
Paul Winfield
Known for Acting · 114 credits
- Born
- 1939-05-22
- Died
- 2004-03-07
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Paul Edward Winfield · Paul E. Winfield · Пол Уинфилд
Biography
Paul Edward Winfield (born May 22, 1939) was an American actor.
He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
TV Shows (36)

The Simpsons
1989
as Lucius Sweet (voice)

Perry Mason
1957
as Mitch

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Captain Dathon

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Starkey

Babylon 5
1994
as Gen. Richard Franklin

Crossing Jordan
2001
as Phillip Sanders

Mission: Impossible
1966
as Klaus

Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Earl Cooper (voice)

L.A. Law
1986
as Derron Holloway

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Sam

Family Matters
1989
as Jimmy Baines

Spider-Man
1994
as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)

Batman Beyond
1999
as Sam Young (voice)

Gargoyles
1994
as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)

The Name of the Game
1968
as Barada

The Fall Guy
1981
as Bert Perkins

227
1985
as Julian C. Barlow

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as 1st M.P.

Picket Fences
1992
as Judge Harold Nance

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Father (voice)

The Magic School Bus
1994
as Mr. Ruhle (voice)

Nichols
1971
as Eddie Joe

Baseball
1994
as Various (voice)

Julia
1968
as Paul Cameron

Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Dr. Horace Huguley

Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Cap'n Jack

Scarlett
1994
as Big Sam

The Charmings
1987
as The Mirror

The Blue and the Gray
1982
as Jonathan Henry

King
1978
as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Emmett Rogers Sr.

The Sophisticated Gents
1981
as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
Built to Last
1997

City Confidential
1998
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Sam Michael
Movies (78)

The Terminator
1984
as Traxler

Mars Attacks!
1996
as General Casey

Cliffhanger
1993
as Walter Wright

Dennis the Menace
1993
as Chief of Police

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
as Captain Clark Terrell

Presumed Innocent
1990
as Judge Larren Lyttle

The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
as Lucien Celine

Carbon Copy
1981
as Bob Garvey

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)

Blue City
1986
as Chief Luther Reynolds

Tyson
1995
as Don King

Sounder
1972
as Nathan Lee Morgan

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Willis Powell

Original Gangstas
1996
as Reverend Dorsey

Big Shots
1987
as Johnnie Red

The Perils of Pauline
1967
as African Servant

White Dog
1982
as Keys

Breathing Lessons
1994
as Daniel Otis

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995
as Papa Joe

Hustle
1975
as Louis Belgrave

The Greatest
1977
as Draft Lawyer

Conrack
1974
as Mad Billy

The Unfinished Journey
1999
as Narrator (voice)

Strategic Command
1997
as Rowan

Damnation Alley
1977
as Keegan

Trouble Man
1972
as Chalky Price

Vegas, City of Dreams
2001
as Edgar Jones

The Assassination File
1996
as Senator Alan Laskey

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1987
as George Hairston

The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Sam Michael

Huckleberry Finn
1974
as Jim

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
as Butler

Brother John
1971
as Henry Birkardt

R.P.M.
1970
as Steve Dempsey

Under Siege
1986
as Andrew Simon

Relax... It's Just Sex
1998
as Auntie Mahalia

Sounder
2003
as The Teacher

Death Before Dishonor
1987
as Ambassador

Dead of Night
1996
as Vernon

83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
as Doctor Dantley

The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
as Dr. Enkalla

Irresistible Force
1993
as Commander Toole

Mike's Murder
1984
as Phillip

Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Gabriel Grimes

Who's Minding the Mint?
1967
as Garbage Man

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1999
as Harold Williams

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983

Second to Die
2002
as Detective Grady

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
1996
as Horace

Strange Justice
1999
as Thurgood Marshall

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
1990
as Jim Watson

White Dwarf
1995
as Dr. Akada

The Lost Man
1969
as Orville Turner

Knockout
2000
as Ron Regent

The New Cinema
1968
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6
2003
as Shadi(voice)

Gordon's War
1973
as Gordon Hudson

Angel City
1980
as Cy

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
1995
as The Old Man

Green Eyes
1977
as Lloyd Dubeck

Assignment Berlin
1998
as Al Spector

It's Good to Be Alive
1974
as Roy Campanella

Sister, Sister
1982
as Eddie Craven

High Velocity
1976

Dreams Don't Die
1982
as Charlie Banks

In the Flesh
1995
as William Stone

The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4
2003
as Shadi(voice)

On the Run
1983
as Harry

The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2
2003
as Shadi(voice)

The Killing Jar
1994
as Judge

Only the Ball Was White
1980
as Narrator

The Legend of Gator Face
1996
as Bob

The Wish That Changed Christmas
1991
as Mr. Smith (voice)

Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10
2003
as Shadi(voice)

The Mighty Pawns
1987
as Mr. Wright

Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8
2003
as Shadi(voice)

March to Freedom
1999
as Narrator

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981
as Himself
About Paul Winfield
Paul Edward Winfield (born May 22, 1939) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 114 credits spanning from 1957 to 2003, Paul Winfield has appeared in 78 films and 36 TV shows.
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- The Terminator (1984) — as Traxler
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as General Casey
- Cliffhanger (1993) — as Walter Wright
- Dennis the Menace (1993) — as Chief of Police
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) — as Captain Clark Terrell
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