Biography

Paul Scherrer's fourth grade teacher advised his parents to enroll him in a drama class because of his enormous energy. An audition for "A Christmas Carol" garnered him the part of Peter Cratchit. By the age of 13 he had earned an Encore Award (Central Indiana's version of a Tony) for best performance by a child actor for his role in "Camelot". He appeared in both regional and national television commercials as well. Completing his freshman year at Chicago's Loyola University, he signed up for summer work in "The Grapes of Wrath" just before he was informed that he had been chosen to play the 16 year old janitor, Eric, on the Van Dyke Show. This led to Paul's moving to Los Angeles. Paul is very close with his business-manager father, Paul Sr., a real estate salesman, his mother, Gay, a travel agency owner, and his siblings, older sister, Stephanie, and younger brother, Christopher.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Owns United Real Esate, a real estate brokerage in Indianpolis [September 2019].

Retired from acting.

1987 graduate of North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Paul was to perform the Flying Trapeze with Cheryl Richardson and Sylver Gregory on Circus of the Stars XVII. During the final rehearsal, Paul suffered a broken arm from a fall to the net during his "Passing Leap" trick with Cheryl. Filling for Paul during opening night was his co-trainer, Richie Gaona.