Paul Shenar
| Paul Shenar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Albert Paul Shenar February 12, 1936 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day West Hollywood, California U.S. |
| Cause of death | Complications of AIDS[1] |
| Resting place | California |
Albert Paul Shenar (February 12, 1936 − October 11, 1989) was an American actor.
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Background
Shenar was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Rosella (née Puhek) and Eugene Joseph Shenar.[2]
Career
Shenar became involved in theatre at an early age, partaking in the local Milwaukee playhouse productions. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Following his military career he began acting again. Shenar gained attention playing larger-than-life entertainment legends on 1970s television. He portrayed Orson Welles in the TV film The Night That Panicked America (1975) (TV) and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978) (TV). He portrayed the character John Carrington in Part III of the miniseries Roots (1977). He also portrayed the ruthless Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa in Brian De Palma's 1983 version of Scarface.
A founding member, actor, director and teacher of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco, he played more than forty roles there, including Hamlet, Oedipus Rex and Brother Julian in Tiny Alice. He voiced the evil rat Jenner in the animated feature The Secret of NIMH (1982).
Later roles and death
Shenar continued to act during the 1980s. He did a stage version of Macbeth in Los Angeles and appeared in films like Best Seller, The Bedroom Window, The Big Blue and Raw Deal, plus the TV film Rage of Angels: The Story Continues. He died from complications of AIDS on October 11, 1989.[1]
Personal life
Shenar and British actor Jeremy Brett were in a relationship in the 1970s; it reportedly lasted five years.[3]
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- ↑ http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Paul-Shenar.html
- ↑ Graham, David, Casting About: A Memoir (iUniverse, 2007), page 265
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