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Paul Soles

Acting Born Aug 11, 1930 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 24 credits

Biography

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Paul Robert Soles (11 August 1930 - 26 May 2021) was a Canadian actor and television personality. He was best known as the original voice of Hermey the misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964.

Soles voiced the Bruce Banner character in the 1966 Incredible Hulk cartoon series. He also voiced fellow Marvel superhero Spider-Man in the animated television series also from the late 1960s, and he played "The Lawbreaker" on the CBC panel quiz show This Is the Law in the 1970s, and played Costas Stavros on the Canadian soap opera Riverdale. In 2001, he took over the role of Shylock the Jew in the Stratford Festival of Canada production of The Merchant of Venice after Al Waxman, who was originally scheduled to play the part, died. Soles played Stanley the pizza shop owner in The Incredible Hulk. He also played Danny, the Montréal Customs House janitor in the 2001 crime thriller, The Score.

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Full filmography

  • Due South (1994) as Creeve
  • L.A. Law (1986) as Robert Fellmeth
  • The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) as Moses Harper
  • Rookie Blue (2010) as Peterson
  • Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) as Marv
  • The Incredible Hulk (2008) as Stanley
  • FX: The Series (1996) as Mr. Merton
  • Spider-Man (1967) as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
  • Nurses (2020) as Roy
  • The Hidden Room (1991) as Fabian
  • The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) as Rick Jones (voice)
  • The Score (2001) as Danny
  • Spider-Woman (1979) as Spider-man (voice)
  • The Jane Show (2006) as Stella's Father
  • The King Kong Show (1966) as Dr. Who (voice)
  • Wishfart (2017) as Santa Claus (voice)
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) as Hermey (voice)
  • Terminal City (2005)
  • My 90 Year Old Roommate (2016) as Joe
  • Riverdale (1997) as Costas Stavros
  • The Smokey Bear Show (1969) as Benny / Floyd (voice)
  • Ticket to Heaven (1981) as Morley
  • Shadow Builder (1998) as Mr. Butterman
  • Siblings (2004) as Grandpa