1936 - 2012
Paul Lawrence Smith (June 24, 1936 – April 25, 2012) was an American actor. Burly, bearded and imposing, he appeared in feature films and occasionally on television since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul L. Smith has received more than 736,406 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Paul L. Smith is the 739th most popular actor (up from 986th in 2019), the 1,355th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,868th in 2019) and the 370th most popular American Actor.
Smith was most famous for portraying the character of Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, who is a retired British Army Officer, for the duration of the TV show M*A*S*H.
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Among actors, Paul L. Smith ranks 739 out of 10,030. Before him are Sissy Spacek, Ethan Hawke, Matthew Perry, Dominic Purcell, William H. Macy, and Robert Conrad. After him are Brendan Gleeson, Hal Holbrook, Stephen Boyd, Robin Wright, Emmy Göring, and Song Hye-rim.
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 733
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 734
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 735
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 736
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 737
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 738
1936 - 2012
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 739
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 740
1925 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 741
1931 - 1977
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 742
1966 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 743
1893 - 1973
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 744
1937 - 2002
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 745
Among people born in 1936, Paul L. Smith ranks 69. Before him are Christine Nöstlinger, Alan Alda, Joaquín Peiró, Alan J. Heeger, Raymond Poulidor, and Denny Hulme. After him are Sylvia Browne, Jair Marinho, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Iolanda Balaș, and Yury Luzhkov. Among people deceased in 2012, Paul L. Smith ranks 56. Before him are Joseph Murray, Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, Lucio Dalla, Andrew Huxley, Harry Harrison, and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. After him are F. Sherwood Rowland, Scott McKenzie, Ben Gazzara, Carlo Maria Martini, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., and Helmut Haller.
1936 - 2018
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 63
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 64
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 65
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 66
1936 - 2019
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 67
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 68
1936 - 2012
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 69
1936 - 2013
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 70
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 71
1936 - 1989
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 72
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 73
1936 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 74
1936 - 2019
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 75
1919 - 2012
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 50
1930 - 2012
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 51
1943 - 2012
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 52
1917 - 2012
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 53
1925 - 2012
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 54
1918 - 2012
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 55
1936 - 2012
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 56
1927 - 2012
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 57
1939 - 2012
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 58
1930 - 2012
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 59
1927 - 2012
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 60
1934 - 2012
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 61
1939 - 2012
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Paul L. Smith ranks 1,355 out of 15,968. Before him are Matthew Perry (1969), Mike Pompeo (1963), William H. Macy (1950), Floyd Patterson (1935), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), and Robert Conrad (1935). After him are Sequoyah (1770), Marilyn Manson (1969), Tom Morello (1964), William Walker (1824), Hal Holbrook (1925), and William Westmoreland (1914).
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 1,349
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 1,350
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 1,351
1935 - 2006
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 1,352
1925 - 1990
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,353
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,354
1936 - 2012
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,355
1770 - 1843
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,356
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,357
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,358
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,359
1925 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,360
1914 - 2005
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,361
Among actors born in United States, Paul L. Smith ranks 370. Before him are Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Sissy Spacek (1949), Ethan Hawke (1970), Matthew Perry (1969), William H. Macy (1950), and Robert Conrad (1935). After him are Hal Holbrook (1925), Robin Wright (1966), Bubba Smith (1945), Mildred Harris (1901), Ben Gazzara (1930), and Robert Patrick (1958).
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 364
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 365
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 366
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 367
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 368
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 369
1936 - 2012
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 370
1925 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 371
1966 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 372
1945 - 2011
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 373
1901 - 1944
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 374
1930 - 2012
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 375
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 376