Batten, Paul

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BATTEN, Paul

PERSONAL

Education: Attended Vancouver City College; participated in the English summer theatre school program at University of Washington.

Addresses: Office c/o Burnaby South Secondary School, British Columbia School for the Deaf, 5455 Rumble St., Burnaby, BC V5J 2B7, Canada.

Career: Actor. Performed at Stratford Festival, Canada, 197879; also worked as a teacher and director of school stage productions at Burnaby South Secondary School, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Poole, The Wars, International Spectrafilm, 1983.

Technician, Iceman, Universal, 1984.

Harry, Johnson's partner, Runaway, TriStar, 1984.

Chase, Certain Fury, New World Pictures, 1985.

Mr. Fairfax, The Stepfather (also known as Stepfather I ), New Century Vista Film Company, 1987.

Dr. Goldman, Short Time, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1990.

Television Appearances; Series:

Wendell MacWherter, Bordertown (also known as Les deux font la loi ), Family Channel, 19891991.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Chemist pharmacist, It (also known as Stephen King's It ), ABC, 1990.

Peter Duncan, Black River (also known as Dean Koontz's Black River ), Fox, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Computer executive, Into Thin Air, CBS, 1985.

Officer number one, The Return of the Shaggy Dog, ABC, 1987.

Milt Posner, Sworn to Silence, ABC, 1987.

Leidecker, Higher Ground, CBS, 1988.

Otho, Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, ABC, 1991.

Attorney, Sexual Advances, ABC, 1992.

Bob, Dangerous Intentions, CBS, 1995.

Banker "2, Cloned, NBC, 1997.

Pete Gemel, Catch Me If You Can (also known as Deadly Game, Hide and Seek, and Jeu mortel ), Fox Family, 1998.

Mr. Perez, Zenon: Girl of 21st Century, The Disney Channel, 1999.

Dr. Rhodes, Evolution's Child, USA Network, 1999.

Parent, Bang, Bang, You're Dead, Showtime, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Young man, "Man of Her Dreams," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1986.

Eddie Tobin, "Caper," Stingray, NBC, 1987.

Pettigrew, "Lost Love: Part 1," MacGyver, ABC, 1987.

Walter Reese, "Early Retirement," MacGyver, ABC, 1988.

Stu, "Cementhead," Booker, 1989.

Clerk, "Passages," MacGyver, ABC, 1990.

William T. Rathbone, "The Hatchet," The Commish, ABC, 1991.

Brother Wilson, "GenderBender," The XFiles, Fox, 1994.

Dr. Seizer, "Piper Maru," The XFiles, Fox, 1996.

Monsignor, "The Substitute," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime, SciFi Channel, and syndicated, 1996.

Johnson, "Black Ops," Two, CBC and syndicated, 1996.

Priest, "Weeds," Millennium, Fox, 1997.

Mayor, "His Brother's Keeper," The Sentinel, UPN, 1997.

Boss, "Jump Vector," The Net, USA Network, 1998.

Mr. Gillis, "Gabriel," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 1998.

Dr. Whitford, "The Looking Glass," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 1999.

French ambassador, "Disclosure," Stargate SG1, SciFi Channel and syndicated, 2003.

State health doctor, "Placebo Effect," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003.

(In archive footage) French ambassador, "Inauguration,"

Stargate SG1, SciFi Channel and syndicated, 2004.

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