Paul Picerni
During Hollywood's Golden Age, talent scouts for the various studios scoured the country for new talent. Not long after World War II, a representative for Warner Brothers caught a production of a Loyola University play featuring Paul Picerni, and the rest, as they say, is history. Picerni was brought to Hollywood to be a part of the 1950 war drama "Breakthrough" and was soon put under contract by the studio, starring for them in a long line of B movies. But his signature role came a decade later on the small screen, when he joined the cast of "The Untouchables" as Agent Lee Hobson. It's easy to forget today just how groundbreaking a show this Chicago cops drama was. Narrated by famed journalist Walter Winchell, it brought a new level of heightened reality to television. Picerni continued to act through the mid-1980s, as a guest star on everything from "Gunsmoke" to "Mannix" to "Matt Houston." For his old pal Dick Van Dyke, he came out of retirement in the late 1990s to appear in a pair of "Diagnosis Murder" episodes.
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Paul Picerni
Filmography
Movies
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure | Kurt (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marciano | John Addelli (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Hurrah | Dr. Mike Santangelo (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Something for Joey | Joe Paterno (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matt Helm | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Rose | Blass (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fearmaker | Kenneth (Character) | - | 1972 |
75% |
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Kotch | Dr. Ramon Caudillo (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Old Man Who Cried Wolf | Det. Green (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Land Raiders |
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- | 1969 |
70% |
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The Scalphunters | Frank (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fury River | Guy Perro (Character) | - | 1962 |
71% |
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The Young Philadelphians | Louis Donetti (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Torpedo Run | Lt. Burt Fisher (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Marjorie Morningstar | Philip Berman (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Operation Mad Ball | Pvt. Bullard (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Big Caper | Harry (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow on the Window | Bigelow (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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The Brothers Rico | Gino Rico (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Miracle in the Rain | Priest (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiretapper | Herbie (Character) | - | 1955 |
100% |
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To Hell and Back | Valentino (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet |
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Drive a Crooked Road | Carl (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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The Bounty Hunter | Jud (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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The Adventures of Hajji Baba | Nurel-Din (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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She's Back on Broadway | Jud Kellogg (Character) | - | 1953 |
93% |
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House of Wax | Scott Andrews (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Desert Song | Hassan (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Mara Maru | Steven Ranier (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation Secret | Capt. Armand Dupree (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cattle Town | Pepe (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. | Joe Cvetic (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison | Jeff Riordan (Character) | - | 1951 |
20% |
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Operation Pacific | Jonesy (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Fort Worth | Joe Castro (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Force of Arms | Sheridan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Breakthrough | Pvt. Edward P. Rojeck (Character) | - | 1950 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Maynard Press (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Vic Whitley (Guest Star) | 1974 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976-1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Capt. Gus Shambray (Character) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Detective O'Fallon (Guest Star) | 1970-1971 1973 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | The New Marshal (Guest Star) | 1967 1973-1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here's Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Mark Hewitt (Guest Star) | 1968-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0 | Charley Mangan (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Sgt. DeSantis (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Walter Jefferies (Guest Star) | 1958 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Bruno Cestari (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Lee Hobson (Character) | 1960-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Into Space | Bob King (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Sanchez (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Chief Bullhead (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Northwest Passage | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind Closed Doors | Unknown (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zorro | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circus Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Nick Roper (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Letter to Loretta | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |