Paul Toien

born: 07 December 1915
Malden, Massachusetts,
United States of America
died: 26 January 1966
Los Angeles, California,
United States of America
(age 50)

American child actor. Both of his parents were born in "Russia" (now Lithuania). His Dad was a plumber and owned a hardware store in which his only child (Paul) worked. As a child Paul acted on stage and in movies and played the violin. He attended UCLA college for mechanical engineering and entered the US Navy as an officer in WWII and the Navy Reserves after the war. He eventually owned his own building contracting company in Los Angeles.
A birth record gives his middle name as Isaiah, but on his World War II draft registration card, he gives it as Josiah (spelled "Jasiah" on his death certificate, per the California Death Index).
Real name: Paul Isaiah Toien
Height: 5'9" (age 24, October 1940)
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

3


1927
Olympic Games
Paul

1927
Yale vs. Harvard
Boy

1928
Barnum & Ringling, Inc.
Boy

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Acknowledgements:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXKD-WKL (birth record)
https://www.fold3.com/document/629049814/ (WWII draft reg. card - front)
https://www.fold3.com/document/629049815/ (WWII draft reg. card - back)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85534376/paul-j-toien (1966 Jan 26: DRINA MOHACSI: bio & PHOTOS)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPZ3-CM7 (1966 Jan 26 LA: death CADI)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89SF-89SC-C?view=index&action=view (1966 Jan 26 Paul Jasiah Toien)
Jim Jarvis (bio notes and research)
Jesse Brisson (help)

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