Paul Sorensen
Paul Sorensen | |
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| Born | (1926-02-16)February 16, 1926 Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA |
| Died | July 17, 2008(2008-07-17) (aged 82) Cardiff-by-the-Sea San Diego County California, USA |
| Occupation | Actor; minister |
| Spouse(s) | Jacqueline May Sorensen (married 1957-2002, her death) |
| Children | Two sons the youngest David Sorenson worked behind the scenes in the movie studios and the older brother a minister. . |
| Military career | |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
Paul Sorensen (February 16, 1926 – July 17, 2008) was an American film, theater and television actor who appeared in hundreds of roles during his career, including The Brady Bunch and Dallas.[1] He was frequently cast in westerns or as a police officer.[1]
Contents
1 Life and career
2 Selected filmography
3 References
4 External links
Life and career
Sorenson was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin.[1] He moved to Hollywood, California, in 1945 and enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse,[1] from which he graduated two years later.[1] Later in life, he was honored by the Pasadena Playhouse with a lifetime achievement award.[1] Sorenson served with the United States military during the Korean War.[1] He returned to California after the war and resumed acting. A talent agent signed Sorenson after watching him perform in a theater production of Born Yesterday.[1] He was cast in his first television role as the deputy-turned-bandit Billy Stiles in the 1954-1955 syndicated Stories of the Century, a western series starring and narrated by Jim Davis.[1]
One of Sorensen's best known characters was a recurring role as Andy Bradley, a member of an oil cartel, on Dallas.[1] He appeared in recurring television roles in The Brady Bunch, Barnaby Jones and Fred MacMurray's My Three Sons.[1] His television career, which spanned from the 1950s to the 1980s also included work on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, My Favorite Martian, The Rockford Files and The Mod Squad.[1] Sorensen was often cast in such westerns as Jefferson Drum, The Rifleman, Rin Tin Tin, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, The High Chaparral, Cheyenne, Cimarron City, Johnny Ringo, Wagon Train, The Virginian, and The Big Valley.[1]
Sorensen's film credits included Hang 'em High and Escape to Witch Mountain.
Off screen, Sorensen and twenty-four other actors founded the Orchard Gables Repertory Theater group, which Time magazine has praised as "an oasis in the heart of Hollywood."[1] Sorensen and his wife Jacqueline also ran the Original Actors Workshop.[1] Sorensen retired from acting during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Sorensen, his wife, and one of their two sons, Christian, all became ordained ministers. and the youngest son David followed in his parents footsteps and worked behind the scenes in the entertainment industry..[1]
He married Jacqueline May in September 1957; she died on November 14, 2002.[1] Paul Sorensen died on July 17, 2008, in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, San Diego County, California, at the age of eighty-two.[1] He was survived by his sons, a sister, and a grandson.[1]
Selected filmography
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) - Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Inside Detroit (1956) - Blair's U.A.W. Friend (uncredited)
Glory (1956) - Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956) - Sam Allard
The Brass Legend (1956) - Burly Apache Bend Townsman
Dance with Me, Henry (1956) - Dutch
Battle Hymn (1957) - Sentry
House of Numbers (1957) - Patrolman (uncredited)
The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958) - Truck Driver (uncredited)
Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) - Townsman of Beeker's Crossing (uncredited)
Sea Hunt (1960, Season 3, Episode 14) - Pete
The Great Impostor (1961) - Guard (uncredited)
The Steel Claw (1961) - Sgt. Frank Powers
Flower Drum Song (1961) - TV Sheriff (uncredited)
Kid Galahad (1962) - Joe (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) - Hardhat in crowd next to Joe E Brown. (uncredited)
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) - Military Policeman at Christmas Party (uncredited)
The Satan Bug (1965) - SDI Agent Posing as Motorist at Accident (uncredited)
Torn Curtain (1966) - Swedish Immigration Officer (uncredited)
Chamber of Horrors (1966) - Baltimore Bartender (uncredited)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967) - Detective (uncredited)
Madigan (1968) - Benesh Look-Alike in Saloon
Hang 'Em High (1968) - Prisoner on Scaffold
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) - Workman (uncredited)
Mark of the Gun (1969) - Sheriff
The Big Bounce (1969) - Senator's associate
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) - Man Installing Jail Cell Bars (uncredited)
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970) - Deputy Randy
Evel Knievel (1971) - Head Guard
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971) - Thompson
Honky (1971)
Girls on the Road (1972) - Mr. Rae
Lapin 360 (1972)
One Little Indian (1973) - The Guard
Westworld (1973) - 2nd Male Interviewee (uncredited)
Executive Action (1973) - Officer Brown
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) - Police Sgt. Foss
The Shaggy D.A. (1976) - Policeman in Squad Car (uncredited)
Smokey and the Bandit (1977) - DOT Inspector (uncredited)
First Family (1980) - C.I.A. Director Willie O'Malley
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1983) - Captain
Cage (1989) - Matt
Dropping Evil (2012) - Secret Service Agent (uncredited) (final film role)
References
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External links
Paul Sorensen on IMDb
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