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Paul Karo

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Paul Karo
Born
Edinburgh, Scotland
OccupationActor
Years active1957–1999
Known forThe Box (TV series) as Lee Whitman

Paul Karo is a Scottish-born, Australian former actor. Karo is best known for his role in telefilms and TV series including as Lee Whiteman in the 1970s television soap opera The Box. In 1967 he received the Best Actor for 1966 award (the "Erik") from Melbourne theatre critics for his role in A Lily for Little India.[1] In 1976 he won the Best Australian Actor category at the Logie Awards.[2]

Other TV credits include: Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police, Prisoner, The Sullivans, Special Squad, Phoenix and SeaChange. An early television role was in Quiet Night in 1961.

Filmography

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Film

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Title Year Role Type
Tragedy in a Temporary Town 1959 Raphael Infante TV movie
OutPost 1959 Flight Sgt. Steve McCudden TV movie
Uncle Martino 1960 Silvio TV movie
Quiet Night 1961 Russell Keane TV movie
Boy Round the Corner 1962 Gerry Lacey TV movie
A Piece of Ribbon 1963 TV movie
And the Big Men Fly 1963 Wally Sloss TV movie
Duet: The Face at the Club House Door and How Do You Spell Matrimony? 1965 TV movie
Plain Jane 1966 TV movie
Demonstrator 1971 Charles East Feature film
The Box 1975 Lee Whiteman Feature film
The Lion's Share 1978 TV movie
Death of a Soldier 1986 Opposition MP Feature film
A Cry in the Dark (aka Evil Angels) 1988 Lecturer Feature film
Paperback Romance 1994 Defence Lawyer Feature film

Television

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Title Year Role Type
Consider Your Verdict 1962 Hugh Barte TV series
The Magic Boomerang 1965 2 roles: Johnson - Oswald III - Whitey the Postman TV series
Adventures of the Seaspray 1966 Criminal TV series
The Long Arm 1970 Gregory Watson TV series
Division 4 1969-72 3 character roles: Bert Sweeney - Harry Sullivan - Jimmy Hansen TV series
Matlock Police 1971-73 3 character roles: Brendon Parker Smith - David Shannessy - Kevin Harrison TV series
Homicide 3 character roles: Alan Maddern - Carl Warren Lee - Club Customer TV series
The Box 1974-75 Lee Whiteman TV series, 193 episodes
Case for the Defence 1978 Doctor Brian Mark TV series
The Sullivans 1978 Reverent Roland TV series
Skyways 1979 Brett Miles TV series
Cop Shop 1980-81 3 character roles: Percy Bradford - Graham Jordon - Norman Lyons TV series
Prisoner (aka Prisoner: Cell Block H) 1981-84 Detective Inspector Rouse TV series
Special Squad 1984 Scaffer - Skinny TV series
Carson's Law 1983-84 3 character roles: Allan - Giles D.Albert - Charles McMillan TV series
Golden Pennies 1985 Marcel TV series
A Thousand Skies 1985 English Director TV miniseries
ANZACS 1985 Doctor TV miniseries
My Brother Tom 1986 Chemist TV miniseries
Sword of Honour 1986 Godfrey TV miniseries
Nancy Wake 1987 Commissioner TV miniseries
Phoenix 1993 Ted McKinnon TV series
Janus 1995 Mr. Hoy TV series
Blue Heelers 1994 Dr. Fielding TV series
Good Guys, Bad Guys 1997 Joe Tyson TV series
SeaChange 1998 Dr. Ashcombe TV series

Theatre

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Title Year Role Type
1966 A Lily for Little India

Video game

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Title Year Role Type
M.U.G.E.N 1999 Video Game

References

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  1. ^ 'Actors Named', Melbourne Age 21 March 1967 p. 6
  2. ^ Zuk, Tony. "Australian Television: 1974-1977 Logie Awards". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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