Paul Marco was a longtime Hollywood prop man and crew member, who achieved his greatest and most lingering fame as an actor in the movies of writer/director/producer Edward D. Wood, Jr. Born in Los Angeles, CA, in 1927 to Italian immigrant parents, he apparently got bitten by the acting bug early in life. Being raised in the film capital allowed him greater access to that field than any number of would-be performers from elsewhere in the country, and this ultimately paid off, at least in terms of getting him work. In 1944, at the age of 17 — probably helped by the shortage of male bit-players due to the war — Marco turned up in a small, unbilled part in the B musical Sweet and Low-Down. His next known screen appearance came eight years later, in the Monogram Pictures costume drama Hiawatha, starring a young Vince Edwards in the title role and directed by B-movie master Kurt Neumann. It was during this period that Marco became part of the circle of friends surrounding Criswell, a syndicated columnist who published predictions of the future, and who had lately moved into local television with his own show. According to some accounts, Marco was responsible for introducing Criswell to Edward D. Wood, Jr., a writer/producer/director of ultra-low-budget films; whoever introduced who to whom —…  » Read more