
Paul Picerni
Department: Acting
Biography
As a child Paul Picerni had aspirations to become an attorney until he acted in an eighth-grade play and later learned that the school principal liked his performance and called him "a born actor". He next appeared in little theater productions, then (after World War II Air Force service) on the stage at Loyola University. Picerni was acting in a play in Hollywood when he was spotted by Solly V. Bianco, head of talent at Warner Brothers; brought to the studio, the young actor was given a role in Le grand assaut(1950). This WWII actioner turned out to be aptly named, as it led to a Warners contract for Picerni and a long succession of roles at that studio. Best-known for his second-banana role on the TV classic Les incorruptibles (1959) with Robert Stack, Picerni is the father of eight and grandfather of ten. - IMDb Mini Biography
Known For

Lucy Gets Lucky
1975

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979

The Scalphunters
1968

Marjorie Morningstar
1958

Drive a Crooked Road
1954

The Brothers Rico
1957

Operation Pacific
1951

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987

Breakthrough
1950

The Young Philadelphians
1959

Twelve O'Clock High
1949

The Shadow on the Window
1957

The System
1953

The Come On
1956

The Man Who Died Twice
1958

Hell's Island
1955

House of Wax
1953

I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951

Torpedo Run
1958

The Big Caper
1957

Mara Maru
1952

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951

Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955

The Adventures of Hajji Baba
1954

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005

The Tanks Are Coming
1951

The Bounty Hunter
1954

Big Rose
1974

Cattle Town
1952

Flight to Hong Kong
1956

Return to Warbow
1958

Operation Secret
1952

The Shanghai Story
1954

Lord of the Jungle
1955

Saddle Tramp
1950

Dial Red O
1955

She's Back on Broadway
1953

The Desert Song
1953

Capricorn One
1977

Wiretapper
1955

Land Raiders
1969

Airport
1970

Operation Mad Ball
1957

Strangers When We Meet
1960

To Hell and Back
1955

The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
1970

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980

The Last Hurrah
1977

Something for Joey
1977

Marciano
1979

Beyond Glory
1948

Fort Worth
1951

The Fearmaker
1971

Kotch
1971

Escape to Athena
1979

Miracle in the Rain
1956

Che!
1969

Omar Khayyam
1957

The Secret Fury
1950

Three Secrets
1950

The Killer That Stalked New York
1950

A Lady Without Passport
1950

Pages of Death
1962

Force of Arms
1951

His Majesty O'Keefe
1954

Fury River
1961

The Killers of Mussolini
1959

Pushover
1954

Riding Shotgun
1954

Alice
1976

Here's Lucy
1968

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

The Incredible Hulk
1977

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

T. J. Hooker
1982

Starsky & Hutch
1975

The F.B.I.
1965

Batman
1966

Simon & Simon
1981

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Room 222
1969

Mannix
1967

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

Kojak
1973

Hogan's Heroes
1965

Dragnet
1951

Perry Mason
1957

Gunsmoke
1955

Combat!
1962

Hawaiian Eye
1959

Emergency!
1972

Zorro
1957

Run, Joe, Run
1974

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Fall Guy
1981

Ironside
1967

The Young Marrieds
1964

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Felony Squad
1966

The Immortal
1970

Vega$
1978

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956

The Partners
1971

The Virginian
1962

Lancer
1968

Sword of Justice
1978

Lux Video Theatre
1950

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

Matt Houston
1982

Climax!
1954

Men Into Space
1959

The Big Valley
1965

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Matinee Theater
1955

The Sixth Sense
1972

Navy Log
1955

The Rebel
1959

Sugarfoot
1957

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956

Cavalcade of America
1952

Sam
1978

26 Men
1957

Panic!
1957

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

Letter to Loretta
1953

77 Sunset Strip
1958

The Fugitive
1963

My Three Sons
1960

Ghost Story
1972

Broken Arrow
1956

Behind Closed Doors
1958

Mr. & Mrs. North
1952

Studio 57
1954

Northwest Passage
1958

My Three Sons
1960

Maverick
1957

The Untouchables
1959

Sledge Hammer!
1986

Passport to Danger
1954

Letter to Loretta
1953

The F.B.I.
1965

Adam-12
1968

Gunsmoke
1955

Letter to Loretta
1953

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Cavalcade of America
1952

Adam-12
1968

Letter to Loretta
1953

Kojak
1973

Four Star Playhouse
1952

Four Star Playhouse
1952

Here's Lucy
1968

Here's Lucy
1968

Here's Lucy
1968

The French Atlantic Affair
1979

Perry Mason
1957

The Rebel
1959

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Barnaby Jones
1973

Perry Mason
1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Starsky & Hutch
1975

The Gale Storm Show
1956

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980

Public Defender
1954

The Living Christ
1951

Banacek
1972

Barnaby Jones
1973

Mannix
1967

The Lone Wolf
1954

The F.B.I.
1965

Love, American Style
1969

Mannix
1967

T. J. Hooker
1982

Dragnet
1951

The Rebel
1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958

Police Story
1973