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- Birth namePaul Francis Trinka
- Paul Trinka was born on January 26, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) and Night Gallery (1969). He died on December 28, 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- ParentsGabriella TrinkaJoseph Trinka
- During Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) he held down a second job as maître d' at the hip Los Angeles natural foods restaurant, The Aware Inn.
- Famous for playing for portraying Patterson in the American science fiction television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964).
- He received an increase in screen time for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's third season, as Allan Hunt had been drafted into the military, so some of the material that had been planned for Stu Riley was given to Patterson instead to make him the hip young character there to appeal to younger viewers.
- Del Monroe, who played Kowalski, said that he and Paul Trinka were very close and shared a dressing room while filming Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. This would then be reflected as the series went on, when Kowalski and Patterson could be seen being closer than some of the other crew members.
- He served in both the US Army in Korea, and the US Air Force prior to getting into acting.
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