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American actor (1932–2016)
Paul Comi
Comi in 2007
Born
Paul Domingo Comi
(1932-02-11 ) February 11, 1932Died August 26, 2016(2016-08-26) (aged 84 ) Alma mater University of Southern California Occupation Actor Years active 1958–1995 Spouse Eva Comi Children 3
Paul Domingo Comi (February 11, 1932 – August 26, 2016)[1] [2]
Biography
[ edit ] Paul Comi in The Twilight Zone People Are Alike All Over "
Paul Comi was born 1932 in Brookline, Massachusetts .[3] North Quincy , graduating from high school in 1949, after which he joined the United States Army . He was awarded three Purple Hearts during the Korean War , in which he served (1950–51).[4]
After his release from a hospital in Japan he was assigned to Kyoto , where he booked talent and wrote skits for the NCOs and Officers Club. After his discharge, in 1952, he went to California, where he attended El Camino Junior College and was elected Student Body President for two terms.[citation needed
Awarded a scholarship to USC School of Dramatic Arts [5] [6] University of Southern California , he graduated in 1958 Magna Cum Laude with membership in Tau Kappa Epsilon , Phi Beta Kappa , Phi Kappa Phi and Blue Key honors.[7] [8]
He and his wife Eva had three children. As an apprentice at the La Jolla Playhouse the summer of 1957, 20th Century Fox picked him up and cast him as Pvt. Abbott in The Young Lions Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift ; he would act for four more decades.[9]
Comi died on August 26, 2016, in Pasadena, California , at the age of 84.[10]
Acting career
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Comi's acting career spanned four decades, from the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s. He made over three hundred television appearances, twenty movies, and a number of recurring television roles. These included Deputy Johnny Evans in the syndicated western series Two Faces West Charles Bateman , the part of Brad Carter, prosecuting attorney in The Virginian Lee J. Cobb was in the cast. He was cast along with others, including Bruce Dern and Joby Baker , who were all part of Paul Burke's crew in Burke's initial introduction, on 12 O'Clock High [11]
Paul Comi in Star Trek
Comi's professional acting career began in 1957, when, as an apprentice at the La Jolla Playhouse , he was given a small part in the play Career that starred Don Taylor and Una Merkel .[12] The Hollywood Reporter Variety The Young Lions Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin . At Fox, he appeared in several films: In Love and War Jeffrey Hunter and Robert Wagner ; A Private's Affair Ernie Kovacs ; and was lent out to Warner Bros. for the role of "Jenkins" in the Michael Garrison production of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Robert Preston and Dorothy McGuire . He also played Lt Tim, Steve McQueen 's assistant in The Towering Inferno [13]
In 1960, Comi appeared in The Twilight Zone People Are Alike All Over ", as Warren Marcusson.[14] Ripcord skydiving and was a regular on the Western series Rawhide Capitol General Hospital Voyage to the Bottom Of The Sea in the episodes "Submarine Sunk Here" and "Deadly Creature Below!"[15]
Comi played navigator Lt. Andrew Stiles for the Star Trek Balance of Terror " (1966). He played the banker Farnsworth in "The Wild, Wild West" S3 E9 "The Night of the Circus of Death" (1967). He appeared in Barnaby Jones [16]
Comi was a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
Business interests
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He was President of Caffe D'Amore Inc. a coffee company started by his wife, Eva, the creator of the world's first flavored instant cappuccino, Caffe D'Amore.[17]
Partial filmography
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1958: In Love and War
1959: Warlock
1959: Pork Chop Hill
1959: Peter Gunn
1959: 77 Sunset Strip
1960: A Private's Affair
1960: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960: Two Faces West
1960: Men Into Space
1960: The Untouchables
1960: Wake Me When It's Over
1960: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960: The Twilight Zone People Are Alike All Over ") - Marcusson
1961: The Twilight Zone The Odyssey of Flight 33 ") - First Officer John Craig
1961: The Outsider
1961–1963: Ripcord
1962: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1962: Cape Fear
1962: Stoney Burke
1962: 40 Pounds of Trouble
1964: The Twilight Zone The Parallel ") - Psychiatrist
1964: 77 Sunset Strip
1964: Twelve O'Clock High
1964-65 Rawhide
1965: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1965: Twelve O'Clock High
1965: Perry Mason
1965: The F.B.I.
1966: The F.B.I.
1966: Twelve O'Clock High
1966: Twelve O'Clock High
1966: Blindfold
1966: The Time Tunnel
1966: Star Trek Balance of Terror ") – Stiles
1966: The Wild Wild West
1966: The Wild Wild West
1967: The F.B.I.
1967: The Invaders
1967: The Wild Wild West
1968: The F.B.I.
1968: The Invaders
1968: Mannix
1969: Mannix
1969: All the Loving Couples – Mike Corey
1971: Cannon
1972: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes [18]
1973: Cannon
1973: Room 222
1974: The Towering Inferno
1977: The Streets of San Francisco
1980: The Killings at Outpost Zeta – Commander Craig
1981: Longshot – Coleman
1981: Dallas
1982: Death Wish II
1984: Best Defense
1985: Falcon Crest
1985: Knots Landing
1986: Knots Landing
1986: Howard the Duck
1986: Fame
1986: Highway to Heaven
1987: Spies
1987: Highway to Heaven
1989: Highway to Heaven
1990: Knots Landing
1991: L.A. Law
1991: L.A. Law
1995: Baywatch [19]
Awards and decorations
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Purple Heart (A 3 Purple Heart Veteran of the Korean War)
Phi Beta Kappa USC 1958, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society USC 1958, Blue Key Honors USC 1958
See also
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References
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^ Telegraph.co.uk: Paul Comi, character actor – obituary, 12, October 2016
^ Uzal W. Ent: Fighting on the Brink – Defense of the Pusan Perimeter ; S. 337–339, Turner, 1997; ISBN 5631120941
^ Daily Trojan , Vol. 49, No. 44, Stop-Gap To Present Brick and the Rose, S. 1, November 22, 1957, University of Southern California, Online-Version
^ Daily Trojan, Vol. 59, No. 61, Stop Gap hosts run of After the Fall, S. 1, January 8, 1968, University of Southern California, Online-Version
^ USC School of Dramatic Arts, records 5287, USC Libraries Special Collections, Alumni 1957–2006, Scope and Content, Clippings and promotional materials regarding notable alumni of the School of Dramatic Arts, Paul Comi 1957–1978, Box 1, Folder 13, Box 10, Folder 16, Online Archive of California
^ Tkeusc.org: Distinguished Alumni, Beta-Sigma’s Own , July 9, 2016.
^ Internet Movie Database, The Young Lions
^ "Paul Comi" . The Quincy Sun . September 12, 2016. Archived from the original on September 25, 2016.
^ Twelve O'Clock High on IMDb
^ Lajollaplayhouse.org: La Jolla Playhouse, Production History (1959–1947), Career, Written by James Le, Performance Dates: August 6–18, 1957 , July 9, 2016.
^ Imdb.com: Paul Comi
^ Stewart Stanyard: Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone – A Backstage Tribute to Television's , Paul Comi, S. 190, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 1550227440
^ Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
^ Clark, Mark (2012). "Outmaneuvering the Romulans". Star Trek FAQ . Applause Theatre & Cinema. ISBN 9781557839633
^ Cal Orey: The Healing Powers of Chocolate , S. 130, Kensington, 2010; ISBN 0758238207
^ Internet Movie Database, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
^ Internet Movie Database, Leap of Faith
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