Paul Hecht
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Paul Hecht (born August 16, 1941) is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor.
Born in London, England, Hecht graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1963. He made his Broadway debut in 1968 in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Additional Broadway credits include 1776, The Rothschilds, The Great God Brown, Caesar and Cleopatra, Noises Off, and The Invention of Love. He received the Obie Award for his performance in the off-Broadway production of Enrico IV in 1989.
Hecht was a regular performer on Himan Browns Radio Mystery Theatre between 1976 and 1978.
Hecht's extensive television credits include the recurring role of Allie's ex-husband Charles on Kate and Allie, frequent guest shots on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, As the World Turns, Starsky and Hutch, Remington Steele, Miami Vice, and Queer as Folk.
Hecht has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Allentown Symphony, at the 92nd street Y., and performs a program of John Donne Sonnets with the early music group Parthenia.He has recorded many books for Recorded Books.
Hecht was president of the New York chapter of the Screen Actors Guild from 1991-1995.
