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Paul Picerni

As a child Paul Picerni had aspirations to become an attorney until he acted in an eighth-grade play and later learned that the school principal liked his performance and called him "a born actor". He next appeared in little theater productions, then (after World War II Air Force service) on the stage at Loyola University. Picerni was acting in a play in Hollywood when he was spotted by Solly V. Bianco, head of talent at Warner Brothers; brought to the studio, the young actor was given a role in Le grand assaut(1950). This WWII actioner turned out to be aptly named, as it led to a Warners contract for Picerni and a long succession of roles at that studio. Best-known for his second-banana role on the TV classic Les incorruptibles (1959) with Robert Stack, Picerni is the father of eight and grandfather of ten. - IMDb Mini Biography

Known For: Acting

Born: Corona, New York, USA, 1922-12-01

Died: 2011-01-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Beyond Glory	Second Detective (uncredited)	73
2	1949	Twelve O'Clock High	Bombardier	71
3	1950	The Secret Fury	Dr. Roth (uncredited)	54
4	1950	A Lady Without Passport	Italian (uncredited)	52
5	1950	Saddle Tramp	Denver	63
6	1950	The Killer That Stalked New York	Health Department Investigator (uncredited)	61
7	1950	Three Secrets	Sergeant (uncredited)	64
8	1950	Breakthrough	Pvt. Edward P. Rojeck	70
9	1951	Operation Pacific	Jonesy	60
10	1951	I Was a Communist for the FBI	Joe Cvetic	53
11	1951	Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison	Jeff Riordan	64
12	1951	Fort Worth	Joe Castro	67
13	1951	Force of Arms	Sheridan	64
14	1951	The Tanks Are Coming	Danny Kolowicz	83
15	1952	Mara Maru	Steven Ranier	48
16	1952	Cattle Town	Pepe	67
17	1952	Operation Secret	Capt. Armand Dubois	50
18	1953	She's Back on Broadway	Jud Kellogg	57
19	1953	House of Wax	Scott Andrews	69
20	1953	The System	David Wiley	48
21	1953	The Desert Song	Hassan	65
22	1954	His Majesty O'Keefe	Spanish Ship Owner (uncredited)	61
23	1954	Drive a Crooked Road	Carl	61
24	1954	Pushover	Usher (uncredited)	65
25	1954	The Shanghai Story	Emilio De Verno	48
26	1954	The Bounty Hunter	Jud	66
27	1954	The Adventures of Hajji Baba	Nurel-Din	59
28	1955	Dial Red O	Norman Roper	52
29	1955	Hell's Island	Eduardo Martin	54
30	1955	Lord of the Jungle	Paul Gavin	64
31	1955	Wiretapper	Herbie	51
32	1955	To Hell and Back	Valentino	66
33	1955	Bobby Ware Is Missing	Alfred Gledhill	70
34	1956	Miracle in the Rain	Priest	67
35	1956	The Come On	Jannings, assistant D.A.	50
36	1956	Flight to Hong Kong	Michael Quisto	66
37	1957	The Shadow on the Window	Bigelow	57
38	1957	The Big Caper	Harry	62
39	1957	Operation Mad Ball	Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)	66
40	1957	Omar Khayyam	Commander	50
41	1957	The Brothers Rico	Gino Rico	62
42	1958	Return to Warbow	Deputy sheriff	58
43	1958	Marjorie Morningstar	Philip Berman	62
44	1958	The Man Who Died Twice	George	56
45	1958	Torpedo Run	Lt. Burt Fisher	59
46	1959	The Young Philadelphians	Louis Donetti	75
47	1959	The Killers of Mussolini	Lt. Alfredo	0
48	1960	Strangers When We Meet	Arthur Gerandi	63
49	1961	Fury River	Guy Perro	55
50	1962	Pages of Death	Lead Cop	50
51	1968	The Scalphunters	Frank	64
52	1969	Che!	Hector	50
53	1969	Land Raiders	Carney / Arturo	51
54	1970	Airport	Dr. Compagno	64
55	1970	The Old Man Who Cried Wolf	Det. Green	60
56	1971	Kotch	Dr. Caudillo	65
57	1971	The Fearmaker	Kenneth	38
58	1974	Big Rose	Blass	0
59	1975	Lucy Gets Lucky	Packy West	10
60	1977	Something for Joey	Joe Paterno	62
61	1977	The Last Hurrah	Dr. Mike Santangelo	0
62	1977	Capricorn One	Jerry	68
63	1979	Beyond the Poseidon Adventure	Kurt	51
64	1979	Escape to Athena	Zeno's Man	57
65	1979	Marciano	John Addelli	0
66	1980	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story	Lt. Lagason	45
67	1987	The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission	Ernesto Ferruci	51
68	2005	The Adventures of Errol Flynn	Self - Flynn Co-Star (archive footage)	78

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Dr. Murger	63
2	1951	The Living Christ	James	50
3	1951	Dragnet		64
4	1951	Dragnet	Rios	64
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Dr. Mike Santangelo	86
6	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Freddie	63
7	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Laramie Cole	63
8	1952	Cavalcade of America	James Ohio Pattie	35
9	1952	Cavalcade of America	Principal John Norton	35
10	1952	Mr. & Mrs. North		43
11	1953	Letter to Loretta	Laurence Delaney	65
12	1953	Letter to Loretta	Darius	65
13	1953	Letter to Loretta	Stanley Reed	65
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Toby	65
15	1954	Public Defender	Albert De Marco	60
16	1954	Passport to Danger	Eddie Matera	60
17	1954	The Lone Wolf	Chick Walsi	70
18	1954	Studio 57		0
19	1954	Climax!		33
20	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
21	1955	Gunsmoke	McGee	66
22	1955	Gunsmoke	Ganns	66
23	1955	Gunsmoke	Grimes	66
24	1955	Gunsmoke	The New Marshal	66
25	1955	Navy Log		45
26	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Assissi #19	77
27	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Nick Roper	77
28	1955	Matinee Theater		50
29	1956	The Count of Monte Cristo		44
30	1956	Broken Arrow	Maj. Gregory Markson	50
31	1956	The Gale Storm Show	Sebastian	55
32	1956	Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers		50
33	1957	Panic!		0
34	1957	Sugarfoot	Gian-Paolo Fregoso	48
35	1957	Perry Mason	Charles Gallagher	77
36	1957	Perry Mason	Sgt. Joseph Dexter	77
37	1957	Perry Mason	Walter Jefferies	77
38	1957	Maverick	Rene Gireaux	68
39	1957	Zorro		75
40	1957	26 Men		42
41	1958	Northwest Passage	Guy Perro	65
42	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
43	1958	Behind Closed Doors		0
44	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
45	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Bruno Cestari	67
46	1959	Men Into Space		70
47	1959	The Rebel	Manuel Flynn	51
48	1959	The Rebel	Lee Ricker	51
49	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
50	1959	Hawaiian Eye		52
51	1959	The Untouchables	Lee Hobson	79
52	1960	My Three Sons	Paul Owlfeather	65
53	1960	My Three Sons	Jack	65
54	1962	The Virginian	Parks	65
55	1962	Combat!	Private Harold Vincent	77
56	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
57	1963	The Fugitive	Sgt. DeSantis	72
58	1964	The Young Marrieds	Dr. Dan Garret	30
59	1965	The Big Valley	Peterson	61
60	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Jack Williams	75
61	1965	The F.B.I.	Joey Walters	55
62	1965	The F.B.I.	Fred Cochella	55
63	1965	The F.B.I.	Dom Giannelli, SAC	55
64	1966	Batman	Brown	73
65	1966	Felony Squad		64
66	1967	Ironside		68
67	1967	Mannix		67
68	1967	Mannix	Roger Stack	67
69	1967	Mannix	Capt. Donegan	67
70	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Charley Mangan	71
71	1968	Adam-12	Bill Johnson	70
72	1968	Adam-12	Officer Boyd	70
73	1968	Here's Lucy	Mandikos	67
74	1968	Here's Lucy	Frank Williams	67
75	1968	Here's Lucy	William McPherson	67
76	1968	Here's Lucy	James Duncan	67
77	1968	Lancer		47
78	1969	Room 222		60
79	1969	Love, American Style	Alfred	61
80	1970	The Immortal		74
81	1971	The Partners		50
82	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
83	1972	Emergency!	Ed Duran	78
84	1972	Banacek	Det. Ed Winslow	86
85	1972	Ghost Story	Dr. Richardson	71
86	1973	Barnaby Jones	Anthony Calvelli	69
87	1973	Barnaby Jones	Stan Toland	69
88	1973	Police Story		69
89	1973	Kojak	Det. Albert Cohen	70
90	1973	Kojak	Vic Whitley	70
91	1974	Run, Joe, Run		63
92	1974	Kolchak: The Night Stalker	Humane Society Man	76
93	1975	Starsky & Hutch		73
94	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Johnny Doors	73
95	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Patsy Cairo	73
96	1976	Alice		71
97	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Sloan	75
98	1977	The Incredible Hulk		73
99	1978	Sam		0
100	1978	Sword of Justice		55
101	1978	Vega$		70
102	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
103	1979	The French Atlantic Affair	Panama Hat (uncredited)	70
104	1980	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story	Lt. Lagason	50
105	1981	The Fall Guy		76
106	1981	Simon & Simon		67
107	1982	T. J. Hooker	Rossi / The Clerk	64
108	1982	T. J. Hooker	Rossi	64
109	1982	Matt Houston		62
110	1986	Sledge Hammer!	Cop Announcer	79
111	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Chris Benway	71
112	1993	Diagnosis: Murder	Judge Kenyon	71