Richard Paul

From Wikipedia the free encyclopediaRichard Paul June 6 1940 December 25 1998 was an American actor who was born in Los Angeles California He was able to imitate most American and many foreign dialects He had a tenor voice and trained with Lee Sweetland Richard had a BA in public affairs from Claremont Mens College and an MA in psychology from California State University Los Angeles He was near completion of his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in Tucson Arizona but gave up his career as a therapist to become a fulltime performer Richard Paul was nicknamed Pige Paul by Slim Pickens while filming an episode of The Love Boat 1977 after local pigeons anointed a new suit jacket In 1980 he guest starred in the ABC comedy One In A Million which only aired for one season Richard was also a frequent panelist on Match Game in the 1980s From 1977 to 1979 he portrayed Mayor Teddy Burnside in Carter Country and later played the recurring character of Cabot Cove Mayor Sam Booth in Murder She Wrote He was cast as Dr Bob Halyers in the Clean Up Radio Everywhere episode ofWKRP in Cincinnati 1978 because of his resemblance to Rev Jerry Falwell Paul played Falwell himself twice once in Fall From Grace a Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker TV movie made in 1990 and then in The People vs Larry Flynt in 1996 Paul was in the cult classic film Eating Raoul 1982 written and directed byPaul Bartel Also in 1982 he costarred on the shortlived sitcom Herbie the Love Bug He also appeared in Bartels short film The Secret Cinema a paranoiddelusional fantasy masterpiece of selfreferential cinema which was part of theAmazing Stories series on television Paul also appeared in Not for Publication written and directed by Bartel He volunteered with Actors and Others for Animals He was on the Mental Health Advisory Board of Los Angeles County He volunteered at childhood immunization clinics for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services He read books into tapes by special request at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles He married Patty Oestereich in 1968 in Pasadena California They were married for 30 years until his death on Christmas day in 1998 at home in Studio City California due to cancer at age 58