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)
March to Freedom
as Narrator
(1999)
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall
(1999)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams
(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 Legend of Gator Face
as Bob
(1996)
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey
(1996)
(1995)
Tyson
as Don King
(1995)
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Old Man
(1995)
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada
(1995)
(1995)
In the Flesh
as William Stone
(1994)
Breathing Lessons
as Daniel Otis
(1994)
The Killing Jar
as Judge
(1993)
Cliffhanger
as Walter Wright
(1993)
Dennis the Menace
as Chief of Police
(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)
Death Before Dishonor
as Ambassador
(1987)
Big Shots
as Johnnie Red
(1987)
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as George Hairston
(1987)
The Mighty Pawns
as Mr. Wright
(1986)
Under Siege
as Andrew Simon
(1986)
Blue City
as Chief Luther Reynolds
(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)
Sister, Sister
as Eddie Craven
(1982)
Dreams Don't Die
as Charlie Banks
(1981)
Carbon Copy
as Bob Garvey
(1980)
Angel City
as Cy
(1980)
Only the Ball Was White
as Narrator
(1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Willis Powell
(1977)
Damnation Alley
as Keegan
(1977)
The Greatest
as Draft Lawyer
(1977)
Green Eyes
as Lloyd Dubeck
(1977)
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Butler
(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)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1970)
R.P.M.
as Steve Dempsey
(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