Biography
Paul Ford Weaver was an American character actor and comedic actor who came to specialize in portraying authority figures whose ineptitude and pompous demeanor were played for comic effect, notably as Mayor George Shinn in the 1957 Broadway musical comedy The Music Man, followed five years later by repeating the role in The Music Man,, and on television as U.S. Army Colonel John T. Hall on several seasons of the military comedy The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959).
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Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1963 · nominated
Filmography22 titles
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Red Skelton Show
The Naked City
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
The Music Man
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Matchmaker
What's My Line?
All the King's Men
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Missouri Traveler
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
Tales of Tomorrow
The Comedians
Perfect Strangers
Lust for Gold
Fair Play
The Kid from Texas
Who's Got the Action?
Suspense
Twinky