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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, 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. 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.

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "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.

External links

• Albert Paulsen at IMDb
• Albert Paulsen at the Internet Broadway Database
• Albert Paulsen at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Albert Paulsen (as Albert Paulson) at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Obituaries For Your Eyes Only: Albert Paulsen

• 1925 births
• 2004 deaths
• 20th-century American male actors
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States
• Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre alumni
• Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
• Male actors from Greater Los Angeles
• Male actors from Guayaquil
• Burials at Calverton National Cemetery