Veteran character actor Paul Lambert was born in El Paso Texas and brought up in Kansas City He was an Army Air Corps lieutenant in World War II Using the GI Bill he attended the Actors Lab in Los Angeles and several acting schools in New York He made his motion picture debut in Spartacus 1960 He began his acting career on the New York stage in the 1950s His stage credits include a role in the Broadway production of A Little Night Music In addition to being an actor he was also a playwright and stage director and wrote directed and acted in his own play Interior Hollywood Day In addition he was in a record 14 productions of the prestigious Playhouse 90 1956 Source IMDB