Paul Bartel
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| Paul Bartel | |
| Born | August 6, 1938 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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| Died | May 13, 2000 (aged 61) New York, New York, USA |
| Occupation | American film actor & director |
Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer and director. Bartel was perhaps most known for his 1982 hit black comedy Eating Raoul, which he wrote, starred in and directed.
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[edit] Biography
Bartel was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jesse and William Bartel, who was an advertising executive.[1] Bartel was openly gay; this influenced his career choice, as he found himself more accepted and afforded more opportunities within the independent film industry than he would have in Hollywood.[2]
Bartel directed 11 low-budget films, including two which attained modest celebrity: Eating Raoul (1982) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), both of which featured co-star and fellow Brooklynite, Mary Woronov. Bartel and Woronov appeared together in 17 different films, including the 1975 cult film Death Race 2000, which he also directed; the 1979 cult classic Rock 'n' Roll High School; and Joe Dante's Hollywood Boulevard (1976). In the 1986 horror flick Chopping Mall, Bartel and Woronov reprised their characters from Eating Raoul.
Bartel made an appearance in Tim Burton' short film, Frankenweenie, as Victor's science teacher. Bartel directed ten movies, mostly low-budget comedies that he was hired to direct after the success of Eating Raoul. He sometimes contributed to the writing of these movies as well.
[edit] Death
He also made many guest appearances on TV shows. Bartel died May 13, 2000 of a a heart attack two weeks after liver cancer surgery; he was 61 years old.
[edit] Tribute
The Belgian horror movie Calvaire paid a tribute to the late Bartel - the mad innkeeper character is named "Paul Bartel".
[edit] Selected filmography
- Private Parts (1972)
- Big Bad Mama (1974)
- Death Race 2000 (1975)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
- Cannonball (1976)
- Grand Theft Auto (1977)
- Piranha (1978)
- Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
- Heartbeeps (1981)
- Eating Raoul (1982)
- White Dog (1982)
- Get Crazy (1983)
- Frankenweenie (1984)
- Into the Night (1985)
- Lust in the Dust (1985)
- European Vacation (1985)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- Munchies (1987)
- Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
- Shakedown (1988)
- Caddyshack II (1988)
- Out of the Dark (1989)
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
- Far Out Man (1990)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
- The Pope Must Die (1991)
- The Living End (1992)
- Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992)
- Posse (1993)
- The Jerky Boys (1995)
- Red Ribbon Blues (1996)
- Joe's Apartment (1996)
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Basquiat (1996)
- Lewis and Clark and George (1997)
- Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)
[edit] References
- ^ What A Character!
- ^ Gary Morris (2002-10-27). "Bartel, Paul". glbtq Encyclopaedia. http://www.glbtq.com/arts/bartel_p.html. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.
