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Paul L. Smith

  • Born Feb. 5, 1939
  • Everett, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died April 25, 2012, aged 73

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 …

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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.

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Acting (53)

The Beast Rabban

Hamidou

The Archduke

Falkon

Bluto

Simon Rohan

Willard

Mr. Booar (uncredited)

Dr. Paul Abbot

Faron Crush

Andy Kamoku

Announcer

Mo

Head Guard

Gideon

Leon Stipanich (as Paul Lawrence Smith)

Radio Announcer

Security Director

Serbus

Elmo Rodgers

The Surgeon

Guttfruend

Slue

Cesar Santiago

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Jim Waterman / Victor Prescott

Gabe Price (uncredited)

Joe Kapinski

Butch

Matteo / Butch

Santos

Paul the Westerner

Elko

Stewart

Len

Vladimir Corzon (as Paul Smith)

Len

Steele

Peter

Inspector Wainright

Pound Supervisor

Shmiel

שמיל

Duval

Raphael McDonald

Wounded Man

Sir Blackstone Hardtack

David Warcliff (as Saul Eden Smith)

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