
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

Sounder
Movie · as The Teacher

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

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

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

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

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

Second to Die
Movie · as Detective Grady

Vegas, City of Dreams
Movie · as Edgar Jones

Crossing Jordan
TV · as Phillip Sanders · 1 ep

Knockout
Movie · as Ron Regent

The Unfinished Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Movie · as Harold Williams

Strange Justice
Movie · as Thurgood Marshall

March to Freedom
Movie · as Narrator

Batman Beyond
TV · as Sam Young (voice) · 2 eps

Relax... It's Just Sex
Movie · as Auntie Mahalia

Assignment Berlin
Movie · as Al Spector

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

Strategic Command
Movie · as Rowan
Built to Last
TV · as Russell Watkins · 8 eps

The Legend of Gator Face
Movie · as Bob

Original Gangstas
Movie · as Reverend Dorsey

The Assassination File
Movie · as Senator Alan Laskey

Dead of Night
Movie · as Vernon

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Movie · as Horace

Mars Attacks!
Movie · as General Casey

Tyson
Movie · as Don King

In the Flesh
Movie · as William Stone

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

White Dwarf
Movie · as Dr. Akada

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Movie · as The Old Man

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Father (voice) · 1 ep

Breathing Lessons
Movie · as Daniel Otis

The Killing Jar
Movie · as Judge

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

Babylon 5
TV · as Gen. Richard Franklin · 1 ep

Gargoyles
TV · as Jeffrey Robbins (voice) · 2 eps

The Magic School Bus
TV · as Mr. Ruhle (voice) · 4 eps

Baseball
TV · as Various (voice)

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Sam · 12 eps

Scarlett
TV · as Big Sam · 1 ep

Cliffhanger
Movie · as Walter Wright

Irresistible Force
Movie · as Commander Toole

Dennis the Menace
Movie · as Chief of Police

Alex Haley's Queen
TV · as Cap'n Jack · 3 eps

Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Earl Cooper (voice) · 1 ep

Picket Fences
TV · as Judge Harold Nance · 2 eps

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

Presumed Innocent
Movie · as Judge Larren Lyttle

83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Movie · as Doctor Dantley

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

The Women of Brewster Place
Movie · as Sam Michael

The Simpsons
TV · as Lucius Sweet (voice) · 2 eps

The Women of Brewster Place
TV · as Sam Michael · 2 eps

Family Matters
TV · as Jimmy Baines · 1 ep

The Serpent and the Rainbow
Movie · as Lucien Celine

Death Before Dishonor
Movie · as Ambassador

Big Shots
Movie · as Johnnie Red

The Mighty Pawns
Movie · as Mr. Wright

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Movie · as George Hairston

Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Captain Dathon · 1 ep

The Charmings
TV · as The Mirror · 21 eps

Blue City
Movie · as Chief Luther Reynolds

Under Siege
Movie · as Andrew Simon

L.A. Law
TV · as Derron Holloway · 3 eps

227
TV · as Julian C. Barlow · 116 eps

The Terminator
Movie · as Traxler

Mike's Murder
Movie · as Phillip

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Movie · as Gabriel Grimes

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Starkey · 1 ep

On the Run
Movie · as Harry

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

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

White Dog
Movie · as Keys

Dreams Don't Die
Movie · as Charlie Banks

Sister, Sister
Movie · as Eddie Craven

The Blue and the Gray
TV · as Jonathan Henry · 3 eps

American Playhouse
TV · as Sampson, Gabriel · 1 ep

Carbon Copy
Movie · as Bob Garvey

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Movie · as Himself

The Sophisticated Gents
TV · as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins · 3 eps

The Fall Guy
TV · as Bert Perkins · 1 ep

Angel City
Movie · as Cy

Only the Ball Was White
Movie · as Narrator

Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Dr. Horace Huguley · 1 ep

Backstairs at the White House
TV · as Emmett Rogers Sr. · 4 eps

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

Damnation Alley
Movie · as Keegan

Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as Willis Powell

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Movie · as Butler

The Greatest
Movie · as Draft Lawyer

Green Eyes
Movie · as Lloyd Dubeck

High Velocity
Movie · as Watson

Hustle
Movie · as Louis Belgrave

Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Jim

It's Good to Be Alive
Movie · as Roy Campanella

Conrack
Movie · as Mad Billy

The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Movie · as Dr. Enkalla

Gordon's War
Movie · as Gordon Hudson

Trouble Man
Movie · as Chalky Price

Sounder
Movie · as Nathan Lee Morgan

Brother John
Movie · as Henry Birkardt

Nichols
TV · as Eddie Joe · 1 ep

R.P.M.
Movie · as Steve Dempsey

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

The Lost Man
Movie · as Orville Turner

The New Cinema
Movie · as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

The Name of the Game
TV · as Barada · 1 ep

Who's Minding the Mint?
Movie · as Garbage Man

The Perils of Pauline
Movie · as African Servant

Mission: Impossible
TV · as Klaus · 1 ep

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as 1st M.P. · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Perry Mason
TV · as Mitch · 1 ep

