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Paul Sorensen was an American film, theater and television actor who appeared in hundreds of roles during his career, including The Brady Bunch and Dallas. He was frequently cast in westerns or as a police officer.
Birth Name
Paul Eric Sorensen
Born
Tuesday, 16 February 1926
Died
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dropping Evil | Secret Service Agent | 2012 |
| Cage | Matt | 1989 |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Captain | 1984 |
| Simon & Simon | Officer | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Rigger | 1981 |
| First Family | C.I.A. Director Willie O'Malley | 1980 |
| The Return of Frank Cannon | 1st Spook | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Security Guard | 1979 |
| Salvage 1 | Capt. Feeney / Captain Feeney | 1979 |
| Vega$ | Captain #1 | 1978 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dropping Evil | Secret Service Agent | 2012 |
| Cage | Matt | 1989 |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Captain | 1984 |
| Simon & Simon | Officer | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Rigger | 1981 |
| First Family | C.I.A. Director Willie O'Malley | 1980 |
| The Return of Frank Cannon | 1st Spook | 1980 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Security Guard | 1979 |
| Salvage 1 | Capt. Feeney / Captain Feeney | 1979 |
| Vega$ | Captain #1 | 1978 |
| Dallas | Andy Bradley | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | McPhee / Man | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Superintendent | 1977 |
| Lucan | Muldoon | 1977 |
| Smokey and the Bandit | DOT Inspector | 1977 |
| Eight Is Enough | Mr. Gregory | 1977 |
| The Shaggy D.A. | Policeman in Squad Car | 1976 |
| Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Bank Guard | 1976 |
| Sherlock Holmes in New York | 1976 | |
| Quincy M.E. | 1st Golfer | 1976 |
| Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway | Police Sergeant | 1976 |
| The Quest | Logan | 1976 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | Stevedore | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Earl Jackson | 1976 |
| Rich Man, Poor Man | Fresco Murphy | 1976 |
| The Blue Knight | Angelo Covelli | 1975 |
| Bronk | Big Brad Wylie | 1975 |
| Escape to Witch Mountain | Sgt. Foss | 1975 |
| S.W.A.T. | Officer D'Amico / Fire Captain | 1975 |
| The Missing Are Deadly | Station owner | 1975 |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Officer Prodman | 1974 |
| Police Woman | Security Guard / Sgt. Thaler / The Desk Sergeant | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Inspector Claybourn | 1974 |
| A Cry in the Wilderness | Sam's Father | 1974 |
| Apple's Way | Police Chief | 1974 |
| The Elevator | Detective Lieutenant | 1974 |
| Chopper One | Lou - Detective / Policeman | 1974 |
| Executive Action | Officer Brown | 1973 |
| Money to Burn | Parking Lot Attendant | 1973 |
| Kojak | Frank Hennessey | 1973 |
| The Alpha Caper | Tow Truck Driver | 1973 |
| Westworld | Ted Mann | 1973 |
| One Little Indian | The Guard | 1973 |
| Police Story | Desk Officer / Man in Bar / Mr. Gordon / Sgt. Rutland | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Charlie Graham / Deputy / Gardener / Guard / Mac Kelso | 1973 |
| The Heist | 1972 | |
| Lapin 360 | 1972 | |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Police Officer | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Higgins / Buck Higgins | 1972 |
| The Paul Lynde Show | Vince | 1972 |
| Girls on the Road | Mr. Rae | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Officer Woods / Herman | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Mike | 1972 |
| The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Thompson | 1971 |
| Honky | (as Paul Sorenson) | 1971 |
| The Failing of Raymond | Night Patrolman | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Waiter / Stacy / Officer Ryan / Officer Ferguson | 1971 |
| Columbo | Police Pilot | 1971 |
| Cannon | Ben / Sheriff | 1971 |
| Evel Knievel | Head Guard | 1971 |
| Banyon | Big Al | 1971 |
| Sarge | Hal | 1971 |
| The Smith Family | Truck Dispatcher | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Oliver Bristow | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Cameraman | 1970 |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | Captain | 1970 |
| Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | Deputy Randy | 1970 |
| The Brady Bunch | Ralph Hinton | 1969 |
| Support Your Local Sheriff! | Man Installing Jail Cell Bars | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Cass Lombard / Mr. McNeeley | 1969 |
| The Big Bounce | Senator's Associate | 1969 |
| Mark of the Gun | Sheriff | 1969 |
| Shadow on the Land | Bricker | 1968 |
| Live a Little, Love a Little | Workman | 1968 |
| Here Come the Brides | Jean Claudeaux | 1968 |
| The Doris Day Show | Bartender / Captain Walter Morton / John Wilkinson | 1968 |
| Lancer | Jordan | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Photographer / Mr. Paul Stedman / Cop | 1968 |
| Here's Lucy | Second Cop | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Giant Camper | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Jake | 1968 |
| Hang 'Em High | Prisoner on Scaffold | 1968 |
| Madigan | Benesh Look-Alike in Saloon | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | 1st Man | 1968 |
| Mannix | Charlie Keefer / Editor / Graebner / Manager | 1967 |
| Ironside | Sgt. Jackson / Frank / Plainclothesman | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Beckert | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Bailiff / Ben Archer / Miller Johnson | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Freight Agent | 1967 |
| A Guide for the Married Man | Detective | 1967 |
| Rango | Morgan | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Alien #1 | 1967 |
| Chamber of Horrors | Baltimore Bartender | 1966 |
| Pistols 'n' Petticoats | Buffalo Hunter | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | First Floor Guard / Tower Guard | 1966 |
| Jericho | General Audison | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Connelly / Connolly / Mike Connolly | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Red O'Leary | 1966 |
| Family Affair | Mr. Bowers | 1966 |
| That Girl | Det. Bill Morgan | 1966 |
| Torn Curtain | Swedish Immigration Officer | 1966 |
| Scalplock | Connelly | 1966 |
| The Loner | Townsman | 1965 |
| Honey West | Swetlow / Patrolman Cowan / Motorcycle Officer | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Maj. Lock | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Ron Daniels / Tony / Security Chief / George Vistain / Gas Station Attendant / Construction Foreman / Capt. Herman / Barry Hanson | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Blacksmith / Thurmond / Strawboss / Potter / Olson / Lafe / Hotel Clerk / Hap / Hammerman / Dave Sloane | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Sheriff | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Plainclothes Officer | 1965 |
| F Troop | Tombstone | 1965 |
| The Satan Bug | SDI Agent Posing as Motorist at Accident | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Archie / Thrush Agent | 1964 |
| Slattery's People | Foreman | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Sgt. Cryder / Lindstrom | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Harve / Lumberjack / Motorcycle Cop / O'Leary | 1964 |
| The Rogues | Engineer | 1964 |
| Destry | The 1st Cowboy | 1964 |
| Captain Newman, M.D. | Military Policeman at Christmas Party | 1963 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | |
| My Favorite Martian | 1st Policeman / Jim | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Policeman / Lead Cop in Raid / Frank Willard | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Radio Operator / Shep | 1963 |
| The Outer Limits | Grayson | 1963 |
| The Virginian | Thorpe's Guard | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Federal Marshal | 1962 |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | Miner | 1962 |
| Kid Galahad | Joe | 1962 |
| Flower Drum Song | TV Sheriff | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Worker / Al | 1961 |
| Target: The Corruptors | Undetermined role | 1961 |
| Ripcord | Poacher | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Patrolman #2 / Officer Burke / 2nd Officer | 1961 |
| Tammy Tell Me True | Policeman in Boat | 1961 |
| The Steel Claw | Sgt. Frank Powers | 1961 |
| The Great Impostor | Guard | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Walker | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Red Carty | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Policeman / Guard #1 / Joe Landacre / Policeman Kelly | 1960 |
| Seven Ways from Sundown | Townsman | 1960 |
| Coronado 9 | Lou Bates | 1960 |
| Pony Express | Blacksmith | 1960 |
| Johnny Midnight | Torvald | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Hank Gillis | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Roy Kretcher | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Ludwig | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Leo / Mr. Bailey | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Will Terry | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Angie / Counterman / Harry | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Nigel Linton / Luke Castleberry | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Kiley | 1959 |
| Cimarron City | Ed | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Man Arguing With Grasia / Macy | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Vic Adler / Prison Guard | 1958 |
| Frontier Doctor | Ben Kilpatrick | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | Benson | 1958 |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Truck Driver | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Pete | 1958 |
| Tombstone Territory | Sam / Henchman Blake | 1957 |
| 26 Men | Bull Hudson / Sam Hudson / Shad Colton | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Jess Steadman | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Zack Driscoll | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | 2nd Deputy | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Posse Member / Deputy Bart Williams | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | 1st Posseman / Herb - Doris' Helper / Pete | 1957 |
| House of Numbers | Patrolman | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | U-Boat Himmel / Finy / Brinkman | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Ace / Chuck Kramer | 1957 |
| Battle Hymn | Sentry | 1957 |
| Dance with Me, Henry | Dutch | 1956 |
| The Women of Pitcairn Island | Sam Allard | 1956 |
| The Brass Legend | Townsman | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Gus / Mike / Pete | 1956 |
| Circus Boy | Rioter at Meeting | 1956 |
| Glory | Police Radio Dispatcher | 1956 |
| Inside Detroit | Blair's U.A.W. Friend | 1956 |
| Fury | Matt Dixon / Frank Colby | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Michael | 1955 |
| Highway Patrol | Steve Naylor / Marty Hudson | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Jud Lawrence | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Corporal | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bill Saxbe / Farmer / Trent | 1955 |
| Tales of the Texas Rangers | Si Brewer | 1955 |
| Las Vegas Shakedown | Airplane Passenger | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | The Guard / Townsman / Sergeant Foss / Rebel / Chadwick / Bushwacker | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Al Thomas / Davey Dandridge / Kirby | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Crewman | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Deputy Billy Stiles | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Ed Cunningham | 1954 |
| I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Brown | 1953 |
| Cavalcade of America | 2nd Correspondent | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Sheriff Justin Gittings / Nick Durst / Mike / Keller / Johnny Newman / Jess Winder / Isaac Glover / Hamlin / Davy Sikes / Clay Hooker / Browning / Ben Rydell / Bailey | 1952 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Marc | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Ilya | 1950 |
