Paul Gilbert (born Ed MacMahon;[1] December 27, 1918 – February 13, 1976) was an American film and television actor.

[1][2] He starred in the 1954 series The Duke as a former boxer who has decided to give up his fighting career to become a respectable nightclub owner.

In the pilot episode, Gilbert sings, dances, juggles and plays four instruments in the band.

He played the role of murder victim Harrison Boring in the 1964 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Blonde Bonanza."

In her autobiography, Melissa Gilbert wrote that he died by suicide due to suffering from constant pain stemming from World War II injuries while serving as a fighter pilot in the Air Corps.