Paul Carpenter (actor)

Paul Carpenter
Born	(1921-12-08)December 8, 1921 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	June 12, 1964(1964-06-12) (aged 42) London, England, United Kingdom
Years active	1946–1964
Spouse(s)	Kim Parker

Paul Carpenter (December 8, 1921 – June 12, 1964) was a Canadian actor and singer.^[1]

Carpenter originally attended medical school in Montreal, but left aged 17 to join the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a war correspondent.^[2] He also played professional hockey in Canada.^[3]

He moved to England 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).^[4]

During rehearsals for a play at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, Carpenter was found dead in his dressing room. He had recently recovered from injuries suffered in a car accident.^[2][3]

Selected filmography

• Landfall (1949)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Albert R.N. (1953)
• The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
• Face the Music (1954)
• The House Across the Lake (1954)
• The Young Lovers (1954)
• The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
• Diplomatic Passport (1954)
• Duel in the Jungle (1954)
• The Unholy Four (1954)
• One Jump Ahead (1955)
• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• Stock Car (1955)
• The Iron Petticoat (1956)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• Women Without Men (1956)
• Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956)
• Behind the Headlines (1956)
• The Narrowing Circle (1956)
• No Road Back (1957)
• Intent to Kill (1958)
• Jet Storm (1959)
• Dr. Crippen (1962)
• Call Me Bwana (1963)
• First Men in the Moon (1964)

External links

• Paul Carpenter at the Internet Movie Database

References