Paul Guthrie (portrayed by Clyde Hayes) was a supporting character in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. He and five of his friends had moved into a hillside house near Crystal Lake and were planning on enjoying the summer there. In the night, Paul's girlfriend Samantha decided to go skinny-dipping in the lake, but Paul was being kept busy dancing with two local girls, the Moore twins, and so Samantha swam by herself.
Later, Paul would go out to join Sam at the lake. After stripping down, he dove in and saw an inflatable dinghy floating on the lake and swam over to it. To his horror, Paul found Sam lying dead in the dinghy, stabbed through the stomach. He swam back to the dock where he was ambushed and killed by Jason Voorhees who shot him through the groin with a spear gun.