As a child Paul Picerni had aspirations to become an attorney until he acted in an eighthgrade play and later learned that the school principal liked his performance and called him a born actor He next appeared in little theater productions then after World War II Air Force service on the stage at Loyola University Picerni was acting in a play in Hollywood when he was spotted by Solly V Bianco head of talent at Warner Brothers brought to the studio the young actor was given a role in Le grand assaut1950 This WWII actioner turned out to be aptly named as it led to a Warners contract for Picerni and a long succession of roles at that studio Bestknown for his secondbanana role on the TV classic Les incorruptibles 1959 with Robert Stack Picerni is the father of eight and grandfather of ten IMDb Mini Biography
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