Paul L. Smith
Paul L. Smith ( born February 5, 1939 in Everett, Massachusetts, † April 25, 2012 in Ra'anana, Israel ) was an American actor. He was known by various spaghetti westerns and comedies. Usually he took over roles that matched his burly physique, as well as such as villains.
Career
His first movie role was as a Jewish prisoner Smith in Otto Preminger's Exodus ( 1960). He then played in 1964 his first western titled The last two of the Rio Bravo next to Horst Frank in the lead role. 1967 Paul Smith came after he had already shot for Exodus in Israel, there as a volunteer in the Six-Day War back. In Israel, he starred in five movies. In 1973 he moved with his wife Eve, who he met in Israel to Italy. Here he turned to Antonio Cantafora who gave himself the Nom- de -film Michael Coby, several Terence Hill & Bud Spencer plagiarism. He had a small supporting role in the miniseries Moses with Burt Lancaster.
In 1977, he moved to Hollywood and turned 12 clock at night - Midnight Express. In Hollywood, he has guest starred on such series as CHiPs, emergency California and Barney Miller. In Popeye he saw a flop; later he worked with well -known films, such as Masada with Peter O'Toole, Red Sonja with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maverick with Mel Gibson.
In 2006 he moved back to Israel and took his wife to the local citizenship and the Hebrew name Adam and Aviva Eden.