--- name: "Albert Paulsen" canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-paulsen" fi1m_id: "albert-paulsen" imdb_id: "nm0667292" tmdb_id: 14736 wikidata_id: "Q429821" roles: [] born: "13 December 1925" died: "25 April 2004" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 86 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-26T14:43:40.406552+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Albert Paulsen ## Identity Albert Paulsen - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-paulsen - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** albert-paulsen - **IMDb ID:** nm0667292 - **TMDB ID:** 14736 - **Wikidata ID:** Q429821 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Paulsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429821, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667292/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14736 Actor. Born 13 December 1925 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Died 25 April 2004. ## Details - **Born:** 13 December 1925, Guayaquil, Ecuador - **Died:** 25 April 2004 - **Active:** 1962–1974 - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 83 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Paulsen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q429821, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667292/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14736 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*The Manchurian Candidate*](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Albert Paulsen (born Alberto Paulson Andrade) was an Ecuadorian-American actor. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on 13 December 1925, he emigrated to the United States and appeared in American films and television from 1962 until 1988. He trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre under Sanford Meisner and was a life member of the Actors Studio. Paulsen played Zilkov in the 1962 film *The Manchurian Candidate*. He was best known for guest roles in television series of the 1960s and 1970s, frequently portraying European or Eastern bloc characters in shows including *Mission: Impossible*, *Columbo*, *Knight Rider*, *Wonder Woman* and *Airwolf*. In 1964 he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his performance in the *Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre* presentation of *One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich*. Paulsen died of natural causes in Los Angeles on 25 April 2004. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, as Kurt — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md) - *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), Fi1m 88, as Zilkov — [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md) ## Complete filmography (62) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ransom* (1988), as General von Brock / Bruno Hasse - *Wild Wind* (1985), as Major Ted Kegan - *Airwolf* (1984), series, as Shrankov - *Automan* (1983), series, Actor - *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor - *Manimal* (1983), series, Actor - *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Mr. C - *Side Show* (1981), as Otto Scholl - *Eyewitness* (1981), as Mr. Sokolow - *Galactica 1980* (1980), series, as General Yodel - *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor - *Cliffhangers* (1979), series, as Anthony Korf - *The Girl Who Saved the World* (1979), as Anthony Korf - *The Next Man* (1976), as Hamid - *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor - *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Rabitch - *Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style* (1976), Actor - *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Crichton - *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor - *Doctors' Hospital* (1975), series, Actor - *Switch* (1975), series, as Gassman - *Joe Forrester* (1975), series, Actor - *One of Our Own* (1975), as Dr. Janos Varga - *Search for the Gods* (1975), as Tarkanian - *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Kurt — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md) - *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, as Dr. James Verhyden - *The Laughing Policeman* (1973), as Henry Camerero - *Kojak* (1973), series, as Shelley Briscoe — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md) - *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor - *Hawkins* (1973), series, as Teddy Osterman - *Carola* (1973), as Col. Kroll - *Search* (1972), series, Actor - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Vincent Pauley — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *Mrs. Pollifax — Spy* (1971), as Perdido - *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Kalnikov - *A World Apart* (1970), series, Actor - *Medical Center* (1969), series, Actor - *Che!* (1969), as Capt. Vasquez - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Charley Bombay, Josef Sarpa, Edmonds, Adrian Cassell - *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Benitez - *How to Steal the World* (1968), as Dr. Kurt Erikson - *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Eduardo Nervo - *The Flying Nun* (1967), series, Actor - *Gunn* (1967), as Nick Fusco - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Albert Zembra, Joseph Baresh, General Ernesto Neyron, Eric Bergman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *Jericho* (1966), series, as Major Brushcke - *The Rat Patrol* (1966), series, as Colonel Von Helbing, Major von Brugge - *The Three Sisters* (1966), as Kulygin - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Nagry - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Emile Marnet - *Asylum for a Spy* (1965), as Avatin - *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Major Vicek - *12 O'Clock High* (1964), series, as Arn Borg - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Sif Barani - *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as James Gunnar Ketterback - *The Manchurian Candidate* (1962), as Zilkov — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-manchurian-candidate.md) - *The Gallant Men* (1962), series, Actor - *Combat!* (1962), series, as Carl Dorfmann, Gen. Von Strelitz, Col. Bruener - *General Electric True* (1962), series, Actor - *All Fall Down* (1962), as Capt. Ramirez - *Frontier Circus* (1961), series, as Rodales - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Toller Vengrin, Rudolph Gerhardt ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won - 1964: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (won), for *Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre* - 1964: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (won), for *Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/albert-paulsen