Cast & creator
Albert Paulsen
Best known for Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, Hawaii Five-O
Although he appeared in several notable films, he made his mark as one of TV's most distinctive bad guys of the 1960s and 1970s. Albert Paulson was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, of Norwegian descent; he would later change his surname to reflect its original spelling. He was educated at German boarding schools before moving to Los Angeles in 1942.
19
film credits
55
television credits
74
1958–1988 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (74)
Showing 74 of 74 credits
Columbo
Vincent Pauley
1971
Hawaii Five-O
Charley Bombay
1969Hawaii Five-O
Josef Sarpa
1969Hawaii Five-O
Edmonds
1969Hawaii Five-O
Adrian Cassell
1969
Knight Rider
Mr. C
1982
Mission: Impossible
Albert Zembra
1966Mission: Impossible
Joseph Baresh
1966Mission: Impossible
General Ernesto Neyron
1966Mission: Impossible
Eric Bergman
1966
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
Rabitch
1976
The Rockford Files
Kurt
1974Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Avatin
1963
Airwolf
Shrankov
1984
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The F.B.I.
Nagry
1965
The Name of the Game
Benitez
1968
Combat!
Carl Dorfmann
1962Combat!
Gen. Von Strelitz
1962Combat!
Col. Bruener
1962
Burke's Law
James Gunnar Ketterback
1963
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Medical Center
1969
Run for Your Life
Emile Marnet
1965
The Odd Couple
Kalnikov
1970
The High Chaparral
Eduardo Nervo
1967
77 Sunset Strip
Toller Vengrin
195877 Sunset Strip
Rudolph Gerhardt
1958
Kojak
Shelley Briscoe
1973
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Major Vicek
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Sif Barani
1963
Switch
Gassman
1975
Police Story
1973
12 O'Clock High
Arn Borg
1964
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Dr. James Verhyden
1974
Wonder Woman
Crichton
1975
The Flying Nun
1967
The Rat Patrol
Colonel Von Helbing
1966The Rat Patrol
Major von Brugge
1966
Galactica 1980
General Yodel
1980
Joe Forrester
1975
Automan
1983
The Gallant Men
1962
General Electric True
1962
Jericho
Major Brushcke
1966
Hawkins
Teddy Osterman
1973
Manimal
1983
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Search
1972
The Manchurian Candidate
Zilkov
1962
Cliffhangers
Anthony Korf
1979A World Apart
1970
Frontier Circus
Rodales
1961
Eyewitness
Mr. Sokolow
1981
The Laughing Policeman
Henry Camerero
1973
One of Our Own
Dr. Janos Varga
1975
The Girl Who Saved the World
Anthony Korf
1979
Gunn
Nick Fusco
1967
The Next Man
Hamid
1976
Che!
Capt. Vasquez
1969
How to Steal the World
Dr. Kurt Erikson
1968Asylum for a Spy
Avatin
1965
The Three Sisters
Kulygin
1966
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style
1976
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Perdido
1971
All Fall Down
Capt. Ramirez
1962
Search for the Gods
Tarkanian
1975
Carola
Col. Kroll
1973
Side Show
Otto Scholl
1981
Wild Wind
Major Ted Kegan
1985
Ransom
General von Brock / Bruno Hasse
1988