---
name: "Paul Richards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-richards-18645"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 August 1934"
died: "10 December 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T16:38:18.882268+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."
---

# Paul Richards

Actor. Born 31 August 1934 in Hollywood. Died 10 December 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 August 1934, Hollywood
- **Died:** 10 December 1974
- **Active:** 1955–1970
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 87 (1), 1970s 50 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Richards_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153213, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18645

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Fi1m 50, as Mendez — [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Attacker — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)

## Complete filmography (87)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Tribe* (1974), as Narrator (voice)
- *I Escaped from Devil's Island* (1973), as Maj. Marteau
- *Savage!* (1973), as Peter Brooks
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, Actor
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Peugeot (segment "The House")
- *The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again* (1970), as Sam Braham
- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), as Mendez — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Revolving Door* (1969), as Narrator
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Paul Dennison
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as Bradley Everett
- *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, Actor
- *The St. Valentine's Day Massacre* (1967), as Charles Fischetti
- *The Sweet and the Bitter* (1967), as Rob MacRoy
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Rango* (1967), series, Actor
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Burt Powers
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Ironhand
- *The Loner* (1965), series, Actor
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as The Great Grindle, Lennie 'Leonardo' Krull
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Eddie Slade, Neil Pinkerton — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Breaking Point* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as George Pauk
- *Straightaway* (1961), series, Actor
- *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Hobbins
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *87th Precinct* (1961), series, Actor
- *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as William Norman
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Westerner* (1960), series, as Marsh Kennedy
- *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor
- *Tate* (1960), series, Actor
- *Hong Kong* (1960), series, Actor
- *Four Fast Guns* (1960), as Hoag
- *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor
- *Philip Marlowe* (1959), series, Actor
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Jerry Pine
- *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Paul Travis
- *Johnny Ringo* (1959), series, as Ben Garrett, Beecher
- *Men Into Space* (1959), series, Actor
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Russ Wharton, Trock, Amos T. Parker
- *The Lawless Years* (1959), series, Actor
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Will Jansen
- *Black Saddle* (1959), series, as Martinez
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Brazo Ford, Vance Caldwell
- *U.S. Marshall* (1958), series, as Ralph Stuart
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Ned Ruggles, Marshal Corbett
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Joseph Irona, Joseph Highmark
- *Blood Arrow* (1958), as Brill
- *Zorro* (1957), series, Actor
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Walter Winchell File* (1957), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Earl Mauldin, Ted Chase
- *The Thin Man* (1957), series, Actor
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Unknown Terror* (1957), as Peter Morgan
- *Monkey on My Back* (1957), as Rico, Drug Pusher (as Paul E. Richards)
- *Hot Summer Night* (1957), as Elly Horn
- *The Black Whip* (1956), as John Murdock
- *Scandal Incorporated* (1956), as Martin Ellis, lawyer
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Frank Frayne, Jed Moore, John Hart, Private Del Grey, Jess Whiting
- *Wire Service* (1956), series, as Hank Barclay
- *Tension at Table Rock* (1956), as Sam Murdock
- *Conflict* (1956), series, as Lupo
- *The Houston Story* (1956), as Gordon Shay
- *Highway Patrol* (1955), series, as Jim
- *Frontier* (1955), series, Actor
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Dan Grat, Neal Amber, Joe Phy, Mel Deevers
- *Tall Man Riding* (1955), as The Peso Kid
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), as Attacker — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), as Tigellinus (uncredited)
- *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor
- *Pushover* (1954), as Harry Wheeler (uncredited)
- *Playgirl* (1954), as Wilbur
- *Phantom of the Rue Morgue* (1954), as Rene the Knife-thrower
- *War Paint* (1953), as Trooper Perkins
- *I Led Three Lives* (1953), series, Actor
- *Mr. & Mrs. North* (1952), series, Actor
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Tony
- *Hopalong Cassidy* (1952), series, Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Captain Anza
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, as George Gramberg
- *Fixed Bayonets!* (1951), as Ramirez (uncredited)
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Charlie Ferris
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Waldo Reynolds, Maj. Walsin-Esterhazy, Ralph

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