Paul Gilbert Biography

Fast Facts

• His adopted children, Melissa and Jonathan Gilbert, starred in "Little House on the Prairie" in the 1970s
• Started out as an aerialist in a traveling circus but was forced to fall back on his singing and dancing after a 65-foot fall ended his aerial career
• Made several TV appearances on shows like "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," "The Ed Sullivan Show," and "The Dick Van Dyke Show․"
• Best known for his role as the title character in "The Duke" and as Lieutenant Red Bradley in "Women of the Prehistoric Planet․"
• In the first episode of "The Duke," he sings, dances, juggles, and plays every instrument in the band