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Paul Hecht Biography (1941?-)

Born August 16, 1941 (some sources cite 1940), in London, England; married Ingeberg Uta; children: one daughter. Addresses: Agent: David Lederman,Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, voice artist

Birth Details

August 16, 1941?

London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Narrator, Babine River Story (documentary), National Film Board ofCanada, 1961
• Narrator, One Sunday in Canada (documentary), National Film Boardof Canada, 1961
• Narrator, Canada: Animal Vaccine (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
• Narrator, Canada: Beef Cattle (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
• Narrator, Canada: Fibres, Yarns, and Fabrics (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
• Narrator, Canada: Human Vaccine (documentary), National Film Boardof Canada, 1963
• Narrator, Canada: Pre-Fab Homes (documentary), National Film Boardof Canada, 1963
• Narrator, Canada: Swine (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
• Narrator, Canada: White Goods (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
• Rabbi Isaac Sherman, Only God Knows, Canart/Queensbury, 1974
• Dr. Samuel Goodman, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, American International Pictures, 1975
• Voice characterization, Poets on Film, No. 1 (animated short film), National Film Board of Canada, 1977
• (Uncredited) Khalid, Rollover, Warner Bros., 1981
• Paul, Tempest, Columbia, 1982
• Fallaci, Threshold, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Narrator, Ezra Pound/American Odyssey (documentary), New York Center for Visual History, 1984
• Eli Seligson, Joshua Then and Now, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• Barry, A New Life, Paramount, 1988
• Walking the Dog (short film), 1991
• Tom, Jack and His Friends, Arrow Releasing, 1992
• Martin, Ride for Your Life, Interfilms, 1995
• Member of A Certain Age cast, The First Wives Club, Paramount, 1996
• Ross Buckingham, Private Parts (also known as Howard Stern's "Private Parts"), Paramount, 1997
• Voice, Young Hercules, 1997
• Voice, Frank the Wrabbit (short animated film), National Film Board of Canada, 1998
• Director, Down to Earth (also known as Einmal Himmel und zurueck), Paramount, 2001
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Himself, Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets, PBS, beginning c.1976
• Charles Lowell, Kate & Allie, CBS, 1984-86
• Cohost, Witness to Survival, syndicated, beginning 1990
• Alexander Cabot, As the World Turns, CBS, 1992-95
• Dr. Weiss, All My Children, ABC, beginning 1999
• Miniseries
• Jay Gould, The Adams Chronicles, PBS, 1976
• Vernon Markham, Family Reunion, NBC, 1981
• Pavka Meyer, I'll Take Manhattan, CBS, 1987
• Movies
• Paul, Fear on Trial, CBS, 1975
• Dr. Rufus Carter, The Savage Bees, NBC, 1976
• Joachim, Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (also known as A Story of Faith), NBC, 1979
• Thomas Eichen, Ohms, CBS, 1980
• Michel Genet, Running Out, CBS, 1983
• Chief Darnell, With Hostile Intent (also known as Two Cops: TheLong Beach Sexual Harassment Case and With Hostile Intent: Sisters inBlack and Blue), CBS, 1993
• Van Dorn, A Silent Betrayal (also known as Janek: The Brownstone Murders and Janek: The Silent Betrayal), CBS, 1994
• Kosinski, Naked City: A Killer Christmas, Showtime, 1998
• Murray Brown, Crime in Connecticut: The Return of Alex Kelly, CBS,1999
• B. P. Hewitt, Midwives, Lifetime, 2001
• Alex, Scar Tissue, CBC, 2002
• Samuel Kroll, Last Call (also known as Fitzgerald), Showtime, 2002
• Specials
• Centurion, "Neither Are We Enemies," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1970
• Lieutenant F. R. Harris, "Pueblo" (also known as "Pueblo Affair"), ABCTheatre, ABC, 1973
• Narrator, The Selfish Giant, CBS, 1973
• Voice of Duncan Heyward, The Last of the Mohicans (animated), CBS,1975
• Narrator, "The Pennsylvania Ballet," Dance in America, PBS, 1976
• Mr. Wilson, The Haunted Mansion Mystery, ABC, 1983
• Host, Journey into Sleep, PBS, 1989
• Renaissance, PBS, 1993
• J. P. Cameron, Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth about Cigarettes,HBO, 1996
• Papa, Dear America: Dreams in the Golden Country (also known as Dear America 02, Dear America: Dreams in the Golden Country; The Story of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City,1903, and Dreams in the Golden Country), HBO, 1999
• Rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel, Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons, HBO, 1999
• Voice of Edgar Degas, The Impressionists, Arts and Entertainment,2001
• Episodic
• District attorney Coleman, "Death Ride," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
• Miklos, "Listen to the Heartbeat," Lucan, ABC, 1977
• Ashley Feldman, "Steele Trap," Remington Steele, NBC, 1982
• Stefan Kubler, "Psych-Out," Tucker's Witch, CBS, 1983
• Al Margolis, "Heart of Darkness," Miami Vice, NBC, 1984
• Charles Lowell, "What a Wonderful Episode," Kate & Allie, CBS,1989
• Paulo DePalma, "Godfather of Mimico," Street Legal, CBC, 1990
• Ballard, "Life Choice," Law & Order, NBC, 1991
• James Dunford, "Writer Wrong," Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat), CBS, 1991
• Dr. Alexander J. Merritt, "Helpless," Law & Order, NBC, 1992
• Dr. Kelman, Side Effects, CBC, 1994
• Dr. Dan Duvall, "Judgment in L.A.: D-Girl," Law & Order, NBC,1997
• Dr. Dan Duvall, "Judgment in L.A.: Showtime," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
• Dr. Dan Duvall, "Judgment in L.A.: Turnaround," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
• Mr. Deliasa, "Merger," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
• Robert Sodarsky, "A Single Life," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 1999
• Paul Mason, "Winner Take All," The Associates (also known as Young Lawyers), CTV, 2002
• Fenderman, Queer as Folk, Showtime, 2004
• Lorraine's ex-husband, "Flaw," Law & Order, NBC, 2005
• Himself, "Celebrity Edition: Kimberley Locke," Knock First, ABC Family Channel, 2005
• Appeared as Fielding, Remington Steele, NBC; also appeared in episodes of Another World, NBC; and Guiding Light, CBS.
• Pilots
• Joe Tyler, The Imposter, NBC, 1975
• Carelli, Street Killing, ABC, 1976
• Commissioner, True Blue, NBC, 1989
• Stage Appearances
• Look after Lu Lu, Equity Library Theater, New York City, 1965
• Friar Peter, Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1966
• George (Duke of Clarence), Richard III, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, 1966
• Jacques Dumaine, All's Well That Ends Well, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, 1966
• Pugnacious collier and Walsh, Sergeant Musgrave's Dance, Theatre De Lys (now Lucille Lortel Theatre), New York City, 1966
• John Ken O'Dunc and Wayne of Morse, MacBird!, Village Gate TheatreUpstairs, New York City, 1967
• The player, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Alvin Theatre,New York City, 1967
• Voltore, Volpone, New York Shakespeare Festival, Mobile Theatre, New York City, 1967
• John Dickinson, 1776 (musical), Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, New York City, 1969
• Nathan Rothschild, The Rothschilds (musical), Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1970
• Title role, Cyrano de Bergerac, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, 1971
• Marcus Antonius, Julius Caesar, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1972
• Antony and Cleopatra, American Shakespeare Festival, 1972
• The Ride across Lake Constance, Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, Forum Theater, New York City, 1972
• Title role, Don Juan, New Phoenix Repertory Company, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1972-73
• Mr. Brown, The Great God Brown, New Phoenix Repertory Company, Lyceum Theatre, 1972-73
• Baron Tito Belcredi, Emperor Henry IV, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1973
• Theodor Herzl, Herzl, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Oronte, The Misanthrope, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Rufio, Caesar and Cleopatra, Palace Theatre, 1977
• Rakityin, A Month in the Country, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ,1978
• Dick Wagner, Night and Day, American National Theatre and AcademyTheatre, New York City, 1979-80
• Lloyd Dallas, Noises Off, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City,1985
• The Three Sisters, Hartman Theatre, Stamford, CT, 1986
• Menenius Agrippa, Coriolanus, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1988
• Title role, Enrico V, Roundabout Theatre Company, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1989
• Henry IV, off-Broadway production, c. 1990
• Ralph, Moonlight, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre,New York City, 1995
• Understudy for Billy, Sidney, and Dr. McMerlin, London Suite, Union Square Theatre, 1995
• The Royal Family, McCarter Theatre, 1996
• Julius, Big Potato, Jewish Repertory Theatre, Duke Theatre, New York City, 2000
• John Ruskin and Jerome K. Jerome, The Invention of Love, Lyceum Theatre, 2001
• Sir Epicure Mammon (the knight), The Alchemist, Cornell University, Risley Theatre, Ithaca, NY, 2001
• Medea (reading), 2001
• Doctor, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
• Wilfred Bond, Quartet, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA, 2002
• George Pye, Humble Boy, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I, New York City, 2003
• Hekuba (reading), 92nd Street Y Theatre, New York City, 2004
• Select Stories with David Sedaris, Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre, NY, 2004
• The Iliad (reading), 92nd Street Y Theatre, 2005
• The Rage of Achilles (reading), 92nd Street Y Theatre, 2005
• "Learn a Trade," Selected Shorts (reading), Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT, 2005
• Appeared as Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Disciple, Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada; and as Macduff, Macbeth, New York Shakespeare Festival, New York City. Appeared off-Broadway in Androcles andthe Lion, The Cherry Orchard, Phaedra, and Too Clever by Half; performed in other productions, including Gracious Livingand Henry V; performed in staged readings.
• Major Tours
• An Enemy of the People, Canadian Players Touring Company, U.S. andCanadian cities, 1963-64
• Henry IV, Part One, Canadian Players Touring Company, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1963-64
• Radio Appearances
• The Chinaman Button, 1974
• The Choice of Witnesses, 1974
• Conspiracy to Defraud, 1974
• Dead for a Dollar, 1974
• Dead Ringer, 1974
• The Horla, 1974
• The Man Who Asked for Yesterday, 1974
• The Golden Cauldron, National Public Radio, 1975
• CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, [Canada], multiple episodes from 1976 to 1988
• "The Man in the Iron Mask," General Mills Radio Adventure Theatre(also known as CBS Radio Adventure Theatre), 1977
• "The Master Thief," General Mills Radio Adventure Theatre (also known as CBS Radio Adventure Theatre), 1977
• "Remember the Alamo," General Mills Radio Adventure Theatre (alsoknown as CBS Radio Adventure Theatre), 1977
• "20,000 Leagues under the Sea," General Mills Radio Adventure Theatre (also known as CBS Radio Adventure Theatre), 1977
• Emperor Cos Palpatine, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, National Public Radio, 1983
• Harry, Madeleine and Harry's Story, 1989
• Emperor Cos Palpatine, Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi, National Public Radio, 1997
• Jerry, National Affairs, 1999
• Flood Show, KCRW, 1999
• "Learn a Trade," Selected Shorts, WUGA, 2000
• The Rocket Man, WUGA, 2000
• Wuthering Heights, National Public Radio, 2000
• The Ceiling, WSUI, 2003
• The Human Drama: Stuart, WNYC (New York City), 2004
• "Boys: What Was It?" (also known as "What Was That?"), Selected Shorts, WNYC, 2005
• "Granta's 25th Anniversary," Selected Shorts, WNYC, 2005
• "Rockets Red Glare," CBS Mystery Theatre, 2005
• Appeared in Hi Brown's Radio Mystery Theatre.
• Stage Director
• Madrid 1937: How Can We Forget Those Days, Puffin Room, New York City, 1996
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• (With others) 1776 (cast album), CBS Records, 1969
• Audiobooks
• Stephen Dunning, Poems from Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle... and Other Verse, Scholastic Records, 1967
• The Adventures of Ulysses, Scholastic Records, 1970
• Selections from The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales, Scholastic Records, 1970
• Heroes of the Greek Myths, Spoken Arts, 1987
• Various authors, Selected Shorts II, 1989
• Eagles at War, 1991
• Paul Hecht, The Wind Cried: An American's Discovery of the World of Flamenco, 1993
• Chris Crutcher, Ironman, Recorded Books, 1995
• Jack Finney, From Time to Time, Recorded Books, 1995
• E. Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Audioworks, c. 1995
• Stephen Frey, The Inner Sanctum, Recorded Books, 1997
• Jeffrey Archer, The Eleventh Commandment, Recorded Books, 1998
• James Grippando, The Abduction, Recorded Books, 1998
• Barry Siegel, The Perfect Witness, Recorded Books, 1998
• Clive Barker, Galilee, Recorded Books, 1999
• Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Recorded Books, 1999
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World, Recorded Books, 1999
• Aaron Elkins, Lost, Recorded Books, 1999
• David Lindsey, The Color of Night, Recorded Books, 1999
• Thomas Mann, Death in Venice and Other Tales, Recorded Books, 1999
• Richard and Florence Atwater, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Recorded Books, 2000
• Louis Begley, Mistler's Exit, Recorded Books, 2000
• Loren D. Estleman, Thunder City, Recorded Books, 2000
• Ron Hansen, Hitler's Niece, Recorded Books, 2000
• Michael Palmer, The Patient, Recorded Books, 2000
• William Safire, Scandalmonger, Recorded Books, 2000
• Demolition Angel, 2000
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go, 2000
• Michael L. Dertouzos, The Unfinished Revolution: Human-Centered Computers and What They Can Do for Us, HarperAudio, 2001
• Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man, Recorded Books, 2002
• Michael Sturmer, The German Empire, 1870-1918, Recorded Books, 2002
• Andrea Di Robilant, A Venetian Affair, Recorded Books, 2003
• Stan Pottinger, The Last Nazi, Audio Renaissance, 2003
• Gore Vidal, Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Recorded Books, 2003
• Anton Chekhov, 2003
• Terminal Experiment, 2003
• Alexander McCall Smith, At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances, Recorded Books, 2004
• Alexander McCall Smith, The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs, RecordedBooks, 2004
• Alexander McCall Smith, Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Recorded Books, 2004
• Various authors, Getting There from Here: Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story (Selected Shorts series), Symphony Space, 2004
• The Winds of Change, 2004
• Bob Dole, One Soldier's Story CD: A Memoir, HarperAudio, 2005
• Mordecai Richler, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Goose LaneEditions, 2005
• Family Matters, 2005
• WRITINGS
• Music for the Stage
• 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Cornell University, Risley Theatre, Ithaca, NY, 2000
• Nonfiction
• The Wind Cried: An American's Discovery of the World of Flamenco,Dial Press, 1968
• Cuentista (Compas Interior), Zoela Ediciones, 2001