Paul Carpenter (actor)
Paul Carpenter | |
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Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | December 8, 1921
Died |
June 12, 1964 42) London, England, United Kingdom | (aged
Years active | 1946–1964 |
Spouse(s) | Kim Parker |
Paul Carpenter (December 8, 1921 – June 12, 1964) was a Canadian actor and singer.[1]
Life and career
Carpenter originally attended medical school in Montreal, but left aged 17 to join the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a war correspondent.[2] He also played professional hockey in Canada.[3]
He moved to Britain and sang with Ted Heath and His Music in the 1940s and starred in the BBC Radio serial "Riders of the Range" (1949–1953) as the cowboy Jeff Arnold, where he shared the billing with his dog, Rustler (played by Percy Edwards).[4] As a movie actor he "made over three dozen British films in the post-war decades, most of them 'B' pictures, such as Diplomatic Passport (1954) and One Jump Ahead (1955), to which he brought an easy, likeable authority that seemed more difficult for British actors to achieve", His final film appearance was in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger where he played an American General.[5]
During rehearsals for a play at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, Carpenter was found dead in his dressing room. He had recently recovered from injuries suffered in a car accident.[2][3]
Partial filmography
- Landfall (1949)
- The Third Man (1949)
- Albert R.N. (1953)
- The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
- Johnny on the Spot (1954)
- Face the Music (1954)
- The House Across the Lake (1954)
- The Young Lovers (1954)
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
- Diplomatic Passport (1954)
- Duel in the Jungle (1954)
- The Unholy Four (1954)
- One Jump Ahead (1955)
- Doctor at Sea (1955)
- Stock Car (1955)
- The Hornet's Nest (1955)
- The Iron Petticoat (1956)
- Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Women Without Men (1956)
- Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956)
- Behind the Headlines (1956)
- Shadow of a Man (1956)
- The Narrowing Circle (1956)
- No Road Back (1957)
- Les Espions (1957) - Le Colonel Howard
- Murder Reported (1958) - Jeff Holly,the reporter
- Undercover Girl (1958) - Johnny Carter
- Intent to Kill (1958) - O'Brien
- Jet Storm (1959) - George Towers
- Date at Midnight (1959) - Bob Dillon
- Wernher von Braun (1960) - Launch Countdown Coordinator (uncredited)
- Surprise Package (1960) - Television News Broadcaster (uncredited)
- Jacktown (1962) - Policeman #1
- Panic (1963) - Fight Commentator
- Call Me Bwana (1963) - Col. Spencer
- Dr. Crippen (1963) - Bruce Martin
- Maigret voit rouge (1964) - Harry McDonald
- The Beauty Jungle (1964) - American Tourist (uncredited)
- First Men in the Moon (1964) - Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)
- Goldfinger (1964) - American General at airport (uncredited)
External links
References
- ↑ "Paul Carpenter". BFI.
- 1 2 "Paul Carpenter, Actor, Dies Before Rehearsal in London". The New York Times.
- 1 2 "Paul Carpenter - Actor - Northernstars.ca". northernstars.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ↑ "Charles Chilton". Telegraph.co.uk. 3 January 2013.
- ↑ Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 176.