Paul Butler
Born: 1942-03-12 in Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2010-01-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Paul Butler (12 March 1942, Pennsylvania – 12 January 2010, Manhattan, New York) was an American character actor. He is best known for creating the role of Detective Walter Clemmons on Crime Story (1986–1988) and for stage work including A Few Good Men and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. His notable film roles include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Insider (1999), and Reign Over Me (2007).
Filmography
2007
- Reign Over Me as George Johnson
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead as Detective
2006
- The Unit as Art Spey
2005
- Confess as Agent Davis
2002
- Tadpole as Professor Sherman
2001
- 100 Centre Street as Willard Bock
2000
- State and Main as Real Judge
1999
- Third Watch as Investigator
- The Insider as Charlie Phillips
- The Giraffe as Lieutenant Lynch
1998
- The Wedding as Preacher
1997
- The Spanish Prisoner as Bookbinder
- Color of Justice as Stan
1994
- Vanishing Son as Estabrook
- It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice as Shylock
- Vanishing Son as Estabrook
- Vanishing Son II as Estabrook
- Vanishing Son IV as Estabrook
- Vanishing Son III as Estabrook
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Judge Clifford Ramsey
- Romeo Is Bleeding as Skouras
- Tracey Ullman Takes on New York as Jay Levine
1992
- Glengarry Glen Ross as Policeman
1991
- Golden Years as Captain Marsh
- He Said, She Said as Al, at the Deli
- Strictly Business as Leroy Halloran
- Homicide as Commissioner Walker
- The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez as Narc
1990
- Law & Order as Trial Judge Tyler B. Ashford
- The Rookie as Captain Hargate
- To Sleep with Anger as Gideon
1988
- Things Change as Gas Station Owner
1986
- Crime Story as Det. Walter Clemmons
- Off Beat as Jordan
- Crime Story: Pilot as Det. Walter Clemmons
1985
- Silver Bullet as Edgar Rounds
- Compromising Positions as 2nd Cop
1984
- Old Enough as Security Guard
1979
- Dummy as Sgt. Alonzo Hobbs
1978
- Buns as Rex's Dad
1973
- The Spook Who Sat by the Door as Do-Daddy Dean