Paul Robert Soles (born 11 August 1930) is a Canadian character actor,
voice actor and television personality. He led the voice cast in such
series such as The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), voiced the title
character in Spider-Man (1967), and portrayed Hermey in the 1964
television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Soles is one of the
last surviving participants of the special's voice cast.Soles first
screen appearance was on CFPL (Canada's second privately owned
television station) in 1953, and he continues to perform over 60 years
later, performing as of 2016 in the comedy web series My 90-Year-Old
Roommate on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's online comedy
channel, CBC Comedy.Soles is widely known as the voice of Hermey the
misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from 1964.
He went on to voice Bruce Banner the alter ego of the Hulk and his
friend Rick Jones in the 1966 Incredible Hulk animated series from The
Marvel Super Heroes program. He also voiced fellow Marvel superhero
Spider-Man in the original animated television series also from the
late 1960s, and he played "The Lawbreaker" on the CBC panel quiz show
This Is the Law in the 1970s, and played Costas Stavros on the
Canadian soap opera Riverdale. In 2001, Soles took over the role of
Shylock the Jew in the Stratford Festival of Canada production of The
Merchant of Venice after Al Waxman, who was originally scheduled to
play the part, died. Soles played Stanley the pizza shop owner in The
Incredible Hulk (2008), and his other film appearances have included
roles in Ticket to Heaven (1981), Just the Way You Are (1984) and The
Gunrunner (1989) opposite Kevin Costner. He also played Danny, the
Montreal Customs House janitor in the 2001 crime thriller The Score.
voice actor and television personality. He led the voice cast in such
series such as The Marvel Super Heroes (1966), voiced the title
character in Spider-Man (1967), and portrayed Hermey in the 1964
television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Soles is one of the
last surviving participants of the special's voice cast.Soles first
screen appearance was on CFPL (Canada's second privately owned
television station) in 1953, and he continues to perform over 60 years
later, performing as of 2016 in the comedy web series My 90-Year-Old
Roommate on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's online comedy
channel, CBC Comedy.Soles is widely known as the voice of Hermey the
misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from 1964.
He went on to voice Bruce Banner the alter ego of the Hulk and his
friend Rick Jones in the 1966 Incredible Hulk animated series from The
Marvel Super Heroes program. He also voiced fellow Marvel superhero
Spider-Man in the original animated television series also from the
late 1960s, and he played "The Lawbreaker" on the CBC panel quiz show
This Is the Law in the 1970s, and played Costas Stavros on the
Canadian soap opera Riverdale. In 2001, Soles took over the role of
Shylock the Jew in the Stratford Festival of Canada production of The
Merchant of Venice after Al Waxman, who was originally scheduled to
play the part, died. Soles played Stanley the pizza shop owner in The
Incredible Hulk (2008), and his other film appearances have included
roles in Ticket to Heaven (1981), Just the Way You Are (1984) and The
Gunrunner (1989) opposite Kevin Costner. He also played Danny, the
Montreal Customs House janitor in the 2001 crime thriller The Score.
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