Paul Wallace Carr (January 31, 1934 – February 17, 2006) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who performed on stage, film, and television for half a century.

Early life

Carr was born and raised in

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, the son of Elaine Grace (Coulon), who was of

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(French) descent, and New Yorker Edward Sidney Carr, who worked in publishing. As a teenager, he had an interest in both music and acting. Following some acting locally, he moved to New York and studied acting at the

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Career

After a short stint in the

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during his late teens, Carr launched his acting career with a role in a New Orleans production of

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's ''

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''. By the middle 1950s, he was working on live television in New York City, including appearances on the popular '' Studio One'' and '' Kraft Television Theater'', while continuing theatrical work in stock companies in

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and

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, including roles such as Peter Quilpe in ''The Cocktail Party'', Haemon in ''

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'', Jack in

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' ''

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'', and Hal Carter in

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's ''

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''. He toured in summer stock with

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in ''Fifth Season''. Carr made his film debut in 1955 with a small uncredited role in

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's thriller ''

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''. That same year, he portrayed a prisoner of war in the New York Theatre Guild production of ''Time Limit'' on Broadway. His film career continued with a much larger role in Alfred Werker's ''The Young Don't Cry'' in 1957 starring James Whitmore and Sal Mineo; and that same year he appeared in the Warner Bros. rock and roll jukebox movie ''

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'' as Pete Porter. He worked steadily on television in the late 1950s and early 1960s with guest spots and supporting roles in many

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series such as three appearances on '' Laramie'', '' Trackdown'', four appearances on '' Rawhide'', ''

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'', ''

Gunsmoke ''Gunsmoke'' is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman Macdonnell and writer John Meston. It centers on Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1870s, during the settlement of the American West. The central chara ...

'', '' The Tall Man'', ''

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Lewis Taylor, which was later made into a short-running television series on ABC from September 1963 through March 1964, featuring Kurt Russell as Jaimie, D ...

'', and '' The Virginian''. He also appeared in many dramas. One such appearance was in 1964 when he played folk singer and defendant Con Bolton in the ''

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'' episode "The Case of the Tandem Target". He also appeared on ''

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'', '' Straightaway'', '' The Everglades'', '' Dr. Kildare'', '' Going My Way'', '' Hawaii Five-O'', '' The Fugitive'', '' Twelve O'Clock High'', and '' The Silent Force'', interspersed with occasional film work, including ''

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''. Other television appearances were on '' Burke's Law'', '' Combat!'', ''

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'', '' Land of the Giants'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 1965, Carr acted in the role of Bill Horton, the physician son of protagonist Dr. Tom Horton on ''

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'' in its first season. He was later a regular on ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second in American history after '' ...

'' and ''The Doctors''. Carr went on to work in many of other television shows in the intervening years, including ''

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'', ''

Mannix ''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private in ...

'', ''

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'', '' Police Story'' and ''

Murphy Brown ''Murphy Brown'' is an American television sitcom created by Diane English that premiered on November 14, 1988, on CBS. The series stars Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for ''FYI'', a ...

''. He may be remembered best, however, for his various appearances on science fiction shows over the years. In 1964/1965, he had the recurring role of uptight crewman Casey Clark on '' Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea''. In 1965, Carr played Lt. Lee Kelso, the USS ''Enterprise'' helmsman in the second ''Star Trek'' pilot episode, "

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". The episode finally aired, out of sequence in terms of new episodes produced, early in the first season of ''Star Trek'' in the autumn of 1966. Carr would later use the name Lee Kelso as a pseudonym for his voice performances in the English-language versions of the anime shows '' Cowboy Bebop'' and '' Trigun''. In 1981, he joined the cast of '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' as 'Lt. Devlin', one of the officers on the Earth Starship ''Searcher''. Throughout his career, Carr's first love was the stage. He appeared in nearly 100 stage productions on Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway, as well as touring companies, stock, and in regional theaters around the United States. He received the

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for Best Actor in the Theatre East production of ''Manhattan Express'' in 1987 and garnered a 1995 Dramalogue Award for his role in the Los Angeles Repertory production of Assassins. Carr was also a writer and director, and headed the Play Committee of the L.A. Repertory Company.

Death

Carr died of

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on February 17, 2006. He was 72 years old.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1956) as Young Man (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1957) as Tom Bradley * ''

'' (1957) as Pete Porter * ''

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'' (1959), episode "Reunion" as Peter * ''

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'' (1960), episode "Death at Dawn" as McNeil * ''

'' (1961-1965) as Cully Tate & Jud Gibbijohn * ''

Posse from Hell ''Posse from Hell'' is a 1961 American Western film directed by Herbert Coleman and starring Audie Murphy and John Saxon. Plot In 1880 four escapees from death row, Crip, Leo, Chunk, and Hash ride into the town of Paradise and enter the Roseb ...

'' (1961) as Jock Wiley * ''

'' (1963) as Dr. Peter Taylor No. 1 (1969) / Milton Stanus (1994) * ''

'' (1963) as Arthur Werbel * ''

'' as Bill Horton (1965–66) * '' Combat!'' (1966) as Kleinschmidt in two-part episode "Hills Are for Heroes" * ''

'', episode #1.03 (1966) "Where No Man Has Gone Before" - Lt. Lee Kelso * ''

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'' (1967) as Flo's Lover (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1967) as Eddie Carter * ''

'' (1967) as Billy Stearns * '' The Silent Force'' (1970, in episode "The Judge") as Dr. Morris * '' Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man'' (1971) as Hammond * ''

Brute Corps ''Brute Corps'' is a 1971 American exploitation film. It was the directorial debut of Jerry Jameson. Plot Kevin, a draft dodging pacifist and Terry, a beautiful hitchhiker, travel to Mexico and encounter a gang of mercenaries awaiting their next ...

'' (1971) as Ross * '' Trampa mortal'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1972) as Kelly * '' A Man for Hanging'' (1972) as Shep Barrenger * '' The Dirt Gang'' (1972) as Monk and

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* ''

The Severed Arm ''The Severed Arm'' is a 1973 horror film co-written and directed by Thomas S. Alderman. The film is noteworthy for containing the first on-screen role of Angus Scrimm. The film also stars Paul Carr and John Crawford. Plot Jeff Ashton is at ...

'' (1973) as Sgt. Mark Richards * ''

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'' (1973) as Gunman (Chris) - Team A * ''

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'' (1974) as Dr. Kipling * ''

Truck Stop Women ''Truck Stop Women'' is a 1974 film, directed by Mark L. Lester and partly financed by Phil Gramm. Plot A mother (Lieux Dressler) runs a brothel for truckers on the New Mexico highways and her stable includes her daughter (Claudia Jennings) ...

'' (1974) as Seago * '' Adventures of the Queen'' (1975) as Walter Fletcher * ''

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'' as Timberlake / Reverend Essex / Police Officer Paul Cord * ''

'' (1975) episode "The Four Pound Brick" as Police Sgt. Andy Wilson * '' The Bionic Woman'' (1975) as Timberlake * ''

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'' (1975) as Officer C.T. Foss * ''

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'' (1975) as Eddie Owens * '' Sisters of Death'' (1976) as Mark * '' The Doctors'' (1976) as Dr. Paul Summers * ''

''(1978) episode "Empty Frame" as Jeff Levane * '' Greatest Heroes of the Bible'' (1979) as Belzar * ''

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'' (1980) as Pat O'Byrnne * '' Raise the Titanic!'' (1980) as CIA Director Nicholson * '' The Incredible Hulk'' (1980) as Alan Grable * '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' (1981) as Lt. Devlin * ''

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'' (1984 Season 1 : Ep. 6) as Simon Sayes * '' Akira'' (1988) as Man on Nezu's Phone (2001 Pioneer dub) (English version) * '' Under the Boardwalk'' (1989) as Track * ''

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'' (1989) as Alex Hawkins * '' Eat a Bowl of Tea'' (1989) as Fry Cook * '' Night Eyes'' (1990) as Tom Michaelson * '' Solar Crisis'' (1990) as IXL executive #2 * '' Dangerous Women'' as Ben Cronin * '' Father & Son: Dangerous Relations'' (1993) * '' Scorned'' (1994) as Kramer * '' Cowboy Bebop'' as Van; Pao Puzi (credited as Lee Kelso) * '' Blood: The Last Vampire'' (2000) as School Headmaster (voice) * '' Spotlight on Paul Carr'' (2002) as Himself * '' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' as Matsuoka (English version, voice) (final film role)

References

External links

The Official Paul Carr Website
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