Paul Winfield
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 22, 1939
- Died
- March 7, 2004
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 2003
as Shadi(voice)
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 2003
as Shadi(voice)
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 2003
as Shadi(voice)
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 2003
as Shadi(voice)
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 2003
as Shadi(voice)
Sounder 2003
as The Teacher
Second to Die 2002
as Detective Grady
Vegas, City of Dreams 2001
as Edgar Jones
Knockout 2000
as Ron Regent
The Unfinished Journey 1999
as Narrator (voice)
March to Freedom 1999
as Narrator
Strange Justice 1999
as Thurgood Marshall
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce 1999
as Harold Williams
Assignment Berlin 1998
as Al Spector
Relax... It's Just Sex 1998
as Auntie Mahalia
Strategic Command 1997
as Rowan
Mars Attacks! 1996
as General Casey
The Legend of Gator Face 1996
as Bob
The Assassination File 1996
as Senator Alan Laskey
Original Gangstas 1996
as Reverend Dorsey
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden 1996
as Horace
Dead of Night 1996
as Vernon
White Dwarf 1995
as Dr. Akada
Tyson 1995
as Don King
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King 1995
as Papa Joe
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale 1995
as The Old Man
In the Flesh 1995
as William Stone
The Killing Jar 1994
as Judge
Breathing Lessons 1994
as Daniel Otis
Dennis the Menace 1993
as Chief of Police
Cliffhanger 1993
as Walter Wright
Irresistible Force 1993
as Commander Toole
The Wish That Changed Christmas 1991
as Mr. Smith (voice)
83 Hours 'Til Dawn 1990
as Doctor Dantley
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn 1990
as Jim Watson
Presumed Innocent 1990
as Judge Larren Lyttle
The Women of Brewster Place 1989
as Sam Michael
The Serpent and the Rainbow 1988
as Lucien Celine
Big Shots 1987
as Johnnie Red
Death Before Dishonor 1987
as Ambassador
The Mighty Pawns 1987
as Mr. Wright
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story 1987
as George Hairston
Blue City 1986
as Chief Luther Reynolds
Under Siege 1986
as Andrew Simon
The Terminator 1984
as Traxler
Go Tell It on the Mountain 1984
as Gabriel Grimes
Mike's Murder 1984
as Phillip
On the Run 1983
as Harry
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983
Actor
White Dog 1982
as Keys
Sister, Sister 1982
as Eddie Craven
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982
as Captain Clark Terrell
Dreams Don't Die 1982
as Charlie Banks
Carbon Copy 1981
as Bob Garvey
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera 1981
as Himself
Angel City 1980
as Cy
Only the Ball Was White 1980
as Narrator
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1977
as Butler
Damnation Alley 1977
as Keegan
The Greatest 1977
as Draft Lawyer
Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977
as Willis Powell
Green Eyes 1977
as Lloyd Dubeck
High Velocity 1976
as Watson
Hustle 1975
as Louis Belgrave
Huckleberry Finn 1974
as Jim
Conrack 1974
as Mad Billy
It's Good to Be Alive 1974
as Roy Campanella
Gordon's War 1973
as Gordon Hudson
The Horror at 37,000 Feet 1973
as Dr. Enkalla
Trouble Man 1972
as Chalky Price
Sounder 1972
as Nathan Lee Morgan
Brother John 1971
as Henry Birkardt
R.P.M. 1970
as Steve Dempsey
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Man 1969
as Orville Turner
The New Cinema 1968
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
Who's Minding the Mint? 1967
as Garbage Man
The Perils of Pauline 1967
as African Servant
Credits from TMDB.