Paul Winfield

Deceased · Born: May 22, 1939 · Died: Mar 7, 2004

Personal Details

Born May 22, 1939 Los Angeles, California, USA

Parents

Clarence Winfield
Lois Beatrice Edwards
Clarence Winfield

Relatives

Tariq Marshall (Cousin)
Gina Loring (Cousin)
Claude Marshall (Cousin)
William Marshall (Cousin)

Biography

Was an American television, film, and stage 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.

Career

acting

2003

Kids' Ten Commandments: Toying with the Truth

Kids' Ten Commandments: Toying with the Truth as Shadi

Kids' Ten Commandments: A Life and Seth Situation

Kids' Ten Commandments: A Life and Seth Situation as Shadi

Kids' Ten Commandments: The Rest Is Yet to Come

Kids' Ten Commandments: The Rest Is Yet to Come as Shadi

Kids' Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf

Kids' Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf as Shadi

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney as The Teacher

2002

Second to Die as Detective Grady

2001

Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams as Edgar Jones

2000

Knockout as Ron Regent

1999

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce as Harold Williams

Strange Justice

Strange Justice as Thurgood Marshall

Batman Beyond as Sam Young (voice)

1998

Assignment Berlin

Assignment Berlin as Al Spector

Relax... It's Just Sex

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

1997

Strategic Command

Strategic Command as Rowan

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Spider-Man: The Animated Series as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)

1996

The Legend of Gator Face

The Legend of Gator Face as Bob

The Assassination File

The Assassination File as Senator Alan Laskey

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden as Horace

Dead of Night as Vernon

Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas as Reverend Dorsey

The Simpsons as Lucius Sweet (voice)

1995

Tyson as Don King

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

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

White Dwarf as Dr. Akada

In the Flesh as William Stone

1994

The Killing Jar

The Killing Jar as Judge

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons as Daniel Otis

Baseball as Various (voice)

1993

At the River I Stand

At the River I Stand as Narrarator

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace as Chief of Police

Irresistible Force

Irresistible Force as Commander Toole

Queen as Cap'n Jack

1992

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series as Earl Cooper (voice)

1991

The Wish That Changed Christmas

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Dathon

1990

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

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

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

83 Hours 'Til Dawn as Doctor Dantley

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent as Judge Larren Lyttle

1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow as Lucien Celine

1987

The Mighty Pawns

The Mighty Pawns as Mr. Wright

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story as George Hairston

Death Before Dishonor

Death Before Dishonor as Ambassador

Big Shots as Johnnie Red

The Charmings as The Mirror

1986

Blue City as Chief Luther Reynolds

1985

227 as Julian C. Barlow

1984

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain as Gabriel Grimes

The Terminator as Lieutenant Ed Traxler

Mike's Murder as Phillip

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote as Starkey

1983

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982

Dreams Don't Die

Dreams Don't Die as Charlie Banks

White Dog as Keys

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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

Sister, Sister as Eddie Craven

The Blue and the Gray

The Blue and the Gray as Jonathan Henry

1981

Carbon Copy as Bob Garvey

1980

Angel City as Cy

1979

Backstairs at the White House

Backstairs at the White House as Emmett Rogers Sr.

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations as Dr. Horace Huguley

1978

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

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

King as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming as Willis Powell

Damnation Alley

Damnation Alley as Keegan

Green Eyes as Lloyd Dubeck

1976

1975

Hustle as Louis Belgrave

1974

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn as Jim

It's Good to Be Alive

It's Good to Be Alive as Roy Campanella

Conrack as Mad Billy

1973

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

The Horror at 37,000 Feet as Dr. Enkalla

Gordon's War as Gordon Hudson

1972

Trouble Man as Chalky Price

Sounder as Nathan Lee Morgan

1971

Brother John as Henry Birkardt

1970

R.P.M. as Steve Dempsey

1969

The Lost Man as Orville Turner

1968

Julia as Paul Cameron

appearances

1985

The Making of 'Terminator'

The Making of 'Terminator'