Paul L. Smith

Paul Lawrence Smith was an American-Israeli actor. Burly, bearded and imposing, he appeared in feature films and occasionally on television since the 1960s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison guard in Midnight Express, Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye, Gideon in the ABC miniseries Masada, Glossu "Beast" Rabban in David Lynch's Dune and Falkon in Red Sonja.