Paul L. Smith
Known For: Acting
- Born
- February 5, 1939
- Died
- April 25, 2012 (73.218579234973 years old)
- Place of Birth
- Everett, Massachusetts, USA
- External Links
- IMDB
Biography
Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) is 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
