Paul D. Comi (born
February 11,
1932) is an american film
actor.
Paul Comi started acting in 1957, and continued until 1995, making about a hundred television appearances, sixteen movies, and a number of recurring television roles.
Paul's professional acting career began in 1957, when, as an apprentice at the famous La Jolla Playhouse, in California, he was given a small part in the play Career that starred Don Taylor and Una Merkle. His comedy scene as a drunken GI earned rave reviews in the Hollywood Reporter and Variety, leading to his being signed by 20th Century Fox for the role of Pvt Abbott in The Young Lions.
Graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Southern California, Comi earned a reputation as a constantly working, versatile actor. Recently, Comi is very busy serving as President of his family´s business Caffe D’ Amore.
Filmography (Selection)
- 1995: Baywatch - Leap of Faith (1995)
- 1991: L.A. Law - Since I Fell for You and On the Toad Again
- 1986-1989: Highway to Heaven - Summer Camp, Parents' Day, Children's Children
- 1987: Spies - The Game's Not Over, 'Til the Fat Lady Sings
- 1985 – 1990: Knots Landing - What If?, High School Confidential, The Emperor's Clothes
- 1985: Falcon Crest - False Hope
- 1984: Best Defense
- 1982: Death Wish II
- 1981: Dallas - Waterloo at Southfork
- 1977: The Streets of San Francisco - Interlude
- 1974: The Towering Inferno
- 1973: Howard the Duck
- 1972: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
- 1971-1973: Cannon - A Well Remembered Terror, No Pockets in the Shroud
- 1971: Moon boot
- 1968-1969: Mannix - The Playground, Another Final Exit
- 1966: The Time Tunnel - Massacre
- 1966: Star trek - Balance of Terror,
- 1965-1968: The F.B.I. - Act of Violence, The Satellite, The Escape, The Giant Killer
- 1965: Perry Mason - The Case of the Sad Sicilian
- 1965: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Crimson Witness
- 1963: The Parallel
- 1962: Cape Fear
- 1961: The Odyssey of Flight 33
- 1960: The Untouchables - One-Armed Bandits
- 1959: 77 Sunset Strip - The Grandma Caper
- 1959: Peter Gunn - The Rifle
- 1959: Pork Chop Hill
- 1958: In Love and War
- 1958: The Young Lions
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