Paul Morgan Genge[1] (March 29, 1913 – May 13, 1988) was an actor from the 1950s through to the late 1970s.

Early years

Genge's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Genge. During World War II he served in the United States Army Air Corps.[1] While he was stationed at Geiger Field in 1942 he acted with the Little Theater in Spokane, Washington.[2]

Film and television

Genge is most famous for his role as the shotgun toting gray-haired mob hitman 'Mike' in the 1968 film Bullitt (his character is the passenger in the black 1968 Dodge Charger during the famous car chase that goes out of control and causes his death and the driver's). Other film roles include that of a payoff man in The Outfit (1973), a California Highway Patrol officer in 1967's Hot Rods to Hell, Whitey, a communist suspect in The FBI Story (1959) and Lieutenant Hagerman in Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest (1959). He also appeared on many television shows from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.[3] He played in four episodes of Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr; in three of the roles he played a law-enforcement officer, such as San Francisco Inspector Wade in "The Case of the Poison Pen Pal" in 1962. In his final appearance in 1966 he played Bud in "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise." In that episode he and his comrade, in attempting to hijack goods from a truck driven by Paul Drake, are killed when their car loses control and rolls down the cliff, somewhat similar to the chase scene in Bullitt.

Stage

Genge was a member of a touring company that presented Hamlet in 19 cities in the United States in 1937.[4] He had the title role in the Barter Theatre's production of King Henry IV in 1939.[5] In 1940 he acted with the Playwrights' Company in Brooklyn.[6] In addition to acting on stage, Genge directed Hamlet in Hartford, Connecticut. He also wrote two plays, How to Fix an Ice Box and The Last Minstrel, that were produced. An advocate for regional theater. he financed a bus tour of the United States in 1963 to promote regional theater. He encouraged theatrical groups within a region to cooperate to find new plays to present.[7] Genge's Broadway credits included Panic (1935), Hamlet (1936), Journey to Jerusalem (1940), Romeo and Juliet (1951) and Bernardine (1952).[8]

Personal life

Genge married Rowena Kirkpatrick in Warrenton, Virginia, on November 28, 1944.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1958I Want to Live!Police InspectorUncredited
1958The Walter Winchell File"The Window" - LT Buchanan
1959The Beat GenerationPolice Capt. WilsonUncredited
1959North By NorthwestLieutenant HagermanUncredited
1959The FBI StoryWhitey, a Suspect
1960Because They're YoungCoach Al PekarekUncredited
1960The Crowded SkySamuel N. Poole
1964The Americanization of EmilyOfficerUncredited
1965Young DillingerPolice DetectiveUncredited
1965The SandpiperArchitectUncredited
1967Hot Rods to HellPoliceman
1968Blackbeard's GhostCasino ManagerUncredited
1968The Green BeretsGen. ThomasUncredited
1968BullittMike, shotgun killer
1973The OutfitPay-Off Man

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Miss Kirkpatrick Becomes Bride Of Sergeant Paul M. Genge". The Times Dispatch. Virginia, Richmond. December 3, 1944. p. 4-C. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Little Theater speeds comedy". The Spokesman-Review. May 7, 1942. p. 19. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Hotrods to Hell". Hotrods to Hell. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Stage News". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 17, 1937. p. 12. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Miller, Malcolm (August 29, 1939). "Music & Drama". The Knoxville Journal. p. 10. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Playwrights' Company Launches Third Season". The Brooklyn Citizen. September 3, 1940. p. 14. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Quarm, Joan (February 11, 1963). "'Doctor' Outlines Ideas To Aid Regional Theater". El Paso Herald-Post. p. 16. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Paul Genge". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
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