Paul A. Partain

Born November 22, 1946· Austin, Texas, USA

† Died January 28, 2005

6Roles★ 6.3Average rating

Paul A. Partain owed his acting career to a dinner theater: the Austin, Texas native, a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, was working an electronics plant by day and the theater by night when, after being laid off in 1972, its director got him an audition for Sidney Lumet's Lovin' Molly. The same director then pointed screenwriter-producer Kim Henkel his way for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Partai… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974The Life of David Gale2003Texas Chainsaw 3D2013The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre1995

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.4

The Life of David Gale2003

Alcoholic (uncredited)

★ 7.3

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre1974

Franklin

★ 6.8

Rolling Thunder1977

Brother-in-Law

★ 6.4

Race with the Devil1975

Cal Mathers

★ 5.5

Texas Chainsaw 3D2013

Franklin Hardesty (archive footage)

★ 4.6

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre1995

Hospital Orderly