Paul Koslo
Paul Koslo (born Manfred Koslowski; June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019) was a German-born Canadian actor. Career. Koslo started his career in such 1970s films as "Nam's Angels" a.k.a. "The Losers", (referenced in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction"), "Vanishing Point" and "The Stone Killer". He also appeared opposite Charlton Heston in the science fiction film, "The Omega Man", in a sympathetic co-starring role. He portrayed villains in "Joe Kidd" (1972, starring Clint Eastwood), "Mr. Majestyk" (1974, starring Charles Bronson), and "The Drowning Pool" (1975, starring Paul Newman). He and fellow "Omega Man" co-star Anthony  Zerbe also appeared in "Rooster Cogburn" (1975) with John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn. After a solid supporting part as a Jewish concentration camp survivor in the critically acclaimed "Voyage of the Damned" (1976), as well as the mayor in "Heaven's Gate" (1980), he began a long run of portraying villainous types in productions such as "" and "The Glitter Dome". In rare, in-depth interviews with both "Psychotronic Video" and "Shock Cinema" (issue No. 14) magazines, Koslo spoke (mostly unfavorably) about his experiences working in several films with Charles Bronson and in "The Omega Man" with Heston. Starting in the  late 1970s, Koslo appeared (usually as a villain) in a string of television shows such as "The Rockford Files", "", "The Incredible Hulk", "Quincy, M.E.", "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", "T. J. Hooker", "The A-Team", "The Fall Guy", "Dallas" and "Hunter". He also appeared as Jesse James in "The Dukes of Hazzard" seventh-season episode "Go West, Young Dukes". More recently, along with television appearances, he appeared in several independent action films (most of them straight-to-video). He was also in "Loose Cannons" (1990) with Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd and appeared as the Russian battle-robot pilot  Alexander in the science fiction film "Robot Jox" (1990). Personal life. Koslo met his wife, Allaire Paterson, at the MET Theatre in Hollywood, when he produced a one-woman show, "Purple Breasts", a critically acclaimed play she co-wrote and starred in. They married in 1997 and had one child together. Koslo died on January 9, 2019 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 74.