---
name: "Paul Roebling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-roebling"
fi1m_id: "paul-roebling"
imdb_id: "nm0736259"
tmdb_id: 51347
wikidata_id: "Q22234388"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 March 1934"
died: "27 July 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:29:01.497606+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 Roebling

## Identity

Paul Roebling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-roebling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-roebling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0736259
- **TMDB ID:** 51347
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22234388
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roebling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22234388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51347

Actor. Born 1 March 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 27 July 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 March 1934, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 27 July 1994
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Roebling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22234388, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51347

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Blue Thunder*](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Roebling (1 March 1934 – 27 July 1994) was an American actor and producer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he made his Broadway debut in 1955 and won an Obie Award in 1962 for his performance in This Side of Paradise. He was a descendant of the engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Roebling appeared in the films Prince of the City (1981) as Brooks Paige and Blue Thunder (1983) as Icelan. His television credits include guest roles in Miami Vice (1984), Moonlighting (1985) and Law & Order (1990), as well as voice work as Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and others in the 1990 Ken Burns documentary series The Civil War. He also produced the 1972 film Tomorrow.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blue Thunder* (1983), Fi1m 71, as Icelan — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Baseball* (1994), series, as (voice)
- *The Donner Party* (1992), as voice
- *Carolina Skeletons* (1991), as T.J. Campbell
- *Darrow* (1991), as Earl Rogers
- *The Civil War* (1990), series, as Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Dr. James Reberty — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *As Summers Die* (1986), as Percy Holt
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Ken Woodley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God* (1984), as (voice)
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Mark Jorgenson — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Blue Thunder* (1983), as Icelan — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-thunder.md)
- *A Piano for Mrs. Cimino* (1982), as Roger Desmond
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Producer
- *The End of August* (1981), as Leonce
- *Brooklyn Bridge* (1981), as Washington Roebling (voice)
- *Prince of the City* (1981), as Brooks Paige
- *Tomorrow* (1972), Producer
- *Mrs. Miniver* (1960), as Vin Miniver
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Prince Paul

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1959: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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