Person
Paul Winfield
Acting · 1939–2004 · 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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Lucius Sweet (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Perry Mason
Mitch
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Captain Dathon
Murder, She Wrote
Starkey
Babylon 5
Gen. Richard Franklin
Crossing Jordan
Phillip Sanders
Spider-Man
Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
Earl Cooper (voice)
Mission: Impossible
Klaus
Filmography
- 2003A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6Shadi(voice)
- 2003Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8Shadi(voice)
- 2003Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10Shadi(voice)
- 2003The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4Shadi(voice)
- 2003The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2Shadi(voice)
- 2003SounderThe Teacher
- 2002Second to DieDetective Grady
- 2001Crossing JordanPhillip Sanders
- 2001Vegas, City of DreamsEdgar Jones
- 2000KnockoutRon Regent
- 1999The Unfinished JourneyNarrator (voice)
- 1999March to FreedomNarrator
- 1999Strange JusticeThurgood Marshall
- 1999Catfish in Black Bean SauceHarold Williams
- 1999Batman BeyondSam Young (voice)
- 1998City ConfidentialSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1998Assignment BerlinAl Spector
- 1998Relax... It's Just SexAuntie Mahalia
- 1997Built to LastRussell Watkins
- 1997Strategic CommandRowan
- 1996Mars Attacks!General Casey
- 1996The Legend of Gator FaceBob
- 1996The Assassination FileSenator Alan Laskey
- 1996Original GangstasReverend Dorsey
- 1996Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose GardenHorace
- 1996Dead of NightVernon
- 1995White DwarfDr. Akada
- 1995TysonDon King
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildFather (voice)
- 1995In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is KingPapa Joe
- 1995Jirimpimbira: An African Folk TaleThe Old Man
- 1995In the FleshWilliam Stone
- 1994Spider-ManOmar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)
- 1994ScarlettBig Sam
- 1994GargoylesJeffrey Robbins (voice)
- 1994Touched by an AngelSam
- 1994BaseballVarious (voice)
- 1994The Magic School BusMr. Ruhle (voice)
- 1994The Killing JarJudge
- 1994Breathing LessonsDaniel Otis
- 1994Babylon 5Gen. Richard Franklin
- 1993Dennis the MenaceChief of Police
- 1993CliffhangerWalter Wright
- 1993Irresistible ForceCommander Toole
- 1993Alex Haley's QueenCap'n Jack
- 1992Picket FencesJudge Harold Nance
- 1992Batman: The Animated SeriesEarl Cooper (voice)
- 1991The Wish That Changed ChristmasMr. Smith (voice)
- 199083 Hours 'Til DawnDoctor Dantley
- 1990Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry FinnJim Watson
- 1990Presumed InnocentJudge Larren Lyttle
- 1989The SimpsonsLucius Sweet (voice)
- 1989Family MattersJimmy Baines
- 1989The Women of Brewster PlaceSam Michael
- 1989The Women of Brewster PlaceSam Michael
- 1988The Serpent and the RainbowLucien Celine
- 1987Big ShotsJohnnie Red
- 1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationCaptain Dathon
- 1987The CharmingsThe Mirror
- 1987Death Before DishonorAmbassador
- 1987The Mighty PawnsMr. Wright
- 1987Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter StoryGeorge Hairston
- 1986L.A. LawDerron Holloway
- 1986Blue CityChief Luther Reynolds
- 1986Under SiegeAndrew Simon
- 1985227Julian C. Barlow
- 1984The TerminatorTraxler
- 1984Murder, She WroteStarkey
- 1984Go Tell It on the MountainGabriel Grimes
- 1984Mike's MurderPhillip
- 1983On the RunHarry
- 1983For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
- 1982The Blue and the GrayJonathan Henry
- 1982White DogKeys
- 1982Sister, SisterEddie Craven
- 1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanCaptain Clark Terrell
- 1982Dreams Don't DieCharlie Banks
- 1982American PlayhouseSampson
- 1981The Fall GuyBert Perkins
- 1981The Sophisticated GentsRichard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
- 1981Carbon CopyBob Garvey
- 1981Sam Fuller: Writings with a CameraHimself
- 1980Angel CityCy
- 1980Only the Ball Was WhiteNarrator
- 1979Roots: The Next GenerationsDr. Horace Huguley
- 1979Backstairs at the White HouseEmmett Rogers Sr.
- 1978KingRev. Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a SandwichButler
- 1977Damnation AlleyKeegan
- 1977The GreatestDraft Lawyer
- 1977Twilight's Last GleamingWillis Powell
- 1977Green EyesLloyd Dubeck
- 1976High Velocity
- 1975HustleLouis Belgrave
- 1974Huckleberry FinnJim
- 1974ConrackMad Billy
- 1974It's Good to Be AliveRoy Campanella
- 1973Gordon's WarGordon Hudson
- 1973The Horror at 37,000 FeetDr. Enkalla
- 1972Trouble ManChalky Price
- 1972SounderNathan Lee Morgan
- 1971NicholsEddie Joe
- 1971Brother JohnHenry Birkardt
- 1970R.P.M.Steve Dempsey
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
- 1969The Lost ManOrville Turner
- 1968The Name of the GameBarada
- 1968JuliaPaul Cameron
- 1968The New CinemaSelf - Interviewer / Narrator
- 1967Who's Minding the Mint?Garbage Man
- 1967The Perils of PaulineAfrican Servant
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleKlaus
- 1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1st M.P.
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1957Perry MasonMitch
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