Paul Soles
Born
August 11, 1930 (age 90)
Died
May 26, 2021
Birthplace
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paul Soles

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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.

Movies

Lost Heroes
Lost Heroes
2014 ★ 8.0
Narrator (voice)
The Magic Hockey Skates
The Magic Hockey Skates
2012 ★ 6.0
Nick (voice)
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
2008 ★ 6.2
Stanley
My First Wedding
My First Wedding
2006 ★ 4.3
Harry
Siblings
Siblings
2004 ★ 5.0
Grandpa
Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
2002
Harold Arlen
The Score
The Score
2001 ★ 6.7
Danny
Hidden Agenda
Hidden Agenda
1999 ★ 2.4
Wilhelm Engelmann
The Five Senses
The Five Senses
1999 ★ 5.6
Mr. Bernstein
Shadow Builder
Shadow Builder
1998 ★ 4.7
Mr. Butterman
Teen Knight
Teen Knight
1998 ★ 5.0
Mr. Percy/Parcival
The Marriage Fool
The Marriage Fool
1998 ★ 7.2
Warren
The Abduction
The Abduction
1996 ★ 9.0
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
Einstein: Light to the Power of 2
1996 ★ 8.0
Albert Einstein
The Lotus Eaters
The Lotus Eaters
1993 ★ 7.0
Tobias Spittle
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992 ★ 7.2
Mr. Schindler
A Star for Two
A Star for Two
1991
Falling Over Backwards
Falling Over Backwards
1990 ★ 4.0
Harvey
The Gunrunner
The Gunrunner
1990 ★ 3.7
Loebman
Really Weird Tales
Really Weird Tales
1986 ★ 4.0
Professor Tistaert (segment "I'll Die Loving")
Just the Way You Are
Just the Way You Are
1984 ★ 5.8
Arthur
The Trolls and the Christmas Express
The Trolls and the Christmas Express
1981 ★ 7.0
Other Voices (voice)
Ticket to Heaven
Ticket to Heaven
1981 ★ 6.6
Morley
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
1980
The Announcer (voice)
Last of the Red-Hot Dragons
Last of the Red-Hot Dragons
1980
(voice)
The Little Brown Burro
The Little Brown Burro
1978 ★ 6.0
Omar (voice)
The Making of a President
The Making of a President
1978
King of the Beasts
King of the Beasts
1977
(voice)
Noah's Animals
Noah's Animals
1976
(voice)
Festival of Family Classics: Alice in Wonderland
Festival of Family Classics: Alice in Wonderland
1973
Cheshire Cat / Five of Spades (voice)
A Christmas Tree
A Christmas Tree
1972
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1972 ★ 5.0
Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
Willy McBean & His Magic Machine
1965 ★ 4.3
Pablo the Monkey / King Ferdinand (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1964 ★ 7.4
Hermey (voice)

TV Series