Paul Hecht (born August 16, 1941) is an English-born Canadian stage, film, voice and television actor known for playing radio newsman Ross Buckingham in Howard Stern's Private Parts.
[1] Hecht made his Broadway debut in 1968 in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.
[2] Additional Broadway credits include 1776 (as John Dickinson), The Rothschilds, The Great God Brown, Herzl, Caesar and Cleopatra, Noises Off, and The Invention of Love.
He played Emperor Palpatine for the radio drama adaptions of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Hecht's extensive television credits include the recurring role of Allie's ex-husband Charles on Kate & Allie, frequent guest shots on Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, As the World Turns, Starsky & Hutch, Remington Steele, Miami Vice, and Queer as Folk.