Paul Koslo
Paul Koslo (born Manfred Koslowski; June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019)[1] was a German-born Canadian actor.
Paul Koslo | |
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| Born | Manfred Koslowski June 27, 1944 |
| Died | January 9, 2019 (aged 74) Lake Hughes, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
| Years active | 1966–2004 |
| Spouse(s) | Allaire Paterson-Koslo (1997-2019) 1 child |
Career
Koslo started his career in such 1970s cult films as Nam's Angels a.k.a. The Losers, (referenced in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction), Vanishing Point and The Stone Killer. He also appeared opposite Charlton Heston in the science fiction cult-classic, The Omega Man, in an unusually sympathetic co-starring role. He portrayed villains in Joe Kidd (1972, starring Clint Eastwood), Mr. Majestyk (1974, starring Charles Bronson), and The Drowning Pool (1975, starring Paul Newman).
He and fellow Omega Man co-star Anthony Zerbe also appeared in Rooster Cogburn (1975) with John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn. After a solid supporting part as a Jewish concentration camp survivor in the critically acclaimed Voyage of the Damned (1976), as well as the mayor in Heaven's Gate (1980), he began a long run of portraying villainous types in productions such as Roots: The Next Generations and The Glitter Dome. In rare, in-depth interviews with both Psychotronic Video and Shock Cinema (issue No. 14) magazines, Koslo spoke (mostly unfavorably) about his experiences working in several films with Charles Bronson and in The Omega Man with Heston.
Starting in the late 1970s, Koslo appeared (usually as a villain) in a string of television shows such as The Rockford Files, Mission: Impossible, The Incredible Hulk, Quincy, M.E., Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, T. J. Hooker, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Dallas and Hunter. He also appeared as Jesse James in The Dukes of Hazzard seventh-season episode "Go West, Young Dukes".
More recently, along with television appearances, he appeared in several independent action films (most of them straight-to-video). He was also in Loose Cannons (1990) with Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd and appeared as the Russian battle-robot pilot Alexander in the cult science fiction film Robot Jox (1990).
Personal life
Koslo met his wife, Allaire Paterson, at the MET Theatre in Hollywood, when he produced a one-woman show, Purple Breasts, a critically acclaimed play she co-wrote and starred in. They married in 1997 and have one child together.
Koslo died on January 9, 2019 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 74.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Julius Caesar | Cinna the Conspirator | TV Movie |
| 1969 | House of Zodiac | ||
| 1970 | Nam's Angels (aka The Losers[3]) | Limpy | |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Deputy Charlie Scott | |
| Scandalous John | Pipes | ||
| The Omega Man | Dutch | ||
| The Birdmen | Davies | TV Movie | |
| Welcome Home, Soldier Boys | Shooter | ||
| 1972 | Joe Kidd | Roy | |
| The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Deke Wetherall | TV Movie | |
| 1973 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Villum Gutshall | |
| Cleopatra Jones | Gang Member | ||
| The Stone Killer | Langley | ||
| The Laughing Policeman | Haygood | ||
| 1974 | Mr. Majestyk | Bobby Kopas | |
| Bootleggers | Othar Pruitt | ||
| Freebie and the Bean | Whitey | ||
| 1975 | The Drowning Pool | Candy | |
| Rooster Cogburn | Luke | ||
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Aaron Pozner | |
| Scott Free | Al | TV Movie | |
| 1977 | The Ransom | Victor | Also known as Assault on Paradise |
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Willy | |
| 1979 | Love and Bullets | Huntz | |
| 1980 | Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case | Ralph Larson | TV Movie |
| Heaven's Gate | Mayor Charlie Lezak | ||
| 1981 | Inmates: A Love Story | Virgil | TV Movie |
| 1983 | Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues | Holt | TV Movie |
| Hambone and Hillie | Jere | ||
| 1984 | The Glitter Dome | Griswold Veals | TV Movie |
| 1985 | The Annihilators | Roy Boy Jagger | |
| 1987 | Caribe | Mercenary | |
| 1988 | A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon | Al Reardon | |
| 1989 | Robot Jox | Alexander | |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | Grimmer | |
| Xtro II: The Second Encounter | Dr. Alex Summerfield | ||
| Solar Crisis | Haas | ||
| 1991 | Conagher | Kiowa Staples | TV Movie |
| 1993 | Chained Heat II | Franklin Goff | |
| 1996 | Downdraft | Gen. Devlin | TV Movie |
| Judge and Jury | Lockhart | ||
| 1999 | Inferno | Ives | |
| 2004 | Y.M.I. | Intruder | |
| Breaking the Fifth | Himself | (final film role) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Festival | Raskolnikov | 2 episodes |
| 1971 | Bearcats! | Billy Ray Joiner | Episode: "The Devil Wears Armor" |
| Longstreet | Bobby Karp | Season 1, Episode 7: "The Shape of Nightmares" | |
| 1972 | Mission Impossible | Ollie Shanks | Season 6, Episode 20: "Double Dead" |
| Ironside | Donald Flood | Season 5, Episode 23: "His Fiddlers Three" | |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | Tommy Wednesday | Season 1, Episode 3: "The Baby-Faced Killers" |
| Gunsmoke | Cory | Season 20, Episode 10: "In Performance of Duty" | |
| 1974-1975 | Cannon | Drake / Ace | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | Petrocelli | Morgan | Season 2, Episode 2: "Mark of Cain" |
| Police Woman | Johnny 'Sticker' Hughes | Season 2, Episode 2: "The Score" | |
| Switch | Roy Moss | Season 1, Episode 6: "The Man Who Couldn't Lose" | |
| 1976 | Police Story | Sleepy | Season 4, Episode 3: "Two Frogs on a Mongoose" |
| Captains and the Kings | Rufus | Season 1, Episode 8: "Chapter VIII" | |
| 1976-1979 | The Rockford Files | 'Whispering Willie' Green / Pittson | 2 episodes |
| 1976-1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Rolly / Charlie Turner | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Barnaby Jones | Tony Slayton | Season 5, Episode 19: "Anatomy of Fear" |
| Most Wanted | Jimmy | Season 1, Episode 21: "The Dutchman" | |
| 1978 | David Cassidy: Man Undercover | Max | Season 1, Episode 4: "Deadly Convoy" |
| Dallas | Al Parker | Season 2, Episode 13: "Kidnapped" | |
| 1979 | How the West Was Won | Jobe | Season 3, Episode 3: "The Enemy" |
| Roots: The Next Generations | Earl Crowther | 4 episodes | |
| CHiPs | Verne | Season 2, Episode 22: "Ride the Whirlwind" | |
| The Sacketts | Kid Newton | 2 episodes | |
| 1980 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Commander Reeve | Episode: "A Dream of Jennifer" |
| Galactica 1980 | Billy Eheres | Season 1, Episode 6: "Spaceball" | |
| Paris | Phil Storch | Season 1, Episode 13: "America the Beautiful" | |
| 1980-1981 | The Incredible Hulk | Doug Hewitt / Carl Rivers | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Hart to Hart | Val Rankin | Season 2, Episode 12: "Murder in the Saddle" |
| Quincy, M.E. | John Doe Killer | Season 6, Episode 18: "Vigil of Fear" | |
| Nero Wolfe | Daniel Masters | Season 1, Episode 14: "Sweet Revenge" | |
| The Greatest American Hero | Bad B | Season 2, Episode 4: "Hog Wild" | |
| Today's FBI | Cooper | Season 1, Episode 5: "The Fugitive" | |
| 1982 | Strike Force | Randy | Season 1, Episode 8: "The Outcast" |
| Cassie & Co. | Carl Pilgrim | Season 1, Episode 4: "Dark Side of the Moon" | |
| Bret Maverick | Fletcher Mayberry | Season 1, Episode 11: "A Night at the Red Ox" | |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Kenny | Season 4, Episode 7: "The Ransom" | |
| Gavilan | Cutter | Season 1, Episode 2: "Pirates" | |
| 1983-1985 | The A-Team | Tanen / Deputy Sneed | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Matt Houston | Andrew | Season 2, Episode 15: "Houston Is Dead" |
| Legmen | Len Weiner | Season 1, Episode 5: "Poseidon Indenture" | |
| Blue Thunder | Johnny Irons | Season 1, Episode 9: "The Long Flight" | |
| You Are the Jury | Ed Harrison | Season 1, Episode 1: "The Case of the People of Florida vs. Joseph Landrum" | |
| The Paper Chase[4] | Joe Bob Carter | Season 2, Episode 11: "Burden of Proof" | |
| Jessie | Season 1, Episode 2: "The Lady Killer" | ||
| Knight Rider | Lyle Austin | Season 3, Episode 3: "The Ice Bandits" | |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Jesse James | Episode: "Go West, Young Dukes" | |
| T. J. Hooker | Pyro | Season 4, Episode 9: "The Confession" | |
| 1985 | The Hitchhiker | Rico | Season 2, Episode 5: "Petty Thieves" |
| Crazy Like a Fox | Season 1, Episode 5: "Motor Homicide" | ||
| Wildside | Sven Johnson | Season 1, Episode 3: "The Crimea of the Century" | |
| Misfits of Science | Skinner | Season 1, Episode 9: "Twin Engines" | |
| 1986 | Highway to Heaven | Jan Baldt | Season 2, Episode 21: "The Torch" |
| MacGyver | Dr. Suvarin | Season 1, Episode 21: "A Prisoner of Conscience" | |
| 1988 | Falcon Crest | George Westcott | 2 episodes |
| Ohara | Ray Willard | Season 2, Episode 17: "Open Season" | |
| The Highwayman | Episode: "Haunted Highway" | ||
| 1989 | Hunter | Bass | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | The Outsiders | Officer Dickey | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Life Goes On | Farmer Jack | 2 episodes | |
| The Flash | Johnny Ray Hix | Episode: "Sins of the Father" | |
| 1998 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Matthew Leach | Season 6, Episode 8: "Second Chance" |
| 2000 | Stargate SG-1 | Terok | Season 4, Episode 14: "The Serpent's Venom" |
References
- "Paul Koslo, Actor in 'The Omega Man' and 'The Stone Killer,' Dies at 74".
- Petski, Denise (January 14, 2019). "Paul Koslo Dies: Veteran Character Actor Was 74".
- Devine, Jeremy M. & Schatz, William. Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second, McFarland, 1995, p. 60.
- The Paper Chase, Season 2, Episode 11: "Burden of Proof" (YouTube)
Further reading
- Humphreys, Justin (2006). "Paul Koslo". Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget : Interviews with the Movies' Character Actors (softcover) (First ed.). Albany, GA: BearManor Media. pp. 192–217. ISBN 978-1-62933-094-5.
