Albert Paul Shenar (February 12, 1936 âˆ' October 11, 1989) was an
American actor and theater director, known for portraying the Bolivian
drug lord Alejandro Sosa, in Scarface (1983).A veteran Broadway and
Shakespearean actor, he was one of the twenty-seven founding members
of the American Conservatory Theater.Shenar was born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, the son of Mary Rosella (née Puhek) and Eugene Joseph
Shenar. He was of Polish and Slovenian descent.Shenar became involved
in theater at an early age, working in Milwaukee playhouse
productions. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the
United States Air Force. Following his military career he began acting
again. Shenar gained attention playing larger-than-life entertainment
legends in 1970s television filmsâ€"Orson Welles in The Night That
Panicked America (1975) and Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., in Ziegfeld: The
Man and His Women (1978). He portrayed the character John Carrington
in Part II of the miniseries Roots (1977).
American actor and theater director, known for portraying the Bolivian
drug lord Alejandro Sosa, in Scarface (1983).A veteran Broadway and
Shakespearean actor, he was one of the twenty-seven founding members
of the American Conservatory Theater.Shenar was born in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, the son of Mary Rosella (née Puhek) and Eugene Joseph
Shenar. He was of Polish and Slovenian descent.Shenar became involved
in theater at an early age, working in Milwaukee playhouse
productions. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the
United States Air Force. Following his military career he began acting
again. Shenar gained attention playing larger-than-life entertainment
legends in 1970s television filmsâ€"Orson Welles in The Night That
Panicked America (1975) and Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., in Ziegfeld: The
Man and His Women (1978). He portrayed the character John Carrington
in Part II of the miniseries Roots (1977).
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