Albert Paulsen Explained

Albert Paulsen
Birth Name:	Alberto Andrade Paulson
Birth Date:	13 December 1925
Birth Place:	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Citizenship:	United States
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting Place:	Calverton National Cemetery, New York, U.S.
Yearsactive:	1962 - 1988

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,^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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
• (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

External links

• • • • 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Garfield, David. A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. registration. 1980. MacMillan. New York. 978-0-0254-2650-4. 279. Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980.
2. Book: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. June 24, 2009. Ballantine Books. New York. Brooks. Tim. Marsh. Earle F.. 978-0-3074-8320-1. 160.
3. News: Character actor Albert Paulsen dead at 78. April 29, 2004. Associated Press. 2A. The Union Democrat. Sonora, California. Google News Archive Search. April 24, 2023.