Paul Rawson

Paul Rawson

Rawson at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, in 2009
Born Paul Nicholas Rawson
(1982-11-27) November 27, 1982
Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK
Other names Pooh
Occupation Actor
Years active 1982–present
Website www.girlfriendfromhell.co.uk

Paul Rawson is an English actor, and producer, sometimes been credited as Pooh.

Rawson was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

As an actor, Paul Rawson has been seen in movies such as Bad Dreams (1988), The Guardian (1990), Paperdolls (2006), Seeking Fear (2005), Raising Flagg (2006), and The Hard Corps (2006).[1]

Early life

Paul Rawson was born and raised in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He is the younger of two children.

Brother of Producer / Director Simon Rawson.

Career

1980s

Paul Rawson

Rawson started his lifelong acting career at the tender age of just 2 months old. Cast in the 1982 film Fighting Back Directed by Lewis Teague and starring Tom Skerritt as his father.

Rawson was then cast in the low budget horror Suffer Little Children Written by Meg Shanks which was banned by the BBFC. The original VHS can sell for over £200 if found.

In 1984 Rawson was added to the cast of the TV Movie 'Crime of the Decade' Directed by Ken Cameron. After two years Rawson was cast in the Sci fi horror 'Star Crystal'.

A string of low budget horror films followed including, 'Open House' (1987) 'Trapped Alive (1988) and Bad Dreams (1988) by 'The Craft' Director 'Andrew Fleming'.

1990s

Paul Rawson - Pee Wee Herman Show Premiere

After another two-year break, Rawson was cast in the 1990 cult horror film The Guardian but was later replaced. In a recent interview, Rawson had this to say:

On being cast in the 1990 cult horror film The Guardian Directed by William Friedkin "It was pretty much like every other audition process: You go meet the casting director, they call you back to see the director and/or put you on tape. If the director likes you, you might get another call back to meet them and sometimes it goes to the point where you audition with the lead actor. I remember the script being amazeballs. It was this fantasy horror film for adults about a nanny who kidnapped children and sacrificed them to the evil druids who lived in trees.

I know that sounds crap but on paper it was bloody good. I knew the director was a massive deal and I desperately wanted to get booked. In the end, I did. However – about 3 weeks into principal photography, I became rather ill. I had very bad flu and was advised to get plenty of rest.

I wasn’t having any of it and I begged the Producers to shoot my scenes later when I was not reenacting scenes from William Friedkin’s first horror film, The Exorcist. But they couldn’t afford to wait so they basically told me to ‘do one’ ha ha. I later saw the film and was very surprised at how it turned out. It was a beautiful screenplay (all over the place) but it just didn’t transfer to film like it should have".[2]

Rawson quoted about fame as a young child: "I was surrounded by good people. There are so many young folks who end up in the gutter because of their surroundings. I was lucky, I worked when I wanted to not because I needed to. I did my job and went home. Sometimes it can consume young kids when having so much attention being focused on them. I enjoyed the acting part.

There’s so much more to acting now – being in the spot light etc. I was once coming out of a kids birthday party when I was about 9 years old, It was at this restaurant in Hollywood and there were people screaming at me and trying to grab me. I was 9 and had no idea what the f**k was going on. But I ran into the street to escape them and very nearly got knocked down. Scary stuff.[3]

After a long run of roles including on screen performances in, 'Getting Lucky' (1990) 'Demon Cop' (1990) 'Glory Daze' (1995) Rawson decided to quit acting after claiming he felt he was only ever being cast as the ugly character that no one else wanted to play.

2000s

Paul Rawson 'Girlfriend From Hell' 2015

In 2015 Rawson created a character based on the lead role in the black comedy film 'Girlfriend From Hell'. Playing the role of, Maggie. A cross dresser who is convinced he is a woman. In total, 3 episodes to date have been filmed.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Rated Studio
1982 Fighting Back Jim Michael Claufield 18 Roadshow Entertainment
1983 Suffer Little Children Baby Jake Alan Briggs 18 (Banned) Films Galore Limited
1984 Crime of the Decade Blake Ken Cameron 15 ABC
1986 Star Crystal Lance Lindsay 15 New World Pictures
1987 Hollywood Cop Sam Amir Shervan 15 Vestron
1987 Open House Jag Mundhra 18 Prism Entertainment
1988 Bad Dreams Billy Andrew Fleming 18 20th Century Fox
1989 Trapped Alive Justin Leszek Burzynski 18 MGM
1990 The Immortalizer Toby Strong Joel Bender 15 Columbia Pictures
1990 Getting Lucky Brat with Braces Michael Paul Girard 15 Troma Video
1990 Demon Cop Clive Rocco Karega / Hal Miles 18 ColourBox
1990 The Guardian Scotty - (Replaced) William Friedkin 18 Universal Pictures
1993 Space Zombie Bingo!!! Mason George Ormrod 18 Futuristic Entertainment
1994 Foreign Bodies Tad Jim Purdy 15 UCA
1995 Glory Daze Jamie Rich Wilkes 12 Columbia TriStar
1995 She's My Baby Andy Jim Purdy 12 United Artists
1997 Cost of Living Aaron Stan Schofield 15 United Artists
1998 The Dentist 2 Uncredited Brian Yuzna 18 Trimark Pictures
2000 Devil in the Flesh 2 Class Mate Marcus Spiegel 18 Alliance Atlantis
2003 View of Terror Louis Bélanger 12 Lifetime Network
2004 Puppet Master 8 Josh Ted Nicolaou 18 Full Moon Entertainment
2004 Scream Stuart Gabriel Otero Unrated Miramax
2004 Poppy Madsen Esther Cambell 12 Columbia TriStar
2005 Sleepover Nightmare Ray Boon Collins 18 Van Island Ent.
2005 Murder on the Yellow Brick Road Trav Ross Hagen 18 Movie Mavericks
2005 Seeking Fear Darien Robin Webb 15 PureWebb Films
2006 The Hard Corps Dancer Sheldon Lettich 18 Sony Pictures
2006 Paperdolls Kuosa Christie Pesicka PG Dimples Ink
2006 Raising Flagg Mannie Neal Miller 12 Cinema Libre Studio
2007 Inertia Jody Simon Rawson 15 Summat2do Films
2007 They Come Back Will John Bradshaw 15 Lifetime Entertainment
2007 Convenience Miles Daniel Gourley 12 VerticalBlu Films
2007 Wanted Pork Michael Fuller / Michael Savisky 15 Universal
2008 The Shrieking Jacob Shawn Hunt 18 FunHouse Pictures
2016 Who Gets the Dog? Glen Huck Botko Unknown 2DS Productions

Television

Year Title Role Studio
1996 L.A. Firefighters Tunnel Fox
1999 Poltergeist: The Legacy Pete Showtime Network
2000 Passion Cove Lester Alta Loma Entertainment
2002 Fear Factor Himself Endemol Entertainment
2002 Revelations Joe Hirst Cloud Nine Entertainment
2003 Footprints Paul Channel 4
2004 GMTV Himself: 17 February 2004 ITV
2004 DOM2 ANT Lowback Productions
2004 Scare Tactics Various SyFy
2004 North Shore Teenage Boy Fox
2005 The Friday Night Project Himself: #1.8 Princess Productions
2005 Richard & Judy Himself: 10 June 2005 Cactus Television
2005 The Panel Himself: #3.2 Happy Endings
2005 Corazón de... Himself: 5 December 2005 Televisión Española
2006 Rosemary & Thyme Shane Independent Television
2006 I Can't Stop Masturbating Paul Spun Gold Productions
2006 Just Jade Himself: #1.6 LivingTV
2006 The Sharon Osbourne Show Himself: #1.12 Talkback Thames
2006 P.O.V. Himself American Doc
2006 Midsummer Murders Mustard Johnny Bentley Productions
2006 A Haunting Marko New Dominion Pictures
2007 Love Spell Manilyn ABS-CBN
2007 Lovebites Michael Kenyon TBS Superstation
2015 Girlfriend From Hell Maggie Altruism Pictures
2016 Mercy Street Tom Scott Free Productions
2016 Kyle in Denial Kyle Pooh Stinks Productions

Other credits

Theatre
Year Title Director Writer
1993 Carol's Eve Mayhew Valerie Mayhew Lepor Pauline Lepor
2002 Graduate, TheThe Graduate Johnson Terry Johnson Johnson Terry Johnson
2006 Boston Marriage Kohlhaas Karen Kohlhaas Mamet David Mamet
2007 Speed-the-Plow Arney Randall Arney Mamet David Mamet

References

  1. ↑ http://people.theiapolis.com/actor-0BIG/paul-rawson/
  2. ↑ http://scottmcglynn.net/2016/01/11/hollywood-80s90s-actor-interview-part-1/
  3. ↑ http://scottmcglynn.net/2016/01/11/hollywood-80s90s-actor-interview-part-1/
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