1. Paul Johnson, better known as Paul America, was an American actor who was a member of Andy Warhol's Superstars.
12 Facts About Paul America
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Warhol found Paul America to be "unbelievably good looking - like a comic strip drawing of Mr Paul America, clean cut, handsome, very symmetrical".
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Paul America later said he often had problems with the name given:.
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In 1965, Paul America was cast as the lead character in My Hustler, written by Chuck Wein.
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Paul America had a role in Dan Williams's silent film Harold Stevenson, that featured, Gerard Malanga, Stevenson, Edie Sedgwick.
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Paul America eventually stopped using heroin but continued using speed.
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When Charbin pointed out the checks were worthless, Paul America took a radio and stalked out of her apartment.
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Henry Geldzahler later recalled that Paul America broke into his apartment and stole a landscape by Roy Lichtenstein and several Warhol pieces that photographer Billy Name left with Geldzahler after he left the Factory in 1970.
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Shortly after leaving the Factory, Paul America hired a lawyer in order to persuade Warhol to pay him for his role in My Hustler, which had become Warhol's first commercially successful film.
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The film began shooting in April 1967 but production was halted after Paul America abruptly left during filming.
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Paul America tried to contact Warhol via telephone for the last time in July 1982.
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On October 19,1982, Paul America was struck by a motorist and killed while walking home from a dental appointment in Ormond Beach, Florida.