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Richard Paul (June 6, 1940 – December 25, 1998) was an American television and film actor. In addition to starring in the 1970s television sitcom Carter Country, he had recurring roles on the later series Murder, She Wrote and Full House. He portrayed Jerry Falwell Sr. in two separate productions after having played a character based on Falwell for an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati. Early life Paul was born in Los Angeles, California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public affairs from Claremont Men's College and a Master of Arts degree in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles. He was nearing completion of a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in Tucson when abandoned his career as a therapist to become a full-time performer. Career From 1977 to 1979, Paul played Mayor Teddy Burnside in Carter Country. His famous catchphrase was "Handle it, Roy, handle it!". He costarred in the ABC comedy One in a Million, which aired for one season in 1980, and on an episode of M*A*S*H as Capt. Bill Bainbridge. Paul was also a frequent panelist on Match Game from 1978 to 1982, and later played the recurring character of Cabot Cove mayor Sam Booth in Murder, She Wrote. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he also had a recurring role as television station manager Mr. Strowbridge on Full House. In the 1981 WKRP in Cincinnati episode "Clean Up Radio Everywhere", Paul played Rev. Bob Halyers, a character inspired by evangelist Jerry Falwell. Paul later portrayed Falwell in the 1990 television movie Fall From Grace about Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and then in the 1996 theatrical release The People vs. Larry Flynt. Paul appeared in the film Eating Raoul (1982), written and directed by Paul Bartel. Also in 1982, he costarred on the short-lived sitcom Herbie, the Love Bug. He later appeared in Bartel's short film The Secret Cinema, which was part of the Amazing Stories series on television, and in Bartel’s Not for Publication. Personal life Paul volunteered with Actors and Others for Animals and served on its board of directors. He also served on the mental-health advisory board for Los Angeles County and volunteered at childhood immunization clinics for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. He read books into tapes by special request at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles. He married Patty Oestereich on September 7, 1968, in Pasadena, California, and they remained married until his death. Death Paul died of cancer at age 58 on December 25, 1998, at his home in the Studio City area of Los Angeles. Filmography Film Television References External links Richard Paul at IMDb Richard Paul discography at Discogs. Discover the Richard Paul popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Richard Paul books.
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Michael Vey 4
Richard Paul EvansMichael and his friends must rescue a child prodigy as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fourth installment of the New York Times bestselling series!Michael, Tayl...
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UnSelfie
Michele BorbaHailed as “an absolute mustread” (Jean Twenge) and a book that “will change your kids’ lives” (Jack Canfield), UnSelfie by Dr. Michele Borba explains what parents and educators MUS...
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The Clementine Complex
Bob MortimerBob Mortimer, beloved comedian and #1 Sunday Times (London) bestselling author of the memoir And Away…, returns with a delightfully quirky mystery in the vein of Richard Osman and ...
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The Penguin History of the Church
Henry ChadwickExamines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world
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The Golden Spoon
Jessa Maxwell“This delicious combination of Clue and The Great British Bake Off kept me turning the pages all night!” Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling authorOnly Murders in the Bu...
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The Noel Letters
Richard Paul Evans#1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans returns this holiday season with a tale of love, belonging, and family, following a trail of letters that leads to a Christm...
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Trousdale Estates
Steven M. PriceFilled with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.Trousda...
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A Perfect Day
Richard Paul EvansThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Broken Road series presents an inspiring story about a man who has to rediscover his priorities after finding money and fa...
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Before I Go
Brian CharlesIn the spirit of The Notebook, Brian Charles’ Before I Go is at once a tender love story and a powerful, provocative exploration of life after loss, and the numinous links that tie...
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How To Start a Business without Any Money
Rachel BridgeDo you dream of starting your own business but don’t have any money? What if you could set up a venture with nothing but a good business idea and the determination to make it work?...
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Michael Vey
Richard Paul EvansThe start of an actionpacked teen series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans.To everyone at Meridian High School, fourteenyearold Michael Vey is nothing sp...
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The Gift
Richard Paul EvansA heartwarming and inspirational Christmas novel in the tradition of The Christmas Box and Finding Noel from New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans. Sure to be a clas...
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100 Ways to Beat the Blues
Tanya Tucker"This book is like a good song; it will reach so many people right where they live." Tanya TuckerHow do you beat the blues? We all have moments in life when we're down, lonely, or ...
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The Four Doors
Richard Paul EvansDiscover joy and meaning in your life with this inspirational wisdom from #1 New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans.The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wa...
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The Christmas Light
Donna VanLiereIn the small town of Grandon, five very different people discover the true meaning of Christmas. Jennifer and Ryan are both single parents, struggling with their own losses and hea...
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Made In Scotland
Billy ConnollyTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Where do you come from? It's one of the most basic human questions of all. But there is another question, which might sound a wee bit similar but is act...
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Entangled Life
Merlin SheldrakeNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungithe great connectors of the living worldand their astonishing an...
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How to Make a Spaceship
Julian Guthrie, Richard Branson & Stephen HawkingA New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflightA Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Alone i...
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The White Christmas Inn
Colleen WrightIn this heartwarming, feelgood novel, a snowstorm brings a cast of very different characters together at a sleepy New England inn, just in time for Christmasand maybe even in time ...
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Michael Vey 3
Richard Paul EvansThe hairraising action continues for Michael Vey in this charged third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electrocla...
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Michael Vey 6
Richard Paul EvansMichael and his friends try to recruit Hatch’s Electric Youth to their side as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying sixth installment of the New York Times bestselli...
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The Road to Grace
Richard Paul EvansThe third novel in the New York Times bestselling series about an advertising executive who loses everything and embarks on a walk across America: “definitely a journey worth takin...
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Faith Alone---The Doctrine of Justification
Thomas R. SchreinerRenowned biblical scholar Thomas Schreiner looks at the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine of justification and offers an updated defense of this pillar of Reformed theo...
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Michael Vey 2
Richard Paul EvansMichael must save his motherand protect his powersin the electric sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Michael Vey, from Richard Paul Evans.I rolled over to my back, struggl...
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Echoes
Ellen DatlowThe essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genreincluding stories from awardwinning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oa...
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From Hollywood with Love
Scott MeslowAn indepth celebration of the romantic comedy’s modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the ’80s and the ’90s, its unfortunate decline ...
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The Echo Chamber
John Boyne'His relish is infectious' Times'The funniest book I've read in ages. Savage but compelling' Ian Rankin'Funny, rumbustious, unstinting and wonderfully Hogarthian' The Observer'Shar...
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If the Allies Had Fallen
Dennis E. Showalter, Harold C. Deutsch & William R. ForstchenWhat if Stalin had signed with the West in 1939? What if the Allies had been defeated on DDay? What if Hitler had won the war?From the Munich crisis and the dropping of the first a...
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The Christmas Sweater
Glenn Beck#1 New York Times bestselling author and renowned radio and television host Glenn Beck delivers an instant holiday classic about boyhood memories, wrenching life lessons, and the t...
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Russian Thinkers
Isaiah Berlin & Henry HardyFew, if any, Englishlanguage critics have written as perceptively as Isaiah Berlin about Russian thought and culture. Russian Thinkers is his unique meditation on the impact that R...
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Spells for Lost Things
Jenna Evans WelchFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato comes a poignant and “beguiling” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about two teens trying to find their plac...
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Kagen the Damned
Jonathan MaberryKagen the Damned marks the first installment of an exciting new series of dark epic fantasy novels from bestselling author Jonathan Maberry.Sworn by OathKagen Vale is the trusted a...
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Speeches That Changed the World
Simon Sebag MontefioreComprehensively updated with many new speeches including Earl Spencer's lament to "The extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana", Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech of 1956 signalling ...
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Quantum
Jim Al-KhaliliFrom Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world.Quantum mechanics underpins modern science and provides us with...
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The Affair
Gill PaulLOVE. GLAMOUR. SECRETS.Rome, 1961. As the cameras roll on Cleopatra, the world is transfixed by the love affair emerging between Hollywood’s biggest stars: Richard Burton and Eliza...
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Michael Vey 5
Richard Paul EvansMichael, Taylor, Ostin, and the rest of the Electroclan go on their most dangerous mission yet as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying fifth installment of the New Y...
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The Mistletoe Promise
Richard Paul EvansA love story for Christmasnow a Hallmark Channel original moviefrom the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box and The Walk.Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday s...
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The Noel Stranger
Richard Paul EvansFrom “The King of Christmas,” Richard Paul Evans, comes the next exciting holiday novel perfect for “fans of Debbie Macomber” (Booklist) in his New York Times bestselling Noel Coll...
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The Noel Diary
Richard Paul EvansNow a Netflix film starring Justin Hartley! In this holidaythemed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Mistletoe Promise and The Walk, a man receives the best...
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Michael Vey 7
Richard Paul EvansMichael Vey is missing and it’s up to the Electroclan to find him in this shocking seventh installment of the New York Times bestselling series!The Electroclan is facing a devastat...