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Paul Le Mat

Highest Rated: 100% Citizens Band (1977)

Lowest Rated: 20% More American Graffiti (1979)

Birthday: Sep 22, 1945

Birthplace: Rahway, New Jersey, USA

A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas' "American Graffiti" (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who enjoys a fortunate encounter with millionaire Howard Hughes, in Jonathan Demme's engaging, off-beat "Melvin and Howard" (1980). He has also worked frequently in TV, notably as Farrah Fawcett's abusive husband in "The Burning Bed" (NBC, 1984) and as newspaperman Josiah Peale on the syndicated series "Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years" (1994-96).

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Highest rated movies

100% 69% Citizens Band
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91% 61% Melvin and Howard
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84% 96% American History X
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67% 34% Strange Invaders
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50% 40% Puppet Master
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42% 70% Big Bad Love
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20% 33% More American Graffiti
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47% The Hanoi Hilton
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43% Caroline at Midnight
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chrome Angels Elliot (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 84% The Long Shot Guido Levits (Character) - 2004
42% 70% Big Bad Love Monroe (Character) $100.4K 2001
No Score Yet 60% The Outfitters Robby (Character) - 1999
84% 96% American History X McMahon (Character) $6.7M 1998
No Score Yet 22% Sensation Mitch Snyder (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deep Down Ray (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 43% Caroline at Midnight Emmet (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wishman Basie (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion Doug Bodrero (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Woman With a Past Merle (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 8% Grave Secrets David Shaw (Character) - 1990
50% 40% Puppet Master Alex Whitaker (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 38% Blind Witness Det. Mike Tuthill (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 22% Easy Wheels Bruce (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Secret Witness Kurt (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet P.I. Private Investigations Detective Wexler (Character) $21.3K 1987
No Score Yet 47% The Hanoi Hilton Earl Hubman (Character) $39.0K 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Into the Homeland Derrick Winston (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Long Time Gone Nick Sandusky (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 86% On Wings of Eagles Jay Coburn (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 82% The Night They Saved Christmas Michael Baldwin (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 77% The Burning Bed Mickey Hughes (Character) - 1984
67% 34% Strange Invaders Charles Bigelow (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 71% Rock & Rule Omar (Voice) - 1983
No Score Yet 28% Death Valley Mike (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gift of Life Dwayne Sutton (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jimmy the Kid John (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 81% P.K. and the Kid Kid Kane (Character) - 1982
91% 61% Melvin and Howard Melvin Dummar (Character) - 1980
20% 33% More American Graffiti John Milner (Character) - 1979
100% 69% Citizens Band Spider (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 61% Aloha, Bobby and Rose Bobby (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 20% Firehouse Billy Dalzell (Character) - 1973
95% 84% American Graffiti John Milner (Character) - 1973

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Elvira's 10 Nights of Halloween Alex Whitaker (Character) 2014
81% 67% Conan Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grace Under Fire Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ray Bradbury Theater Charlie (Character) 1992
No Score Yet 85% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Character) 1988
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Luke Purdue (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1987