Paul Gilbert
Actor, TV Actor
1918 – 1975
Who was Paul Gilbert?
Paul Gilbert was an American film and television actor.
Gilbert's family were Vaudville performers, and he began his career as an aerialist, until he had a fall. He continued performing music, dancing and comedy.
He starred in the 1954 series The Duke, as a former boxer who has decided to give up his fighting career to become a respectable night club owner. In the pilot episode, Gilbert sings, dances, juggles, and plays four instruments in the band.
Gilbert played various roles and performed on numerous shows including The Spike Jones Show in 1954 and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In in 1973. He played the role of murder victim Harrison Boring in the 1964 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Blonde Bonanza." Gilbert also appeared in other early television shows such as The NBC Comedy Hour, The Colgate Comedy Hour, Lux Video Theatre, and The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Gilbert and his wife Barbara Crane adopted Melissa Gilbert who played Laura Ingalls Wilder and her brother Jonathan Gilbert who played Willie Oleson on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie.
Gilbert died suddenly of a stroke on February 13, 1976. He was 57 years old.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1918
New York City - Also known as
- Paul MacMahon
- Ed MacMahon
- Ed McMahon
- Spouses
- Barbara Cowan
(1962/06 - 1972)
- Barbara Cowan
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 13, 1975
Hollywood - Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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on July 23, 2013
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