"The Great" Paris was an actor, a magician and a master of disguise who was a member of the Impossible Missions Force. He appeared in Seasons 4 and 5, taking over from Rollin Hand in this capacity. (Martin Landau and Barbara Bain had resigned from the cast after "Archive" 3.) He was acted out by the late Leonard Nimoy, who had become most famous for his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek.
Personal life[]
History and real name[]
Though little is definitely known of him that can be independently corroborated using what little declassified information about him is currently available, Paris is believed to have been born in Cleveland, Ohio. It has been claimed that his father drove his mother away because he believed her unfit to rear their son. But it is not known whether this is true, and Paris was known to have disagreed with those statements himself. There is also some question about whether "Paris" is his real name, what his family name is, and if it is not "Paris," then the question arises of what his actual name genuinely is. No reliable information has been declassified along these lines, and it is not even known whether Paris was even a full-fledged IMF agent.
Apparent background[]
Also, when he was actually learning stage magic, his teacher, called “Meerghan,” shot and killed his own assistant, who he believed had become Paris's lover. Enemy agents used this apparent fact to control Paris, so that they could make him kill James Phelps in "Archive" 5, "Report File" 6, "The 'My Friend, My Enemy' Mission."