Paul Lee Willson (born December 25, 1945) is an American actor, most notable for his television work.
Willson has played numerous guest characters on a variety of shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boston Public, Caroline in the City, and Star Trek: Voyager. He is perhaps most famous for his repeated guest character of "Paul" on the television show Cheers (which he also reprised in an episode of the Cheers' spin-off, Frasier) . His character w...
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Paul Lee Willson (born December 25, 1945) is an American actor, most notable for his television work.
Willson has played numerous guest characters on a variety of shows including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boston Public, Caroline in the City, and Star Trek: Voyager. He is perhaps most famous for his repeated guest character of "Paul" on the television show Cheers (which he also reprised in an episode of the Cheers' spin-off, Frasier) . His character was originally called "Tom" because Paul Vaughn was already playing a character named "Paul" on Cheers. For five years he was Garry Shandling's neighbour "Leonard Smith" on It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986-1990). Paul also showed up on Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show playing Larry's accountant, and the brother of Sid the cue card holder. He played Ed, a neighbour, in Malcolm in the Middle in a few episodes. He also starred in the comedy film Office Space as one of "The Bobs". He was recently in a promotional video for the Nintendo DS...
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