Paul Roebling | |
Birth Date: | 1 March 1934 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actor, Producer |
Spouse: | Olga Bellin |
Paul Roebling (March 1, 1934 – July 27, 1994) was an American actor noted for Blue Thunder, Prince of the City and Carolina Skeletons. In the 1990 Ken Burns PBS documentary The Civil War,[1] Roebling was the voice of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and read the famous letter written by Sullivan Ballou.[2] [3] He also directed his wife, Olga Bellin, in Zelda.[4]
Roebling was a direct descendant of John Roebling and Washington Roebling, the designers and engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge.[5] In Ken Burns' documentaries on the Brooklyn Bridge and the Civil War, Roebling was the voice of Washington Roebling.[6]
Roebling died by suicide on July 27, 1994, in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona.[7] His wife had died from cancer several years earlier.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1981 | Prince of the City | Assistant U.S. Atty. Brooks Paige | ||
1982 | The End of August | Leonce | ||
1983 | Blue Thunder | Icelan |