Paul Hecht

Paul Hecht (born August 16, 1941) is an English-born Canadian stage, film, and television actor known for playing radio newsman Ross Buckingham in Howard Stern's Private Parts. Early life and education Born in London, England, Hecht graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1963. Career Hecht made his Broadway debut in 1968 in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Additional Broadway credits include 1776 (as John Dickinson), The Rothschilds, The Great God Brown, Herzl, Caesar and Cleopatra, Noises Off, and The Invention of Love. He received the Obie Award for his performance in the off-Broadway production of Enrico IV in 1989. Hecht voiced a role in the 2010 animated film My Dog Tulip. He played Emperor Palpatine for the radio drama adaptions of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Hecht was a regular performer on Himan Brown's CBS Radio Mystery Theater between 1974 and 1982.