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Paul Karo
Born	Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–1999
Known for	The Box (TV series) as Lee Whitman

Paul Karo is a Scottish-born, New Zealand-raised Australian former actor. He was a cadet reporter in New Zealand before turning his attention to acting, joining a theatre company. He relocated to Australia in the late 1950s. He appeared in Under the Clocks, a 'sophisticated intimate revue' in Melbourne in 1958. He featured in another revue, Further Off the Beach, the following year; he was singled out by an Age critic for a segment called 'Television Anonymous' about television addicts seeking a cure. He had many television roles in 1959, including Tragedy in a Temporary Town, Beauty and the Beast, Outpost and Rope.

He appeared in Quiet Night in 1961. In 1967 he received an aware for Best Actor of 1966 (the "Erik") from Melbourne theatre critics for his role in A Lily for Little India.

Karo is best known for his role as the gay television producer Lee Whiteman in the first two years of the 1970s television soap opera The Box. On leaving the show he told TV Week's Sue Wallace that he felt he had been typecast: 'Everyone thinks of me as playing the role of a queer. They haven't had the opportunity to see me do anything else.'

In 1976 he won the Best Australian Actor category at the Logie Awards.

Other TV credits include: Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, Prisoner, The Sullivans, Special Squad, Phoenix and SeaChange.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Video game

References

1. Sue Wallace, 'Paul Doesn't Want to Play it for Laughs',TV Week, 21 February 1976 p. 25
2. 'Under the Clocks' (ad) Melbourne Age 6 September 1958 p. 64
3. 'Revue is Entertaining' Melbourne Age 9 April 1959 p. 5
4. 'Drama Set in Caravan Park' Age 'Radio/TV Supplement' 14 May 1959 p. 3
5. 'New Venture in TV "Live" Drama Field', Age 'Radio/TV Supplement' 25 June 1959 p. 1
6. 'From Comic Opera to Tense Jungle Drama',Age 'Radio/TV Supplement' 22 October 1959 p. 5
7. ' 'Thrill Murder Drama for TVAge 'Radio/TV Supplement' 29 October 1959 p. 1
8. 'Actors Named', Melbourne Age 21 March 1967 p. 6
9. Sue Wallace, Paul Doesn't Want to Play it for Laughs',TV Week, 21 February 1976 p. 25
10. Zuk, Tony. "Australian Television: 1974-1977 Logie Awards". Retrieved 9 June 2017.

External links

• Paul Karo at IMDb

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