Paul Winfield
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-05-22
Day of Death
2004-03-07 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Paul Winfield
Biography
Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2003)
Sounder
as The Teacher
(2002)
Second to Die
as Detective Grady
(2001)
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Edgar Jones
(2000)
Knockout
as Ron Regent
(1999)
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams
(1999)
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall
(1999)
March to Freedom
as Narrator
(1998)
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Auntie Mahalia
(1998)
Assignment Berlin
as Al Spector
(1997)
Strategic Command
as Rowan
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as General Casey
(1996)
Original Gangstas
as Reverend Dorsey
(1996)
Dead of Night
as Vernon
(1996)
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey
(1996)
The Legend of Gator Face
as Bob
(1996)
(1995)
Tyson
as Don King
(1995)
In the Flesh
as William Stone
(1995)
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada
(1995)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Old Man
(1995)
(1994)
Breathing Lessons
as Daniel Otis
(1994)
The Killing Jar
as Judge
(1993)
Dennis the Menace
as Chief of Police
(1993)
Cliffhanger
as Walter Wright
(1993)
Irresistible Force
as Commander Toole
(1991)
The Wish That Changed Christmas
as Mr. Smith (voice)
(1990)
Presumed Innocent
as Judge Larren Lyttle
(1990)
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Doctor Dantley
(1990)
(1989)
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael
(1988)
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Lucien Celine
(1987)
Big Shots
as Johnnie Red
(1987)
Death Before Dishonor
as Ambassador
(1987)
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as George Hairston
(1987)
The Mighty Pawns
as Mr. Wright
(1986)
Blue City
as Chief Luther Reynolds
(1986)
Under Siege
as Andrew Simon
(1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Gabriel Grimes
(1984)
The Terminator
as Traxler
(1984)
Mike's Murder
as Phillip
(1983)
(1983)
On the Run
as Harry
(1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Captain Clark Terrell
(1982)
White Dog
as Keys
(1982)
Dreams Don't Die
as Charlie Banks
(1982)
Sister, Sister
as Eddie Craven
(1981)
Carbon Copy
as Bob Garvey
(1980)
Angel City
as Cy
(1980)
Only the Ball Was White
as Narrator
(1977)
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Butler
(1977)
Damnation Alley
as Keegan
(1977)
The Greatest
as Draft Lawyer
(1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Willis Powell
(1977)
Green Eyes
as Lloyd Dubeck
(1976)
(1975)
Hustle
as Louis Belgrave
(1974)
Huckleberry Finn
as Jim
(1974)
Conrack
as Mad Billy
(1974)
It's Good to Be Alive
as Roy Campanella
(1973)
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Dr. Enkalla
(1973)
Gordon's War
as Gordon Hudson
(1972)
Sounder
as Nathan Lee Morgan
(1972)
Trouble Man
as Chalky Price
(1971)
Brother John
as Henry Birkardt
(1970)
R.P.M.
as Steve Dempsey
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Lost Man
as Orville Turner
(1968)
The New Cinema
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
(1967)
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Garbage Man
(1967)
The Perils of Pauline
as African Servant