Actor. Born Albert Paul Shenar. Shenar was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Mary Rosella (née Puhek) and Eugene Joseph Shenar. He was of Polish and Slovenian descent. Worked on Stage and films. Known for playing attractive, dark-featured character actor with a voice like thunder, and eyes like a wolf, who was featured in less than sympathetic roles throughout his career. 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 films—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). Shenar also portrayed the ruthless Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa in Brian De Palma's 1983 feature film, Scarface. He portrayed crime boss Luigi Patrovita's (Sam Wanamaker) second in command, Paulo Rocca in Raw Deal (1986). A founding member, actor, director and teacher of the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco, he played more than forty roles there, including Hamlet, Oedipus Rex and Brother Julian in Tiny Alice. In 1982, He portrayed Jenner in the animated feature The Secret of NIMH. Shenar's performance in the film impressed its director Don Bluth that he wanted Shenar to also portray Borf in the game Space Ace, but was unable to do so due to budget issues (a role that ultimately went to Bluth himself). Shenar continued to act during the late 1980s. He did a stage version of Macbeth in Los Angeles and appeared in films like Best Seller (1987), The Bedroom Window (1987), The Big Blue (1988), plus the TV film Rage of Angels: The Story Continues. Best remembered for his role in The Secret of NIMH (1982) as the evil rat Jenner and Scarface (1983) as Alejandro Sosa. He also appeared in films/TV programs like: The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV series), Columbo (TV series), The Execution of Private Slovik (1974 TV), The Night That Panicked America (1975 TV) as Orson Welles, The Bionic Woman (TV series), The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (TV series) as Lieutenant Wertz, Roots (1977 TV mini-series), Hawaii Five-O (TV series), Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978 TV) as Florenz Ziegfeld, Richard II (1982 Video), Dynasty (TV series), and Raw Deal (1986) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Shenar was gay. He and British actor Jeremy Brett were in a relationship in the 1970s; it reportedly lasted five years. Paul Shenar died from AIDS on October 11th, 1989. He was cremated & his ashes were giving to Thomas Wiley, The Executor of his estate.