# Lee Paul

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{{Short description|American film and television actor (1939–2019)}}

{{Infobox person
|name           = Lee Paul
|birth_name     = Paul Lee Kroll<ref name="b">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101478684/evening-standard/|title=The cowboy from Brooklyn|work=[Evening Standard](/source/Evening_Standard)|location=[London, Greater London](/source/London%2C_Greater_London), [England](/source/England)|date=August 18, 1959|access-date=May 10, 2022|page=7|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1939|6|16}}
|birth_place    = [United States](/source/United_States)
|death_date     = {{Death date and age|2019|9|22|1939|6|16}}
|occupation     = Film and television actor
|years_active   = 1966–1988
|spouse         = Kathy Kroll
| website       = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20100514000745/http://www.leepaulusa.com/|leepaulusa.com}}
| height        = 6'6"
}}

'''Paul Lee Kroll''' (June 16, 1939<ref name="a" /> – September 22, 2019), also known as '''Lee Paul''', was an American film and television actor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-25-vw-665-story.html|title=Chatsworth Actor Finds Steady Work, Dividends as Film Heavy: But Veteran of 100 Roles Seeks to Change Hat to White|first=Dewayne|last=Johnson|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=December 25, 1986|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> He was best known for playing the [bodyguard](/source/bodyguard) of Doyle Lonnegan ([Robert Shaw](/source/Robert_Shaw_(actor))) in the 1973 film ''[The Sting](/source/The_Sting)'', alongside actor [Charles Dierkop](/source/Charles_Dierkop) who played Floyd.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FoWvHF6c4gEC|title=Robert Redford: The Biography|page=527|first=Michael|last=Callan|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|date=May 2012|isbn=9780307475961|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> 

Paul was born in the [United States](/source/United_States), where he was raised in [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York).<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iW0HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT330|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2019|page=316|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|date=November 6, 2020|isbn=9781476679785|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> He attended  college in [Marietta, Ohio](/source/Marietta%2C_Ohio), and served in the [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force).<ref name="a" /> He guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''[Hawaii Five-O](/source/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series))'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FruSwC9UjwC|title=Booking Hawaii Five-O: An Episode Guide and Critical History of the 1968-1980 Television Detective Series|page=49|first=Karen|last=Rhodes|publisher=McFarland|date=December 20, 2011|isbn=9780786486663|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> ''[Quincy, M.E.](/source/Quincy%2C_M.E.)'', ''[Wonder Woman](/source/Wonder_Woman_(TV_series))'', ''[Fantasy Island](/source/Fantasy_Island)'', ''[Tenspeed and Brown Shoe](/source/Tenspeed_and_Brown_Shoe)'', ''[The Rookies](/source/The_Rookies)'', ''[The Fall Guy](/source/The_Fall_Guy)'', ''[Simon & Simon](/source/Simon_%26_Simon)'', ''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cixPyu5pCaUC|title=Emergency!: Behind the Scene|page=209|last1=Yokley|first1=Richard|last2=Sutherland|first2=Rozane|date=May 2007|publisher=Jones and Bartlett Learning|isbn=9780763748968|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> ''[Ironside](/source/Ironside_(1967_TV_series))'', ''[Police Woman](/source/Police_Woman_(TV_series))'', ''[Matlock](/source/Matlock_(1986_TV_series))'', ''[Falcon Crest](/source/Falcon_Crest)'', ''[Cannon](/source/Cannon_(TV_series))'', ''[Happy Days](/source/Happy_Days)'', ''[Mannix](/source/Mannix)'', ''[Adam-12](/source/Adam-12)'' and ''[Mission: Impossible](/source/Mission%3A_Impossible_(1966_TV_series))''.<ref name="a" />

Paul was married to dancer Kathy Kroll.<ref name="BPR Book">{{cite book |last1=Paul |first1=Lee |title=Bitch, Pitch, and Get Rich: (Success at the Tip of Your Tongue) |date=2011 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=9781450293211 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbn9fIZdHlgC&dq=%22lee+paul%22+%22kathy+kroll%22&pg=PR7|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref> He was an expatriate to Sweden for Swedish-American Day, and was a [petroleum engineer](/source/Petroleum_engineering).<ref name="b" />

Paul died on September 22, 2019, at the age of 80.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1186820-fall-2019/109?|title=SAG-AFTRA Fall 2019|page=109|work=[SAG-AFTRA](/source/SAG-AFTRA)|access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref>

== Partial filmography ==
*''[Mission Impossible](/source/Mission_Impossible)'' (1971-1972) - Gristin, Schmidt
*''[Ben](/source/Ben_(1972_film))'' (1972) - Careu
*''[The Sting](/source/The_Sting)'' (1973) - Lonnegan's bodyguard
*''[The Rookies](/source/The_Rookies)'' (1973) - Tim Duvall
*''[Kung Fu](/source/Kung_Fu_(1972_TV_series))'' (1973) - Gilchrist
*''[Hawaii Five-O](/source/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series))'' (1969, S1Ep23 "Not That Much Different"
*''[Hawaii Five-O](/source/Hawaii_Five-O_(1968_TV_series))'' (1972, S4E18) - Mitch Keller
*’’[Cannon](/source/Cannon)’’ (1973, S3E3) - Menacing Loan Shark
*''[Scream of the Wolf](/source/Scream_of_the_Wolf)'' (1974) - Student
*''[Get Christie Love](/source/Get_Christie_Love)'' (1974) - Pilot Episode, Max Loomis
*''[Happy Days](/source/Happy_Days)'' (1974) - Mory
*''[The Island at the Top of the World](/source/The_Island_at_the_Top_of_the_World)'' (1974) - Chief of Boat Archers
*''[Police Woman](/source/Police_Woman_(TV_series))'' (1975 - 1977)
*''[Emergency!](/source/Emergency!)'' (1975) - Pete
*''[The Fall Guy](/source/The_Fall_Guy)'' (1985) - Henchman
*''[Deadly Friend](/source/Deadly_Friend)'' (1986) - Sergeant Charlie Volchek<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5u-i03aazJwC|title=Wes Craven: The Art of Horror|page=121|first=John|last=Muir|publisher=McFarland|date=February 24, 2004|isbn=9780786419234|via=[Google Books](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref>
*''[The Van Dyke Show](/source/The_Van_Dyke_Show)'' (1988) - Al

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|0666901}}
*{{TCMDb name|148839%7C0}}
*[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lee_paul/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]

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Category:1939 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American people of Swedish descent
Category:Petroleum engineers
Category:American expatriates in Sweden

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