Paul Winfield

Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) 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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Known For

The Simpsons

1989 • as Lucius Sweet (voice)

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 • as Captain Dathon

Perry Mason

1957 • as Mitch

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Starkey

The Terminator

1984 • as Traxler

Filmography

2003

Sounder

as The Teacher

Movie - Released: 1/19/2003

2002

Second to Die

as Detective Grady

Movie - Released: 4/23/2002

2001

Vegas, City of Dreams

as Edgar Jones

Movie - Released: 4/1/2001

Crossing Jordan

as Phillip Sanders

TV - Released: 9/24/2001

2000

Knockout

as Ron Regent

Movie - Released: 2/4/2000

1999

Movie

The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/31/1999

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

as Harold Williams

Movie - Released: 4/14/1999

Strange Justice

as Thurgood Marshall

Movie - Released: 8/29/1999

March to Freedom

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 8/31/1999

Batman Beyond

as Sam Young (voice)

TV - Released: 1/10/1999

1998

Relax... It's Just Sex

as Auntie Mahalia

Movie - Released: 6/28/1998

Assignment Berlin

as Al Spector

Movie - Released: 9/30/1998

1997

Strategic Command

as Rowan

Movie - Released: 1/6/1997

Built to Last

TV - Released: 9/24/1997

1996

The Legend of Gator Face

as Bob

Movie - Released: 8/8/1996

Original Gangstas

as Reverend Dorsey

Movie - Released: 5/10/1996

The Assassination File

as Senator Alan Laskey

Movie - Released: 6/22/1996

Dead of Night

as Vernon

Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

as Horace

Movie - Released: 1/7/1996

Mars Attacks!

as General Casey

Movie - Released: 12/13/1996

1995

Tyson

as Don King

Movie - Released: 4/29/1995

In the Flesh

as William Stone

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

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

as Papa Joe

Movie - Released: 3/1/1995

White Dwarf

as Dr. Akada

Movie - Released: 5/23/1995

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

as The Old Man

Movie - Released: 2/25/1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Father (voice)

TV - Released: 3/12/1995

1994

Breathing Lessons

as Daniel Otis

Movie - Released: 2/6/1994

Movie

The Killing Jar

as Judge

Movie - Released: 8/31/1994

Spider-Man

as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)

TV - Released: 11/19/1994

Babylon 5

as Gen. Richard Franklin

TV - Released: 1/26/1994

Scarlett

TV - Released: 11/13/1994

Gargoyles

as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)

TV - Released: 10/24/1994

The Magic School Bus

as (voice)

TV - Released: 9/10/1994

Baseball

as Various (voice)

TV - Released: 9/18/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Sam

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

Baseball

as (voice)

TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Cliffhanger

as Walter Wright

Movie - Released: 5/28/1993

Irresistible Force

as Commander Toole

Movie - Released: 5/7/1993

Dennis the Menace

as Chief of Police

Movie - Released: 6/9/1993

Alex Haley's Queen

as Cap'n Jack

TV - Released: 2/14/1993

1992

Batman: The Animated Series

as Earl Cooper (voice)

TV - Released: 9/5/1992

1991

The Wish That Changed Christmas

as Mr. Smith (voice)

Movie - Released: 12/20/1991

1990

Presumed Innocent

as Judge Larren Lyttle

Movie - Released: 7/27/1990

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as Doctor Dantley

Movie - Released: 11/4/1990

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

as Jim Watson

Movie - Released: 10/21/1990

1989

The Women of Brewster Place

as Sam Michael

Movie - Released: 3/19/1989

The Simpsons

as Lucius Sweet (voice)

TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

as Lucien Celine

Movie - Released: 2/5/1988

1987

Death Before Dishonor

as Ambassador

Movie - Released: 2/20/1987

Big Shots

as Johnnie Red

Movie - Released: 10/2/1987

The Mighty Pawns

as Mr. Wright

Movie - Released: 2/14/1987

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

as George Hairston

Movie - Released: 2/3/1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Captain Dathon

TV - Released: 9/28/1987

The Charmings

as The Mirror

TV - Released: 3/20/1987

1986

Blue City

as Chief Luther Reynolds

Movie - Released: 5/2/1986

Under Siege

as Andrew Simon

Movie - Released: 2/9/1986

1985

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Gabriel Grimes

Movie - Released: 1/14/1985

227

as Julian C. Barlow

TV - Released: 9/14/1985

1984

The Terminator

as Traxler

Movie - Released: 10/26/1984

Mike's Murder

as Phillip

Movie - Released: 3/9/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Starkey

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

On the Run

as Harry

Movie - Released: 9/2/1983

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

Movie - Released: 3/22/1983

1982

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Captain Clark Terrell

Movie - Released: 6/4/1982

White Dog

as Keys

Movie - Released: 7/7/1982

Dreams Don't Die

as Charlie Banks

Movie - Released: 5/21/1982

Sister, Sister

as Eddie Craven

Movie - Released: 6/7/1982

The Blue and the Gray

as Jonathan Henry

TV - Released: 11/14/1982

1981

Carbon Copy

as Bob Garvey

Movie - Released: 8/6/1981

The Sophisticated Gents

as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins

TV - Released: 9/29/1981

The Fall Guy

as Bert Perkins

TV - Released: 11/4/1981

1980

Angel City

as Cy

Movie - Released: 11/12/1980

Only the Ball Was White

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 2/21/1980

1979

Roots: The Next Generations

as Dr. Horace Huguley

TV - Released: 2/18/1979

Backstairs at the White House

as Emmett Rogers Sr.

TV - Released: 1/29/1979

1978

King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

TV - Released: 2/12/1978

1977

Damnation Alley

as Keegan

Movie - Released: 9/10/1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Willis Powell

Movie - Released: 2/9/1977

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

as Butler

Movie - Released: 12/14/1977

The Greatest

as Draft Lawyer

Movie - Released: 5/17/1977

Green Eyes

as Lloyd Dubeck

Movie - Released: 1/3/1977

1976

High Velocity

Movie - Released: 9/1/1976

1975

Hustle

as Louis Belgrave

Movie - Released: 12/25/1975

1974

Huckleberry Finn

as Jim

Movie - Released: 5/24/1974

It's Good to Be Alive

as Roy Campanella

Movie - Released: 2/22/1974

Conrack

as Mad Billy

Movie - Released: 3/27/1974

1973

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

as Dr. Enkalla

Movie - Released: 2/13/1973

Gordon's War

as Gordon Hudson

Movie - Released: 8/9/1973

1972

Trouble Man

as Chalky Price

Movie - Released: 11/1/1972

Sounder

as Nathan Lee Morgan

Movie - Released: 9/24/1972

1971

Brother John

as Henry Birkardt

Movie - Released: 8/15/1971

Nichols

as Eddie Joe

TV - Released: 9/16/1971

1970

R.P.M.

as Steve Dempsey

Movie - Released: 9/16/1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 3/24/1970

1969

The Lost Man

as Orville Turner

Movie - Released: 7/11/1969

1968

The New Cinema

as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

Movie - Released: 1/1/1968

Julia

as Paul Cameron

TV - Released: 9/17/1968

The Name of the Game

as Barada

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1967

Who's Minding the Mint?

as Garbage Man

Movie - Released: 9/26/1967

The Perils of Pauline

as African Servant

Movie - Released: 8/2/1967

1966

Mission: Impossible

as Klaus

TV - Released: 9/17/1966

1961

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1957

Perry Mason

as Mitch

TV - Released: 9/21/1957