Although he appeared in several notable films, he made his mark as one of TV's most distinctive bad guys of the 1960s and 1970s. Albert Paulson was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, of Norwegian descent; he would later change his surname to reflect its original spelling. He was educated at German boarding schools before moving to Los Angeles in 1942.

KNOWN FOR

Columbo
1978
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Mission: Impossible
1967
The Rockford Files
1974
Knight Rider
1985
Quincy, M.E.
1981
Charlie's Angels
1977
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1966
Airwolf
1985
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Combat!
1962

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
74
1988
Ransom
as General von Brock / Bruno Hasse
1986
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1985
Wild Wind
as Major Ted Kegan
1985
Knight Rider
as Mr. C
1985
Airwolf
as Shrankov
1984
Automan
1983
Manimal
1981
Eyewitness
as Mr. Sokolow
1981
Side Show
as Otto Scholl
1981
Quincy, M.E.
1980
Galactica 1980
as General Yodel
1980
Hawaii Five-O
as Adrian Cassell
1979
The Girl Who Saved the World
as Anthony Korf
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Cliffhangers
as Anthony Korf
1978
Columbo
as Vincent Pauley
1978
Wonder Woman
as Crichton
1977
Charlie's Angels
as Rabitch
1977
Kojak
as Shelley Briscoe
1976
The Next Man
as Hamid
1976
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Switch
as Gassman
1976
Joe Forrester
1975
Search for the Gods
as Tarkanian
1975
One of Our Own
as Dr. Janos Varga
1975
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Odd Couple
as Kalnikov
1975
Medical Center
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Dr. James Verhyden
1975
Doctors' Hospital
1974
Hawkins
as Teddy Osterman
1974
Police Story
1974
The Rockford Files
as Kurt
1973
The Laughing Policeman
as Henry Camerero
1973
Carola
as Col. Kroll
1973
Search
1971
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
as Perdido
1971
The High Chaparral
as Eduardo Nervo
1971
Hawaii Five-O
as Edmonds
1970
A World Apart
1970
Hawaii Five-O
as Josef Sarpa
1970
Mission: Impossible
as Eric Bergman
1969
Che!
as Capt. Vasquez
1969
Hawaii Five-O
as Charley Bombay
1968
How to Steal the World
as Dr. Kurt Erikson
1968
The Flying Nun
1968
The Name of the Game
as Benitez
1968
The Rat Patrol
as Major von Brugge
1968
Mission: Impossible
as General Ernesto Neyron
1967
Gunn
as Nick Fusco
1967
Mission: Impossible
as Albert Zembra
1967
Run for Your Life
as Emile Marnet
1966
The Three Sisters
as Kulygin
1966
The F.B.I.
as Nagry
1966
The Rat Patrol
as Colonel Von Helbing
1966
Jericho
as Major Brushcke
1966
Combat!
as Col. Bruener
1966
Mission: Impossible
as Joseph Baresh
1965
Asylum for a Spy
as Avatin
1965
Burke's Law
as James Gunnar Ketterback
1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Sif Barani
1965
12 O'Clock High
as Arn Borg
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Avatin
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Major Vicek
1963
The Gallant Men
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
77 Sunset Strip
as Toller Vengrin
1963
77 Sunset Strip
as Rudolph Gerhardt
1962
The Manchurian Candidate
as Zilkov
1962
All Fall Down
as Capt. Ramirez
1962
Combat!
as Carl Dorfmann
1962
General Electric True
1962
Combat!
as Gen. Von Strelitz
1961
Frontier Circus
as Rodales