Paul Bateson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-08-24 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA

Paul Bateson

Biography

Paul Bateson (born August 24, 1940) is an American convicted murderer and former radiographer. He appeared as a radiologic technologist in a scene from the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, which was inspired when the film's director, William Friedkin, watched him perform a cerebral angiography the previous year. The scene, with a considerable amount of blood onscreen, was, for many viewers, the film's most disturbing scene; medical professionals have praised it for its realism.

Acting

2007

The History of 'Cruising'

as Self (archive footage)

1973

The Exorcist

as Radiologist's Assistant (uncredited)

2007

The History of 'Cruising'

as Self (archive footage)

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