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American actor (1922–2011)

Horacio Paul Picerni (December 1, 1922 – January 12, 2011) was an American actor in film and television, perhaps best known today in the role of Federal Agent Lee Hobson, second-in-command to Robert Stack's Eliot Ness, in the ABC hit television series, The Untouchables.

Best-known for his second-banana role on the TV classic Les incorruptibles () with Robert Stack, Picerni is the father of eight and grandfather of ten.

Best-known for his second-banana role on the TV classic Les incorruptibles () with Robert Stack, Picerni is the father of eight and grandfather of ten.

Picerni was brought to Hollywood to be a part of the war drama "Breakthrough" and was soon put under contract by the studio, starring for them in a long.

Paul Picerni has appeared with almost every great actor of the period He was on TV and the movies.

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Birth Name: Horace Paul Picerni ; Born: Dec 1, ; Died: Jan 12, ; Age: 88 ; Cause of Death: heart attack.

Early years

Picerni was born in New York City to an Italian family.^[1] Raised in Corona, Queens, he was an Eagle Scout in his youth and adolescence. After high school, Picerni studied drama at Loyola University.^[2]

Military service

Picerni joined the United States Army Air Forces during World War II^[1] and served as a B-24 Liberatorbombardier in the China-Burma-India Theater.

He flew twenty-five combat missions with the 493rd Bomb Squadron of the 7th Bomb Group and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.^[3]

He was part of a mission that attacked and destroyed the actual bridge made famous in the film The Bridge on the