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{{short description|American film producer}}

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'''Paul Romeo Picard''' (July 17, 1930 – October 3, 1994) was an American film producer best known for his role in developing the series ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' with Philip Mandelker and creator [[Gy Waldron]].<ref name="latobit">Staff report (October 18, 1994). [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59650226.html?dids=59650226:59650226&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+18%2C+1994&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Paul+R.+Picard%3B+Producer+of+%60Dukes+of+Hazzard%27&pqatl=google Paul R. Picard; Producer of 'Dukes of Hazzard.']{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>

==Early life and career==
Paul was born as Paul Romeo Picard 17 July 1930 in [[Warwick, Rhode Island]], to Romeo Joseph Picard and Irene Gertrude Mineau. Paul's father Romeo was a painter in the building industry in Rhode Island. Paul was the grandson of barber Albert Nazaire Picard and his wife Marie Sevigny and Joseph Isaac Mineau and Matilda Josephine Contois. He was the oldest of four children. Paul is of French-Canadian descent. He was a 1949 graduate from [[De LaSalle Academy]], in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], and a former communicant of St. Mark Church, in [[Jamestown, Rhode Island]]. Paul served in the [[United States Army|Army]] from 1951 to 1953 as an interpreter in [[France]]. His brother was Gérard J Picard, who had [[Down syndrome]] and died at [[The Ladd School]] in [[Exeter, Rhode Island]] in 1971. In [[Providence, Rhode Island]], Paul's mother Irene sued  the Ladd School Mental Hospital for $10 million for alleging [[medical neglect]] that contributed to Paul's brother death in 1971. Paul's sisters were Claire Antoinette Picard and Gertrude "Sister Claudine" Picard, who was a nun in the Roman Catholic Church. 
   
After starting as an actor, Picard was the director of daytime programming for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], and then moved on to oversee TV shows, including ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'', ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'', and the broadcasts of the [[Emmy Awards]] and [[Academy Awards]]. During his career, he worked at [[MGM]], [[American International Pictures]], and [[Warner Bros.]] In addition to ''Dukes of Hazzard'', he oversaw ''[[Scruples (miniseries)|Scruples]]'', ''[[California Fever (TV series)|California Fever]]'', and ''[[The Pirate (1978 film)|The Pirate]]''.

==Death==
He died at his home in [[Tuscany, Italy]], from [[pancreatic cancer]] on October 3, 1994.<ref name="nytobit">Staff report (October 15, 1994). [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01EEDA153CF936A25753C1A962958260 Paul R. Picard, 63, TV Producer, Dies.] ''[[New York Times]]''</ref>

==Personal life==
Paul was first married to Phyllis Carolyn Keune in [[Cranston, Rhode Island]], on May 19, 1951.
Then his third marriage was to [[Louise Latham]] in [[Hamilton, Texas]], on July 23, 1968.

==Ancestry==
Paul Romeo Picard is the direct descendant of French pioneer Philippe Destroismasons dit Picard, Sr., and his wife Marie Martine Crosnier. He is also a descendant of [[Zacharie Cloutier]], [[Jean Guyon]], and French explorer [[Jean Nicolet]] and Jean's native American spouse Gisis Bahmahmaadjimiwin (Jeanne Nipissing) through their daughter Madeleine Euphrosine Nicolet. He is also a descendant of Pierre de St. Pierre, French pioneer Jean Pelletier, and French pioneer Robert Levesque.<ref>Paul Picard's obituary as published in the ''Providence Journal''. October 4, 1994</ref>

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==External links==
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