Personal Life
Paul L. Smith attended Miami Senior High School, Miami, Florida, graduating in 1954. He later attended Brandeis University for a short time and transferred to Florida State University on a football scholarship graduating in 1959 with a B.S. degree in Philosophy.
Paul L. Smith's first acting role was in the 1960 film Exodus which was filmed in Israel. This was his first visit to the country. He returned to Israel in 1967 as a Mahal volunteer in the Six-Day War and stayed there until 1973. In that time, he participated in five productions filmed in Israel. He also met Eve, and the two lived in Tel Aviv.
They later moved to Italy where due to his resemblance to Bud Spencer, he made a series of films with Terence Hill lookalike Michael Coby/Antonio Cantafora. One of these films Convoy Buddies was picked up for American release by Film Ventures International where producer by Edward L. Montoro changed Smith's name to "Bob Spencer" and Cantafora's name to "Terrance Hall". Smith sued successfully arguing that the only thing an actor has is his name and if that's taken away, he has nothing. The judicial system agreed with him and ruled against FVI who paid Smith damages and court costs.
Smith moved to Hollywood in 1977 making appearances in such films as 21 Hours at Munich (1976), Midnight Express (1978) and as Bluto and Robert Altman's Popeye (1980).
Smith and his wife emigrated to Israel in February 2006, adopting Ra'anana as their home. Since taking Israeli citizenship, the couple adopted Hebrew names: Adam and Aviva Eden.
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