Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Known for
Acting
Born
May 22, 1939
Died
March 7, 2004 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Los 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2003
Sounder poster

Sounder

Movie · as The Teacher

2003
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 poster

A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6

Movie · as Shadi(voice)

2003
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 poster

Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8

Movie · as Shadi(voice)

2003
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 poster

The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4

Movie · as Shadi(voice)

2003
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 poster

Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10

Movie · as Shadi(voice)

2003
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 poster

The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2

Movie · as Shadi(voice)

2002
Second to Die poster

Second to Die

Movie · as Detective Grady

2001
Vegas, City of Dreams poster

Vegas, City of Dreams

Movie · as Edgar Jones

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Phillip Sanders · 1 ep

2000
Knockout poster

Knockout

Movie · as Ron Regent

1999
The Unfinished Journey poster

The Unfinished Journey

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce poster

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Movie · as Harold Williams

1999
Strange Justice poster

Strange Justice

Movie · as Thurgood Marshall

1999
March to Freedom poster

March to Freedom

Movie · as Narrator

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Sam Young (voice) · 2 eps

1998
Relax... It's Just Sex poster

Relax... It's Just Sex

Movie · as Auntie Mahalia

1998
Assignment Berlin poster

Assignment Berlin

Movie · as Al Spector

1998
City Confidential poster

City Confidential

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 24 eps

1997
Strategic Command poster

Strategic Command

Movie · as Rowan

1997
Built to Last

Built to Last

TV · as Russell Watkins · 8 eps

1996
The Legend of Gator Face poster

The Legend of Gator Face

Movie · as Bob

1996
Original Gangstas poster

Original Gangstas

Movie · as Reverend Dorsey

1996
The Assassination File poster

The Assassination File

Movie · as Senator Alan Laskey

1996
Dead of Night poster

Dead of Night

Movie · as Vernon

1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden poster

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Movie · as Horace

1996
Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks!

Movie · as General Casey

1995
Tyson poster

Tyson

Movie · as Don King

1995
In the Flesh poster

In the Flesh

Movie · as William Stone

1995
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King poster

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King

Movie · as Papa Joe

1995
White Dwarf poster

White Dwarf

Movie · as Dr. Akada

1995
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale poster

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

Movie · as The Old Man

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Father (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Breathing Lessons poster

Breathing Lessons

Movie · as Daniel Otis

1994
The Killing Jar poster

The Killing Jar

Movie · as Judge

1994
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

TV · as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice) · 3 eps

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as Gen. Richard Franklin · 1 ep

1994
Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles

TV · as Jeffrey Robbins (voice) · 2 eps

1994
The Magic School Bus poster

The Magic School Bus

TV · as Mr. Ruhle (voice) · 4 eps

1994
Baseball poster

Baseball

TV · as Various (voice)

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Sam · 12 eps

1994
Scarlett poster

Scarlett

TV · as Big Sam · 1 ep

1993
Cliffhanger poster

Cliffhanger

Movie · as Walter Wright

1993
Irresistible Force poster

Irresistible Force

Movie · as Commander Toole

1993
Dennis the Menace poster

Dennis the Menace

Movie · as Chief of Police

1993
Alex Haley's Queen poster

Alex Haley's Queen

TV · as Cap'n Jack · 3 eps

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Earl Cooper (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences

TV · as Judge Harold Nance · 2 eps

1991
The Wish That Changed Christmas poster

The Wish That Changed Christmas

Movie · as Mr. Smith (voice)

1990
Presumed Innocent poster

Presumed Innocent

Movie · as Judge Larren Lyttle

1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn poster

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Movie · as Doctor Dantley

1990
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn poster

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Jim Watson

1989
The Women of Brewster Place poster

The Women of Brewster Place

Movie · as Sam Michael

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Lucius Sweet (voice) · 2 eps

1989
The Women of Brewster Place poster

The Women of Brewster Place

TV · as Sam Michael · 2 eps

1989
Family Matters poster

Family Matters

TV · as Jimmy Baines · 1 ep

1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow poster

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Movie · as Lucien Celine

1987
Death Before Dishonor poster

Death Before Dishonor

Movie · as Ambassador

1987
Big Shots poster

Big Shots

Movie · as Johnnie Red

1987
The Mighty Pawns poster

The Mighty Pawns

Movie · as Mr. Wright

1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story poster

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Movie · as George Hairston

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Captain Dathon · 1 ep

1987
The Charmings poster

The Charmings

TV · as The Mirror · 21 eps

1986
Blue City poster

Blue City

Movie · as Chief Luther Reynolds

1986
Under Siege poster

Under Siege

Movie · as Andrew Simon

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Derron Holloway · 3 eps

1985
227 poster

227

TV · as Julian C. Barlow · 116 eps

1984
The Terminator poster

The Terminator

Movie · as Traxler

1984
Mike's Murder poster

Mike's Murder

Movie · as Phillip

1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain poster

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Movie · as Gabriel Grimes

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Starkey · 1 ep

1983
On the Run poster

On the Run

Movie · as Harry

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

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Movie

1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan poster

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Movie · as Captain Clark Terrell

1982
White Dog poster

White Dog

Movie · as Keys

1982
Dreams Don't Die poster

Dreams Don't Die

Movie · as Charlie Banks

1982
Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister

Movie · as Eddie Craven

1982
The Blue and the Gray poster

The Blue and the Gray

TV · as Jonathan Henry · 3 eps

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Sampson, Gabriel · 1 ep

1981
Carbon Copy poster

Carbon Copy

Movie · as Bob Garvey

1981
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera poster

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera

Movie · as Himself

1981
The Sophisticated Gents poster

The Sophisticated Gents

TV · as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins · 3 eps

1981
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

TV · as Bert Perkins · 1 ep

1980
Angel City poster

Angel City

Movie · as Cy

1980
Only the Ball Was White poster

Only the Ball Was White

Movie · as Narrator

1979
Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations

TV · as Dr. Horace Huguley · 1 ep

1979
Backstairs at the White House poster

Backstairs at the White House

TV · as Emmett Rogers Sr. · 4 eps

1978
King poster

King

TV · as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. · 3 eps

1977
Damnation Alley poster

Damnation Alley

Movie · as Keegan

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming poster

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Movie · as Willis Powell

1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich poster

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Movie · as Butler

1977
The Greatest poster

The Greatest

Movie · as Draft Lawyer

1977
Green Eyes poster

Green Eyes

Movie · as Lloyd Dubeck

1976
High Velocity poster

High Velocity

Movie · as Watson

1975
Hustle poster

Hustle

Movie · as Louis Belgrave

1974
Huckleberry Finn poster

Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Jim

1974
It's Good to Be Alive poster

It's Good to Be Alive

Movie · as Roy Campanella

1974
Conrack poster

Conrack

Movie · as Mad Billy

1973
The Horror at 37,000 Feet poster

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

Movie · as Dr. Enkalla

1973
Gordon's War poster

Gordon's War

Movie · as Gordon Hudson

1972
Trouble Man poster

Trouble Man

Movie · as Chalky Price

1972
Sounder poster

Sounder

Movie · as Nathan Lee Morgan

1971
Brother John poster

Brother John

Movie · as Henry Birkardt

1971
Nichols poster

Nichols

TV · as Eddie Joe · 1 ep

1970
R.P.M. poster

R.P.M.

Movie · as Steve Dempsey

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1969
The Lost Man poster

The Lost Man

Movie · as Orville Turner

1968
The New Cinema poster

The New Cinema

Movie · as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Barada · 1 ep

1967
Who's Minding the Mint? poster

Who's Minding the Mint?

Movie · as Garbage Man

1967
The Perils of Pauline poster

The Perils of Pauline

Movie · as African Servant

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Klaus · 1 ep

1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

TV · as 1st M.P. · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Mitch · 1 ep