Biography
Paul Comi was an American character actor. Born Paul Domingo Comi on 11 February 1932 in Brookline, Massachusetts, he served in the US Army during the Korean War, receiving three Purple Hearts. He later studied drama at the University of Southern California, graduating magna cum laude in 1958, and began his professional career as an apprentice at the La Jolla Playhouse.
Comi appeared in more than twenty films and over three hundred television episodes between 1958 and 1995. His film credits include The Young Lions (1958), Cape Fear (1962) as Garner, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974) as Tim, Death Wish II (1982) and Howard the Duck (1986). On television he had roles in series such as The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Get Smart, Murder, She Wrote and Baywatch.
