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Biography

After entering UCLA in 1946 to study psychology, Paul Richards switched his major and earned a Master's degree in Theater Arts. He was then…more

Born

11/23/1924, Hollywood, California, USA

Birth Name

Paul Richard Levitt

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- Breaking Point
  Dr. McKinley "Mac" Thompson
  - S 1: Ep 30 My Hands Are Clean
    4/27/64
  - S 1: Ep 29 I, the Dancer
    4/20/64
  - S 1: Ep 28 Confounding Her Astronomers
    4/6/64
  - S 1: Ep 27 Never Trouble Trouble, 'Til Trouble Troubles You
    3/30/64
  - S 1: Ep 26 Glass Flowers Never Drop Their Petals
    3/23/64
  - + 25 More Credits
Guest Star (124)

Role
- Ironside
  Earl Jansen
  - S 8: Ep 2 Raise the Devil (2)
    9/19/74
  - S 8: Ep 1 Raise the Devil (1)
    9/12/74
- The New Perry Mason
  Jules Barron
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Case of the Cagey Cager
    11/25/73
- Banacek
  Dr. Richard Ketner
  - S 2: Ep 2 If Max is So Smart, Why Doesn't He Tell Us Where He Is?
    11/7/73
- The F.B.I.
  Powers
  - S 9: Ep 4 The Pay-off
    10/14/73
- The Mod Squad
  Dan Logan
  - S 5: Ep 5 A Gift for Jenny
    10/5/72
- McMillan & Wife
  Dr. Eli Spake
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Night of the Wizard
    9/24/72
- The Mod Squad
  Frank
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Price of Love
    3/23/71
- Night Gallery
  Peugot
  - S 1: Ep 9 The House
    12/30/70
- Most Deadly Game
  Davis
  - S 1: Ep 5 Who Killed Kindness?
    11/7/70
- Highway Patrol
  Jim White
  - S 1: Ep 31 Blast Area Copter
- The Lone Wolf
  Jordan
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Mexico Story
- The Brothers Brannagan
  Guest Star
  - — Thunderbird
- Mannix
  Bradley Everette
  - S 3: Ep 11 Who Killed Me?
    12/13/69
- The Mod Squad
  Asa Lormer
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Healer
    12/9/69
- Get Smart
  Ironhand
  - S 5: Ep 2 Ironhand
    10/3/69
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
  Dave Henry
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Fearless Man
    12/13/68
- Hawaii Five-O
  Paul Dennison
  - S 1: Ep 8 Twenty-Four Karat Kill
    11/14/68
- Bonanza
  Amos Parker
  - S 10: Ep 7 Catch as Catch Can
    10/27/68
- I Spy
  Chanetsov
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Spy Business
    4/1/68
- Gunsmoke
  Mel Deevers
  - S 13: Ep 22 The Jackals
    2/12/68
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
  Jack Sloan
  - S 1: Ep 5 Of Lasting Summers and Jim Sonnett
    10/6/67
- Bonanza
  Russ Wharton
  - S 8: Ep 23 A Woman in the House
    2/19/67
- Rango
  Duke
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Town Tamer
    1/27/67
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Eddie Slade
  - S 3: Ep 23 The Chinese Sunset
    3/1/66
- The Loner
  Colonel Phelps
  - S 1: Ep 5 One of the Wounded
    10/16/65
- Burke's Law
  Lennie Krull ["Leonardo"]
  - S 2: Ep 29 Who Killed the Rabbit's Husband?
    4/14/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Neil Pinkerton
  - S 2: Ep 28 A.P.B.
    4/6/65
- Burke's Law
  The Great Grindle
  - S 2: Ep 11 Who Killed Merlin the Great?
    12/2/64
- The Reporter
  Paul Marco
  - S 1: Ep 10 Murder By Scandal
    11/27/64
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 9 September 17, 1964
    9/17/64
  - S 2: Ep 170 June 5, 1964
    6/5/64
- Ben Casey
  Dr. McKinley Thompson
  - S 3: Ep 1 For This Relief, Much Thanks
    9/9/63
- Naked City
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 27 Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle
    4/3/63
- The Virginian
  Pauk
  - S 1: Ep 27 Strangers at Sundown
    4/3/63
- Death Valley Days
  Max Ritcher
  - S 11: Ep 10 Bloodline
    12/17/62
- Insight
  Ray
  - S 3: Ep 10 Brothers in the Dark
    11/10/62
- The Lloyd Bridges Show
  Doc
  - S 1: Ep 7 Testing Ground
    10/23/62
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  John Dobbs
  - S 6: Ep 5 Beau Geste
    10/13/62
- Naked City
  Joseph Irona
  - S 3: Ep 28 Strike a Statue
    5/16/62
- Perry Mason
  Ted Chase
  - S 5: Ep 24 The Case of the Melancholy Marksman
    3/24/62
- Straightaway
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Longest Night
    3/7/62
- Rawhide
  Vance Caldwell
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Bosses' Daughter
    2/2/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Bill Norman
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Schemer
    1/23/62
- Dick Powell Show
  Devery Shay
  - S 1: Ep 14 Open Season
    12/26/61
- Adventures in Paradise
  Jerry Pine
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Inheritance
    12/24/61
- The Untouchables
  Sebastian
  - S 3: Ep 9 City Without A Name
    12/14/61
- 87th Precinct
  Marty Torr
  - S 1: Ep 7 Killer's Payoff
    11/6/61
- Bonanza
  Trock
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Lonely House
    10/15/61
- The Lawless Years
  Romeo
  - S 3: Ep 19 Romeo and Rose
    9/15/61
- The Lawless Years
  Louis Kassoff
  - S 3: Ep 7 Louy K: Part V The Disintegration
    6/23/61
  - S 3: Ep 6 Louy K: Part IV Heydays of the Organization
    6/16/61
  - S 3: Ep 5 Louy K: Part III Birth of the Organization
    6/9/61
  - S 3: Ep 4 Louy K: Part II Sing Sing
    6/2/61
  - S 3: Ep 3 Louy K: Part I
    5/26/61
- Way Out (1961)
  Sergeant McGoogin
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Croaker
    5/12/61
- Route 66
  Rudy
  - S 1: Ep 19 An Absence of Tears
    3/3/61
- Hong Kong
  Perry Beaumont
  - S 1: Ep 23 Murder By Proxy
    3/1/61
- The Law and Mr. Jones
  Tom Chambers
  - S 1: Ep 16 Unbury the Dead
    2/3/61
- Zane Grey Theater
  Jess Whiting
  - S 5: Ep 16 Blood Red
    1/26/61
- Bat Masterson
  Marshal Corbett
  - S 3: Ep 12 Death by Decree
    12/22/60
- Outlaws
  Pepe
  - S 1: Ep 7 Starfall (1)
    11/24/60
- The Westerner
  Marsh Kennedy
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mrs. Kennedy
    10/28/60
- Dan Raven
  Murrow
  - S 1: Ep 4 Penny
    10/28/60
- Hawaiian Eye
  Peter Hughes
  - S 2: Ep 3 With This Ring
    9/28/60
- Tate
  Ragan
  - S 1: Ep 5 Voices Of The Town
    7/6/60
- The Rebel
  Paul Travis
  - S 1: Ep 33 Grant of Land
    5/22/60
- Johnny Ringo
  Ben Garrett
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Vindicator
    3/31/60
- Philip Marlowe
  Joe Alexander
  - S 1: Ep 24 Murder is Dead Wrong
    3/15/60
- U.S. Marshal
  Harry Wilton AKA Harry Winfield
  - S 2: Ep 23 Kill or Be Killed
    3/12/60
- Perry Mason
  Earl Mauldin
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Case of the Startled Stallion
    10/31/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Prisoner
  - S 4: Ep 5 Hand On The Latch
    10/29/59
- Johnny Ringo
  Ward Beecher
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Hunters
    10/29/59
- Men into Space
  Air Force Liaison Officer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Moon Probe
    9/30/59
- 21 Beacon Street
  Ralph Kirk
  - S 1: Ep 13 Close Call
    9/24/59
  - S 1: Ep 11 Dilemma
    9/10/59
- Whirlybirds
  Lee Buckman
  - S 3: Ep 24 The Story of Mary Scott
    9/14/59
- Bat Masterson
  Ned Ruggles
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Conspiracy (Part 2)
    6/24/59
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Conspiracy (Part 1)
    6/17/59
- Whirlybirds
  Ted Randolph
  - S 3: Ep 8 Obsession
    5/25/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Breck
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Chase
    4/11/59
- Zorro
  Hernando
  - S 2: Ep 26 Manhunt
    4/2/59
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Hound of the Sierras
    3/26/59
  - S 2: Ep 24 Zorro and the Mountain Man
    3/19/59
- The Rifleman
  Sam Morley
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Trade
    3/10/59
- Black Saddle
  Juan Martinez
  - S 1: Ep 8 Client: Martinez
    3/7/59
- Rawhide
  Brazo
  - S 1: Ep 7 Incident at Barker Springs
    2/20/59
- One Step Beyond
  Will Jansen
  - S 1: Ep 5 Twelve Hours to Live
    2/17/59
- Zane Grey Theater
  Jud Moore
  - S 3: Ep 15 Hang The Heart High
    1/15/59
- The Thin Man
  Freddy Dee
  - S 2: Ep 5 I Loathe You, Darling
    11/21/58
- U.S. Marshal
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 Wishing Well
    11/1/58
- Alcoa Theatre
  Paul Dolan
  - S 2: Ep 6 Office Party
    10/27/58
- Zane Grey Theater
  John Hart
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Scaffold
    10/9/58
- Jefferson Drum
  Les Groves
  - S 2: Ep 1 Showdown
    9/26/58
- Tombstone Territory
  Milo Wade
  - S 1: Ep 39 Thicker Than Water
    9/10/58
- The Walter Winchell File
  Charlie
  - S 2: Ep 5 A Short Run to Broadway
    6/27/58
- Gunsmoke
  Joe Phy
  - S 3: Ep 17 Joe Phy
    1/4/58
- Trackdown
  Mr. Nelson
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sweetwater, Texas
    11/8/57
- Zane Grey Theater
  Frank Frayne
  - S 2: Ep 4 Proud Woman
    10/25/57
- Code 3
  Paul Martin
  - S 1: Ep 30 Night of Terror
    10/22/57
- Studio 57
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 27 The Velvet Trap
    4/24/57
- Navy Log
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 24 The U. S. S. Enrico Tazzoli
    3/27/57
- Broken Arrow
  Bret Younger
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Desperado
    3/26/57
- Navy Log
  Wingler
  - S 2: Ep 19 Operation Hideout
    2/20/57
- Sheriff of Cochise
  Larry
  - S 1: Ep 16 Grandfather, Grandson
    1/11/57
- Navy Log
  Lieutenant Frank Taylor
  - S 2: Ep 13 Operation Golden Rule
    1/9/57
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 40 A Candle in the Dark
    11/14/56
- Wire Service
  Hank Barclay
  - S 1: Ep 5 Night Of August 7th
    11/1/56
- Gunsmoke
  Neil Amber
  - S 1: Ep 37 Mr. and Mrs. Amber
    8/4/56
- Frontier
  Will Shaw
  - S 1: Ep 24 Salt War
    4/22/56
- Frontier
  John Webb
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Big Dry
    3/25/56
- Conflict
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 23 Anthology 1: Siege
    2/14/56
- Frontier
  Louis Rose
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Texicans
    1/8/56
- Crusader
  Mr. David
  - S 1: Ep 11 Christmas in Burma
    12/23/55
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 15 Rin Tin Tin and the Last Chance
    12/16/55
  - S 2: Ep 11 Boone's Wedding Day
    11/18/55
- Dragnet
  Phillip Baruch
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Big Bird
    10/27/55
- Gunsmoke
  Dan Grat
  - S 1: Ep 1 Matt Gets It
    9/10/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Ralph
  - S 5: Ep 32 My Name Is Julia Ross
    3/31/55
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Esterbassy
  - S 5: Ep 29 The Life Of Emile Zola
    3/10/55
- Dragnet
  David
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Big Underground
    2/17/55
- Lassie
  Dick Barton
  - S 1: Ep 21 Blind Soldier
    1/30/55
- Dragnet
  George Gramberg
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Big Crime
    9/9/54
- Dragnet
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Big Fraud
    9/2/54
  - S 2: Ep 31 The Big Friend
    6/11/53
- Mr. & Mrs. North
  Carl Denver
  - S 2: Ep 17 Climax
    5/25/54
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Captain Anza
  - S 3: Ep 34 Serra and San Francisco
    5/23/54
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Waldo
  - S 4: Ep 32 A Chair For A Lady
    4/29/54
- Dragnet
  Leo Donaldson
  - S 3: Ep 26 The Big Quack
    2/25/54
- Waterfront (1954)
  Waldron
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Long Beach Pike
    1/1/54
- I Led Three Lives
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 16 Communist Cop
    1/1/54
- Hopalong Cassidy
  Jim Adams
  - S 2: Ep 10 Death By Proxy
    12/11/53
- Hopalong Cassidy
  Jeff
  - S 2: Ep 8 Gypsy Destiny
    11/27/53
- You Are There
  Adolph Hitler
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Rise of Adolph Hitler
    5/10/53
- Space Patrol
  Guard
  - S 3: Ep 17 Big Impersonation
    4/25/53
- Dragnet
  Walter Harrison
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Big Jump
    9/11/52
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Untouchables
  Lou Sultan
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Giant Killer
    4/9/63

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- He was the first actor to shoot Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke.
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- An episode of Paul Richards' 1963 TV series Breaking Point was screened on Sunday, July 31, 2005 at UCLA as part of a tribute to director Don Siegel.
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- Paul Richards played guest villain "Dan Grat" in the debut episode of Gunsmoke, which was introduced by John Wayne.
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