Paul Soles
Acting • Born 1930-08-11 – Died 2021-05-26
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.
Filmography
51 credits
The Incredible Hulk
Movie • 2008
Stanley
My First Wedding
Movie • 2006
Harry
The Score
Movie • 2001
Danny
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
Movie • 1980
The Announcer (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Movie • 1964
Hermey (voice)
Noah's Animals
Movie • 1976
(voice)
King of the Beasts
Movie • 1977
(voice)
Last of the Red-Hot Dragons
Movie • 1980
(voice)
A Star for Two
Movie • 1991
The Abduction
Movie • 1996
The Gunrunner
Movie • 1990
Loebman
Siblings
Movie • 2004
Grandpa
Hidden Agenda
Movie • 1999
Wilhelm Engelmann
Shadow Builder
Movie • 1998
Mr. Butterman
The Trolls and the Christmas Express
Movie • 1981
Other Voices (voice)
Lost Heroes
Movie • 2014
Narrator (voice)
The Magic Hockey Skates
Movie • 2012
Nick (voice)
The Five Senses
Movie • 1999
Mr. Bernstein
The Making of a President
Movie • 1978
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
Movie • 1996
Albert Einstein
The Marriage Fool
Movie • 1998
Warren
Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
Movie • 1965
Pablo the Monkey / King Ferdinand (voice)
Really Weird Tales
Movie • 1986
Professor Tistaert (segment "I'll Die Loving")
Ticket to Heaven
Movie • 1981
Morley
The Little Brown Burro
Movie • 1978
Omar (voice)
Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
Movie • 2002
Harold Arlen
Falling Over Backwards
Movie • 1990
Harvey
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Movie • 1992
Mr. Schindler
Teen Knight
Movie • 1998
Mr. Percy/Parcival
The Lotus Eaters
Movie • 1993
Tobias Spittle
A Christmas Tree
Movie • 1972
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie • 1972
Just the Way You Are
Movie • 1984
Arthur
Festival of Family Classics: Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1973
Cheshire Cat / Five of Spades (voice)
Terminal City
TV • 2005
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Marv
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Robert Fellmeth
The Marvel Super Heroes
TV • 1966
Rick Jones (voice)
FX: The Series
TV • 1996
Mr. Merton
The King Kong Show
TV • 1966
Dr. Who (voice)
Due South
TV • 1994
Creeve
Rookie Blue
TV • 2010
Peterson
The Smokey Bear Show
TV • 1969
Benny / Floyd (voice)
Wishfart
TV • 2017
Santa Claus (voice)
Nurses
TV • 2020
Roy
Riverdale
TV • 1997
Costas Stavros
The Jane Show
TV • 2006
Stella's Father
Spider-Man
TV • 1967
Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
My 90 Year Old Roommate
TV • 2016
Joe
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Moses Harper
Spider-Woman
TV • 1979
Spider-man (voice)