Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Robert Soles (11 August 1930 - 26 May 2021) was a Canadian actor and television personality. He was best known as the original voice of Hermey the misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964. Soles voiced the Bruce Banner character in the 1966 Incredible Hulk cartoon series. He also voiced fellow Marvel superhero Spider-Man in the animated television series also from the late 1960s, and he played "The Lawbreaker" on the CBC panel quiz show This Is the Law in the 1970s, and played Costas Stavros on the Canadian soap opera Riverdale. In 2001, he took over the role of Shylock the Jew in the Stratford Festival of Canada production of The Merchant of Venice after Al Waxman, who was originally scheduled to play the part, died. Soles played Stanley the pizza shop owner in The Incredible Hulk. He also played Danny, the Montréal Customs House janitor in the 2001 crime thriller, The Score.
Acted in 50
2020s
- 2020
2010s
- 2017
- 2016
My 90 Year Old Roommate
Joe · 22 episodes
- 2012
The Magic Hockey Skates
Nick (voice)
- 2010
2000s
- 2008
- 2006
The Jane Show
Stella's Father · 1 episode
- 2005
Terminal City
TV
- 2004
Siblings
Grandpa
- 2002
Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
Hidden Agenda
Wilhelm Engelmann
The Five Senses
Mr. Bernstein
- 1998
- 1996
The Abduction
Movie
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
Albert Einstein
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Mr. Schindler
- 1991
A Star for Two
Movie
- 1990
Falling Over Backwards
Harvey
The Gunrunner
Loebman
1980s
- 1986
Really Weird Tales
Professor Tistaert (segment "I'll Die Loving")
- 1985
- 1984
Just the Way You Are
Arthur
- 1981
The Trolls and the Christmas Express
Other Voices (voice)
Ticket to Heaven
Morley
- 1980
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
The Announcer (voice)
Last of the Red-Hot Dragons
(voice)
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
The Little Brown Burro
Omar (voice)
The Making of a President
Movie
- 1977
King of the Beasts
(voice)
- 1976
Noah's Animals
(voice)
- 1973
Festival of Family Classics: Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat / Five of Spades (voice)
- 1972
A Christmas Tree
Movie
Jack O'Lantern
(voice)
1960s
- 1969
The Smokey Bear Show
Benny / Floyd (voice) · 51 episodes
- 1967
- 1966
The King Kong Show
Dr. Who (voice) · 73 episodes
- 1965
Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
Pablo the Monkey / King Ferdinand (voice)
- 1964
Appearances1
2010s
- 2014
Lost Heroes
Narrator (voice)