Paul Nicholas Mace (April 4, 1950 – August 12, 1983) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for playing Wimpy Murgalo in the 1974 film The Lords of Flatbush.
Life and career Mace was born in New York. He began his stage career in 1960, appearing in the stage play Semi-Detached. He appeared in such other plays as Midgie Purvis, The Wall, Zoot Suit and The Me Nobody Knows. He then began his screen career in 1962, appearing in the anthology television series The United States Steel Hour. In 1970, he played the recurring role of Luke in the CBS soap opera television series Search for Tomorrow.
Later in his career, Mace guest-starred in television programs including East Side West Side, The Rockford Files and CHiPs, and played the recurring role of Pagano, the street lord in the NBC police procedural television series Hill Street Blues. In 1974, he starred as Wimpy Murgalo in the film The Lords of Flatbush, starring along with Sylvester Stallone, Perry King and Henry Winkler. He also appeared in films such as The Panic in Needle Park and Paradise Alley.
Mace retired from acting in 1982, last appearing in the NBC medical drama television series St. Elsewhere.
Death Mace died on August 12, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 33.
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