Paul Carpenter (actor)

Paul Carpenter (born Patrick Paul Lane Charpentier; 8 December 1921 – 12 June 1964) was a Canadian actor and singer.

Life and career
Carpenter originally attended medical school in Montreal, but left aged 17 to join the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a war correspondent. He also played professional hockey in Canada.

He moved to Britain and sang with Ted Heath and His Music in the 1940s and starred in the BBC Radio serial Riders of the Range (1949–1953) as the cowboy Jeff Arnold, where he shared the billing with his dog, Rustler (played by Percy Edwards).

As a movie actor he "made over three dozen British films in the post-war decades, most of them 'B' pictures, such as Diplomatic Passport (1954) and One Jump Ahead (1955), to which he brought an easy, likeable authority that seemed more difficult for British actors to achieve". His final (uncredited) film appearance was in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger where he played an American General escorting James Bond.

During 1955-1956, he starred in his only television programme, Sailor of Fortune with Lorne Greene.

Death
During rehearsals for the play The First Fish by Frank Tarloff at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, with a cast that included Moira Lister, Louie Ramsay and Ray Barrett, Carpenter arrived at the theatre and asked to be helped to a dressing room as he felt unwell. The director, Charles Ross, and the other actors were unaware he was at the theatre. He was found dead alone in the dressing room three hours later. He had recently recovered from injuries suffered in a car accident.

Partial filmography

 * This Man Is Mine (1946) – (uncredited)
 * School for Secrets (1946) – Flt. Lt. Argylle
 * Uneasy Terms (1948) – Windy Nicholls
 * The Third Man (1949) – International Patrol D (uncredited)
 * Landfall (1949) – F / O Morgan
 * Albert R.N. (1953) – Fred
 * Face the Music (1954) – Johnny Sutherland
 * The Weak and the Wicked (1954) – Joe, Bab's boyfriend
 * Night People (1954) – Eddie Whitby
 * The House Across the Lake (1954) – Vincent Gordon
 * The Diamond (1954) – Mickey Sweeney (uncredited)
 * Johnny on the Spot (1954) – Paul Carrington
 * Five Days (1954) – Paul Kirby
 * Duel in the Jungle (1954) – Pan American Airways Clerk
 * A Stranger Came Home (1954) – Bill Saul
 * Diplomatic Passport (1954) – Ray Anderson
 * The Young Lovers (1954) – Gregg Pearson
 * The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) – Lt Patrick Boyle, Sea Otter Pilot
 * Mask of Dust (1954) – Racetrack Announcer (uncredited)
 * The Red Dress (1954) – Hannibal Jones (segment "Meet Mr. Jones' story)
 * The Last Moment (1954) – Derwent (segment: 'The Last Moment')
 * Shadow of a Man (1955) – Gene Landers
 * One Jump Ahead (1955) – Paul Banner
 * The Hornet's Nest (1955) – Bob Bartlett
 * Doctor at Sea (1955) – Captain (uncredited)
 * Stock Car (1955) – Larry Duke
 * The Narrowing Circle (1956) – Dave Nelson
 * Women Without Men (1956) – Nick Randall (UK version)
 * The Iron Petticoat (1956) – Major Lewis
 * Reach for the Sky (1956) – Hall (uncredited)
 * Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956) – Capt. Larson
 * Behind the Headlines (1956) – Paul Banner
 * The Battle of the River Plate (1956) – American reporter in Uruguay (uncredited)
 * Action Stations (1956) – Bob Reynolds
 * No Road Back (1957) – Clem Hayes
 * Murder Reported (1957) – Jeff Holly – Reporter
 * The Hypnotist (1957) – Valentine Neal
 * Les Espions (1957) – Le Colonel Howard
 * Undercover Girl (1958) – Johnny Carter
 * Intent to Kill (1958) – O'Brien
 * Jet Storm (1959) – George Towers
 * Date at Midnight (1959) – Bob Dillon
 * Wernher von Braun (1960) – Launch Countdown Coordinator (uncredited)
 * Surprise Package (1960) – Television News Broadcaster (uncredited)
 * Jacktown (1962) – Policeman No. 1
 * Panic (1963) – Fight Commentator
 * Call Me Bwana (1963) – Col. Spencer
 * Dr. Crippen (1963) – Bruce Martin
 * Maigret Sees Red (1963) – Harry McDonald
 * The Beauty Jungle (1964) – American Tourist (uncredited)
 * First Men in the Moon (1964) – Reporter from the 'Express' (uncredited)
 * Goldfinger (1964) – US General at airport (uncredited) (final film role)