[3] He was perhaps best known for playing as the bodyguard of Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in the 1973 film The Sting, alongside actor Charles Dierkop who played the role of Floyd.
[4] Paul was born in the United States, where he was raised in Brooklyn, New York.
[2] He attended at a college in Marietta, Ohio, in which he then served in the United States Air Force.
[2] Paul guest-starred in numerous television programs including Hawaii Five-O,[5] Quincy, M.E., Wonder Woman, Fantasy Island, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, The Rookies, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon, Emergency!,[6] Ironside, Police Woman, Matlock, Falcon Crest, Cannon, Happy Days, Mannix, Adam-12 and Mission: Impossible.
[2] Paul was married to dancer Kathy Kroll.