of the Envious Editor", and as murdered news correspondent Lawrence Vander in "The Case of the Renegade Refugee". He also appeared as Del Compton in the 1965 episode, "The Case of the Mischievous Doll". He was recognized for playing the French-Canadian revolutionary Durain in The Wild Wild West episode "The Night of the Firebrand". He appeared in a 1973 Barnaby Jones episode titled, "Sing a Song of Murder".[citation needed
]

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

  1. ^
    The Los Angeles Times
    . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Paul Lambert, 74, Actor in Films and on TV". The New York Times. May 6, 1997. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

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