Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
5 février 1939
Died
25 avril 2012
Place of birth
Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
Paul Smith · Bob Spencer · Paul Lawrence Smith · Adam Eden
Biography
Paul L. Smith (February 5, 1939 – April 25, 2012) 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.
