Eddie Paskey

Paskey was born in a small farming town in Delaware but was raised in California. He moved with his family to Santa Monica in 1952. In his youth he was immersed in automobiles by working at his father\'s garage, and developed an interest in hot rods from a young age. His first car was a 1941 Ford coupe but was later replaced by a 1955 Ford Thunderbird that he purchased while earning $1.25 per hour.\n', 'Paskey\'s first television role was in the drama Ben Casey (1966)\n', 'after meeting series producer Irving Elman while working at a service station in Pacific Palisades. In it he was credited as "Policeman." For the next five or six years he continued to act while working at the service station on weekends. He appeared on Mission: Impossible in the 1966 episode "The Ransom," The Lucy Show, Twelve O\'Clock High, The Wild Wild West and Please Don\'t Eat the Daisies. He also appeared in unc…