Albert Paulsen

American actor

Albert Paulsen
Born	Alberto Andrade Paulson (1925-12-13)December 13, 1925 Guayaquil, Ecuador
Died	April 25, 2004(2004-04-25) (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Calverton National Cemetery, New York, U.S.
Nationality	Ecuadorian
Citizenship	United States
Years active	1962–1988

Albert Paulsen (born Albert Paulson; 13 December 1925 in Guayaquil, Ecuador – 25 April 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an Ecuadorian-American actor who appeared in many American television series beginning in the 1960s, playing characters primarily of European origin. A life member of The Actors Studio,^[1] Paulsen won an Emmy Award in 1964 for the Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre presentation One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, an historical novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.^[2] Mr. Paulsen was a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre studying under Sanford Meisner. Paulsen died of natural causes in Los Angeles, aged 78.^[3]

Filmography

Film

All Fall Down (1962) - Captain Ramirez
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Zilkov
The Three Sisters (1966) - Kulygin
Gunn (1967) - Nick Fusco
How to Steal the World (1968) - Dr. Kurt Erikson
Che! (1969) - Capt. Vasquez
Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971) - Perdido
The Laughing Policeman (1973) - Henry Camerero
The Next Man (1976) - Hamid
The Gypsy Warriors (1978) - SS Colonel Schlager
Eyewitness (1981) - Mr. Sokolow
Dikiy veter (1986) - Maj. Ted Kegan

Television

GE True (1962–1963) - Josef Gabchik / Vik
Combat! (1962–1966) - Col. Bruener / Dorfmann / Gen. Von Strelitz / Carl Dorfmann
The Untouchables (1962) - Max Zenner
General Hospital (1963) - Gen. Gastineau (1988)
The Gallant Men (1963) - General Kile
77 Sunset Strip (1963) - Toller Vengrin / Rudolph Gerhardt
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968) - Dr. Kurt Erikson / Major Vicek
Twelve O'Clock High (1965) - Arn Borg / Col. Hans Dieter
Mission: Impossible (1966–1970) - Albert Zembra / Eric Bergman / General Ernesto Neyron / Eric Stavak / Joseph Baresh
The F.B.I. (1966) - Nagry
The Rat Patrol (1966–1968) Colonel Von Helbing / Major Von Brugge
The Flying Nun (1968) - Pedro Alvarez
The Name of the Game (1968) - Humberto Benitez
Hawaii Five-O (1969–1980) - Adrian Cassell / Edmonds / Josef Sarpa / Charley Bombay
The Silent Force (1970, episode "The Octopus")
The High Chaparral (1971) - Eduardo Nervo
A World Apart (1971) - Dr. Neil Stevens
Search (1973) - Henri Danzig
Carola (1973) - Col. Kroll
Hawkins (1973) episode "Murder on the 13th Floor"
The Missiles of October (1974, teleplay) - Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin
The Rockford Files (1974) "Profit and Loss (Part 2)" - Kurt
The Odd Couple (1975) - Boris Kalnikov
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975) - Dr. James Verhyden
Doctors' Hospital (1975) - Janos Varga
Kojak (1977) - Shelley Briscoe
Wonder Woman (1978) - Crichton
Columbo (1978) "The Conspirators" - Vincent Pauley
Galactica 1980 (1980) - General Yodel
Manimal (1983) - Russian Agent
Knight Rider (1985) - Mr. C
Airwolf (1985) - Shrankov
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986) - Serge Krutiov

References

^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-0254-2650-4.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-3074-8320-1.
^ "Character actor Albert Paulsen dead at 78". The Union Democrat. Sonora, California. Associated Press. April 29, 2004. p. 2A. Retrieved April 24, 2023 – via Google News Archive Search.