Albert Paulsen's pronounced accent and clipped manner may have marked him as German, Austrian or some East European nationality--roles he played often--but he was actually born in Guyaquil, Ecuador, in 1925. Although he did appear in some films and on stage, he was mainly a television actor, with numerous appearances in dramas and action shows, especially in such series as Mission: Impossible (1966) and Combat! (1962), and played a succession of Communist spies, Russian generals, East European dictators, Nazi officers and the like. However, he did show up once on the comedy series The Odd Couple (1970) playing a European opera star who wasn't quite as uptight as everyone thought he was. He died in his sleep in Los Angeles, CA, in 2004.
Known For
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Galactica 1980 (1980)
Guest starring as General Yodel
- Episode 1x02: Galactica Discovers Earth (2) (Feb 3, 1980)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
Guest starring as Rabitch
- Episode 1x15: Angels on a String (Jan 19, 1977) [Special Guest Star]
Doctors' Hospital (1975)
Starring as Dr. Janos Varga
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Point of Maximum Pressure (Sep 10, 1975)
- Episode 1x01: One of our Own (Pilot) (May 5, 1975)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1972)
Guest starring as Dr. James Verhyden
- Episode 1x20: The Sentry (Mar 28, 1975)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as Charley Bombay
- Episode 2x04: Just Lucky, I Guess (Oct 15, 1969)
Guest starring as Josef Sarpa
- Episode 3x05: The Guarnerius Caper (Oct 14, 1970)
Guest starring as Edmonds
- Episode 4x12: Nine, Ten -- You're Dead (Nov 30, 1971)
Guest starring as Adrian Cassell
- Episode 12x17: Clash of Shadows (Mar 8, 1980)
The Flying Nun (1967)
Guest starring as Pedro Alvarez
- Episode 1x24: Cyrano de Bertrille (Feb 22, 1968)
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Guest starring as Colonel Von Helbing
- Episode 1x02: The Life Against Death Raid (Sep 19, 1966)
Guest starring as Major Von Brugge
- Episode 2x21: The Field of Death Raid (Feb 12, 1968)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Guest starring as Dr. Kurt Erikson
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x16: The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (2) (Jan 15, 1968)
- Episode 4x15: The Seven Wonders of the World Affair (1) (Jan 8, 1968)
12 O'Clock High (1964)
Guest starring as Colonel Dieter
- Episode 1x21: The Clash (Feb 12, 1965) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as TBD
- Episode 2x08: Runway in the Dark (Nov 1, 1965)
Combat! (1962)
Guest starring as Col. Bruener
- Episode 4x19: Retribution (Jan 18, 1966) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Carl Dorffman
- Episode 1x01: Forgotten Front (Oct 2, 1962)
Guest starring as General Von Strelitz
- Episode 1x07: Escape to Nowhere (Nov 20, 1962) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Dorfmann
- Episode 2x17: The Pillbox (Jan 7, 1964)