Paul Butler (12 March 1942, Pennsylvania – 12 January 2010, Manhattan, New York) was an American character actor. He is best known for creating the role of Detective Walter Clemmons on Crime Story (1986–1988) and for stage work including A Few Good Men and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. His notable film roles include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Insider (1999), and Reign Over Me (2007).

KNOWN FOR

Law & Order
1991
Third Watch
2003
Homicide: Life on the Street
1999
The Unit
2006
Crime Story
1986
100 Centre Street
2001
Vanishing Son
1994
Golden Years
1991
The Insider
1999
The Rookie
1990
Reign Over Me
2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
42
2007
Reign Over Me
as George Johnson
2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
as Detective
2006
The Unit
as Art Spey
2005
Confess
as Agent Davis
2003
Third Watch
as Investigator
2002
Tadpole
as Professor Sherman
2001
100 Centre Street
as Willard Bock
2000
State and Main
as Real Judge
1999
The Insider
as Charlie Phillips
1999
The Giraffe
as Lieutenant Lynch
1999
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Judge Clifford Ramsey
1998
The Wedding
as Preacher
1997
Color of Justice
as Stan
1997
The Spanish Prisoner
as Bookbinder
1994
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
as Shylock
1994
Vanishing Son
as Estabrook
1994
Vanishing Son II
as Estabrook
1994
Vanishing Son III
as Estabrook
1994
Vanishing Son IV
as Estabrook
1994
Vanishing Son
as Estabrook
1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Skouras
1993
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York
as Jay Levine
1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
as Policeman
1992
Law & Order
as Judge Edmond Francis
1991
He Said, She Said
as Al, at the Deli
1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
as Narc
1991
Homicide
as Commissioner Walker
1991
Strictly Business
as Leroy Halloran
1991
Law & Order
as Trial Judge Tyler B. Ashford
1991
Golden Years
as Captain Marsh
1990
To Sleep with Anger
as Gideon
1990
The Rookie
as Captain Hargate
1988
Things Change
as Gas Station Owner
1986
Off Beat
as Jordan
1986
Crime Story: Pilot
as Det. Walter Clemmons
1986
Crime Story
as Det. Walter Clemmons
1985
Silver Bullet
as Edgar Rounds
1985
Compromising Positions
as 2nd Cop
1984
Old Enough
as Security Guard
1979
Dummy
as Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
1978
Buns
as Rex's Dad
1973
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
as Do-Daddy Dean