Paul Lee Kroll, also known as Lee Paul, (June 16, 1939 – September 22, 2019) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing as the

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of Doyle Lonnegan ( Robert Shaw) in the 1973 film ''

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'', alongside actor Charles Dierkop who played the role of Floyd. Paul was born in the

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, where he was raised in

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. He attended at a college in

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, in which he then served in the

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. Paul guest-starred in numerous television programs including '' Hawaii Five-O'', '' Quincy, M.E.'', ''

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'', '' Fantasy Island'', '' Tenspeed and Brown Shoe'', '' The Rookies'', '' The Fall Guy'', ''

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'', '' Emergency!'', '' Ironside'', '' Police Woman'', '' Matlock'', '' Falcon Crest'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Adam-12'' and '' Mission: Impossible''. Paul was married to dancer Kathy Kroll. He was an emigrant to Sweden for Swedish-American Day. Paul worked as a petroleum engineer. He died in September 2019, at the age of 80.

Partial filmography

*'' Mission Impossible'' (1971-1972) - Gristin, Schmidt *'' Ben'' (1972) - Careu *''

'' (1973) - Lonnegan's bodyguard *'' The Rookies'' (1973) - Tim Duvall *''

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'' (1973) - Gilchrist *'' Scream of the Wolf'' (1974) - Student *’’ Get Christie Love’’ (1974) - Pilot Episode, Max Loomis *''

'' (1974) - Mory *'' The Island at the Top of the World'' (1974) - Chief of Boat Archers *'' Police Woman'' (1975 - 1977) *'' Emergency!'' (1975) - Pete *'' The Fall Guy'' (1985) - Henchman *'' Deadly Friend'' (1986) - Sergeant Charlie Volchek *''Survival Game'' (1987) - McClean *'' The Van Dyke Show'' (1988) - Al

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Lee 1939 births 2019 deaths American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors American emigrants to Sweden Petroleum engineers