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Occupation
  
Actor

Name
  
Paul Partain

Role
  
Actor


Paul A. Partain Paul Alen Partain 19472005

Born
  
November 22, 1946 (
1946-11-22
)

Died
  
January 28, 2005, Austin, Texas, United States

Movies
  
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Race with the Devil

Similar People
  
Teri McMinn, Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, Kim Henkel

Paul Alan Partain (November 22, 1946 – January 28, 2005) billed professionally as Paul A. Partain was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) as the handicapped wheel-chair bound Franklin Hardesty.

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Life and career

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Partain was born in Austin, Texas. He served in the United States Navy in the Vietnam War, and on his return to the U.S., started working at an electronics manufacturing plant during the day, and at a dinner theater at night. In the fall of 1972, Partain found out he had been laid off from the plant, and while at the theater where he worked, was asked to audition for the part of Willy in the 1974 Sidney Lumet film Lovin' Molly, by the theater director there. Through the help of this director, Partain got the role and his acting career was begun.

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The director got Partain his next movie role as well, by pointing Kim Henkel, the screenwriter and producer of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, toward Partain. Partain originally read for the part of the hitchhiker, but the film's director, Tobe Hooper, was not impressed. Hooper had Partain read for Franklin and cast him in that part instead.

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After appearing in two more films in the 1970s (Race with the Devil (1975) as Cal Mather and Rolling Thunder (1977) as the brother-in-law), Partain had stopped acting by 1978. Partain started appearing in movies again in the 1990s, starting with a cameo in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), the third sequel to the 1974 original. One of his other roles in the 1990s was that of the Militia of Texas Minister in the 1997 movie Burying Lana.

For about 10 years, Partain worked as a Regional Sales Manager for Zenith Electronics Corporation. He was married to Jean E. Partian

Death

Partain died from cancer on January 28, 2005 in Austin, Texas.

Filmography

Actor
2003
The Life of David Gale as
Alcoholic (uncredited)
1997
Burying Lana as
Militia of Texas Minister
1994
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation as
Hospital Orderly
1977
Rolling Thunder as
Brother-in-Law
1975
Race with the Devil as
Cal Mathers
1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as
Franklin
1974
Lovin' Molly as
Willy (uncredited)
Thanks
2012
Moxina (Short) (in memory of)
2006
Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw (Video documentary) (dedicatee)
2005
Knight of the Living Dead (Video) (special thanks)
Self
2004
Still Chainsaw After All These Years (Video documentary short) as
Self
2000
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (Video documentary) as
Self (as Paul Partain)
Archive Footage
-
Nash the Slash Rises Again! (Documentary) (post-production) as
Franklin
2019
The Kill Count (TV Series) as
Self
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) Kill Count (2019) - Self
2017
Demented Pictures (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (2017) - Self
2015
True Fear: The Making of Psycho (Documentary)
2013
Texas Chainsaw as
Franklin Hardesty
2010
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Franklin Hardesty
- Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood (2010) - Franklin Hardesty (uncredited)
2006
Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw (Video documentary) as
Self
2000
The American Nightmare (Documentary) as
Self

References

Paul A. Partain Wikipedia


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