Albert Paulsen

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
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
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
Actors from Guayaquil
Burials at Calverton National Cemetery