Paul Winfield
Acting1939Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2003
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4
as Shadi(voice)
Sounder
as The Teacher
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10
as Shadi(voice)
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8
as Shadi(voice)
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6
as Shadi(voice)
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2
as Shadi(voice)
2002
Second to Die
as Detective Grady
Crossing Jordan
TVas Phillip Sanders• 1 eps
2001
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Edgar Jones
2000
Knockout
as Ron Regent
1999
March to Freedom
as Narrator
American Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall
Batman Beyond
TVas Sam Young (voice)• 2 eps
1998
Assignment Berlin
as Al Spector
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Auntie Mahalia
City Confidential
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
1997
1996
The Legend of Gator Face
as Bob
Dead of Night
as Vernon
Mars Attacks!
as General Casey
Original Gangstas
as Reverend Dorsey
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey
The Magic School Bus
TVas Mr. Ruhle (voice)• 4 eps
The Simpsons
TVas Lucius Sweet (voice)• 2 eps
1995
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada
Tyson
as Don King
In the Flesh
as William Stone
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Old Man
Touched by an Angel
TVas Sam• 12 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TVas Father (voice)• 1 eps
Babylon 5
TVas Gen. Richard Franklin• 1 eps
Gargoyles
TVas Jeffrey Robbins (voice)• 2 eps
1994
The Killing Jar
as Judge
Breathing Lessons
as Daniel Otis
Picket Fences
TVas Judge Harold Nance• 2 eps
Scarlett
TVas Big Sam
Baseball
TVas (voice)• 2 eps
1993
Dennis the Menace
as Chief of Police
Irresistible Force
as Commander Toole
Cliffhanger
as Walter Wright
Batman: The Animated Series
TVas Earl Cooper (voice)• 1 eps
Alex Haley's Queen
TVas Cap'n Jack
1991
The Wish That Changed Christmas
as Mr. Smith (voice)
Family Matters
TVas Jimmy Baines• 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Captain Dathon• 1 eps
1990
Presumed Innocent
as Judge Larren Lyttle
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Doctor Dantley
L.A. Law
TVas Derron Holloway• 1 eps
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael
The Women of Brewster Place
TVas Sam Michael
1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Lucien Celine
1987
Big Shots
as Johnnie Red
Death Before Dishonor
as Ambassador
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as George Hairston
The Mighty Pawns
as Mr. Wright
The Charmings
TVas The Mirror
1986
Under Siege
as Andrew Simon
Blue City
as Chief Luther Reynolds
1985
227
TVas Julian C. Barlow• 116 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Starkey• 1 eps
1984
The Terminator
as Traxler
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Gabriel Grimes
Mike's Murder
as Phillip
The Fall Guy
TVas Bert Perkins• 1 eps
1982
Dreams Don't Die
as Charlie Banks
White Dog
as Keys
Sister, Sister
as Eddie Craven
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Captain Clark Terrell
The Blue and the Gray
TVas Jonathan Henry
1981
Carbon Copy
as Bob Garvey
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
as Himself
The Sophisticated Gents
TVas Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
1980
Angel City
as Cy
Only the Ball Was White
as Narrator
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
TVas Dr. Horace Huguley
Backstairs at the White House
TVas Emmett Rogers Sr.
1978
King
TVas Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.• 3 eps
1977
Green Eyes
as Lloyd Dubeck
Damnation Alley
as Keegan
The Greatest
as Draft Lawyer
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Willis Powell
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Butler
1976
1975
Hustle
as Louis Belgrave
1974
1973
Gordon's War
as Gordon Hudson
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Dr. Enkalla
1972
1971
Brother John
as Henry Birkardt
1970
R.P.M.
as Steve Dempsey
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1969
The Lost Man
as Orville Turner
The Name of the Game
TVas Barada• 1 eps
1968
The New Cinema
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
Julia
TVas Paul Cameron• 86 eps
Mission: Impossible
TVas Klaus• 1 eps
1967
The Perils of Pauline
as African Servant
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Garbage Man
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas 1st M.P.• 1 eps
1965
Perry Mason
TVas Mitch• 1 eps
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self