Paul Scherrer (actor)


Paul Gallagher Scherrer is a realtor and former American stage, film and television actor. He began his career as a child actor on the stage. Scherrer retired from acting in 2001 and now lives and works in Indianapolis.

Early life and career

Scherrer was born in Rochester, New York to Gay and Paul Scherrer and raised in Indianapolis. He began acting as a child and played Peter Cratchit in a musical production of A Christmas Carol. At 13, he earned an Encore Award for best performance by a child actor for his role in the musical, Camelot.
Scherrer attended North Central High School for four years where he played varsity baseball and graduated in 1987. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Loyola University Chicago. He dropped out after his freshman year to play Eric, the 16-year-old aspiring actor and janitor on the 1988 sitcom, The Van Dyke Show. The series was canceled later that same year. In 1989, he was cast as Robb Harper on the ABC sitcom Free Spirit. The series struggled in the ratings and was canceled by ABC in January 1990. The following year, he was cast in yet another short-lived series, Sons and Daughters, starring Lucie Arnaz.
In 1992, Scherrer co-starred in the horror film '. He returned to television with guest starring roles on Silk Stalkings, Quantum Leap, and Murder, She Wrote. In 1996, Scherrer had a supporting role in the NBC television movie Fall into Darkness starring Tatyana Ali and Jonathan Brandis. In 2000, he guest starred on ' in the seventh-season episode "Critical Care |Critical Care". His last acting role to date was in a 2001 episode of JAG.
Scherrer now owns United Real Estate, a real estate brokerage in Indianapolis, with his brother, Chris and helps good people buy and sell real estate as a member of Scherrer Bros, owned by his wife, Nicole and sister-in-law Valerie. Paul and Nicole have two children.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988The Van Dyke ShowEric Olander10 episodes
1989-1990Free SpiritRobb Harper14 episodes
1990Daughter of the StreetsBrettTelevision movie
1990Running Against TimeChris RhodesTelevision movie
1991Uncle BuckPaulEpisode: "Pig-malion"
1991Sons and DaughtersRocky Lincoln7 episodes
1991Fire in the Dark EricTelevision movie
1992Honor Thy MotherNealTelevision movie
1992-1994Silk StalkingsVarious roles2 episodes
1993Quantum LeapJackEpisode: "Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956"
1993Sworn to VengeanceTelevision movie
1994Search and RescueTelevision movie
1994Murder, She WroteBen PetersonEpisode: "An Egg to Die For"
1996Widow's KissChuck NylesTelevision movie
1996Fall into DarknessPaul LearTelevision movie
1997Promised LandJoel CorwinEpisode: "Downsized"
1998EREpisode: "Sharp Relief"
2000VojeEpisode: "Critical Care |Critical Care"
2001JAGP.O. Ramsey DillEpisode: "Jagathon"

Award nomination