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Paul Edward Winfield 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 (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Winfield was also known for his roles in The Terminator, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He received five Emmy nominations overall, winning for his 1994 guest role in Picket Fences.
Birth Name
Paul Edward Winfield
Born
Monday, 22 May 1939
Died
Sunday, 07 March 2004
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2005 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self | 2004 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: Toying with the Truth | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: The Rest Is Yet to Come | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: A Life and Seth Situation | Shadi | 2003 |
| Second to Die | Detective Grady | 2002 |
| Crossing Jordan | Dr. Phillip Sanders | 2001 |
| Knockout | Ron Regent | 2000 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2005 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self | 2004 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: Toying with the Truth | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: The Rest Is Yet to Come | Shadi | 2003 |
| Kids' Ten Commandments: A Life and Seth Situation | Shadi | 2003 |
| Second to Die | Detective Grady | 2002 |
| Crossing Jordan | Dr. Phillip Sanders | 2001 |
| Knockout | Ron Regent | 2000 |
| Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | Harold Williams | 1999 |
| Batman Beyond | Sam Young | 1999 |
| City Confidential | Narrator | 1999 |
| Assignment Berlin | Al Spector | 1998 |
| Relax... It's Just Sex | Auntie Mahalia | 1998 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | The Teacher | 1997 |
| Built to Last | Russell Watkins | 1997 |
| Strategic Command | Rowan | 1997 |
| Mars Attacks! | General Casey / Gen. Casey | 1996 |
| Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | Jeffrey Robbins | 1996 |
| The Legend of Gator Face | Bob | 1996 |
| The Assassination File | Senator Alan Laskey | 1996 |
| Original Gangstas | Reverend Dorsey | 1996 |
| Second Noah | Ramses | 1996 |
| The Walt Disney Company and McDonald's Present the American Teacher Awards | Self | 1995 |
| Tyson | Don King | 1995 |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Father | 1995 |
| In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King | Papa Joe | 1995 |
| Spider-Man: The Animated Series | Black Marvel / Omar Mosley, Omar Mosley / Young Black Marvel | 1994 |
| Scarlett | Big Sam | 1994 |
| Gargoyles | Jeffrey Robbins | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Sam | 1994 |
| Baseball | Voice, W.E.B. DuBois / Voice, Satchel Paige / Voice | 1994 |
| The Magic School Bus | Mr. Ruhle, Self - Special Guest: Live Action Sequences | 1994 |
| The Killing Jar | Judge | 1994 |
| Breathing Lessons | Daniel Otis | 1994 |
| Babylon 5 | Gen. Richard Franklin | 1994 |
| Dennis the Menace | Chief of Police | 1993 |
| Cliffhanger | Walter Wright | 1993 |
| Irresistible Force | Commander Toole | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Pastor Roscoe Jones | 1993 |
| Queen | Cap'n Jack | 1993 |
| At the River I Stand | Narrarator | 1993 |
| Picket Fences | Judge Harold Nance | 1992 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Earl Cooper | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| The Wish That Changed Christmas | Mr. Smith / Mr. Smith (voice) | 1991 |
| 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Doctor Dantley | 1990 |
| Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Jim Watson | 1990 |
| Presumed Innocent | Judge Larren Lyttle | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Lucious Sweet | 1989 |
| Family Matters | Jimmy Baines | 1989 |
| The Women of Brewster Place | Sam Michael | 1989 |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | Lucien Celine | 1988 |
| Big Shots | Johnnie Red | 1987 |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Captain Dathon | 1987 |
| Wiseguy | Isaac Twine | 1987 |
| The Charmings | The Mirror | 1987 |
| Death Before Dishonor | Ambassador | 1987 |
| The Mighty Pawns | Mr. Wright | 1987 |
| Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | George Hairston | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Derron Holloway | 1986 |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Hoke | 1986 |
| Blue City | Chief Luther Reynolds | 1986 |
| Blacke's Magic | Calder | 1986 |
| 227 | Julian C. Barlow, Julian C. Barlow / Deacon Malcolm Fisk | 1985 |
| The Terminator | Lieutenant Ed Traxler / Traxler | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Det. Lt. Starkey | 1984 |
| Mike's Murder | Phillip | 1984 |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | Gabriel Grimes | 1984 |
| The Making of 'Terminator' | Self | 1984 |
| The Blue and the Gray | Jonathan Henry | 1982 |
| Hotel | William Griffin Sr. | 1982 |
| White Dog | Keys | 1982 |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Terrell / Captain Clark Terrell | 1982 |
| Dreams Don't Die | Charlie Banks | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Gabriel, Sampson | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | Bert Perkins | 1981 |
| The Sophisticated Gents | Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins | 1981 |
| Carbon Copy | Bob Garvey | 1981 |
| Angel City | Cy | 1980 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Mr. Bateman | 1980 |
| Roots: The Next Generations | Dr. Horace Huguley | 1979 |
| Backstairs at the White House | Emmett Rogers Sr., Emmett Rogers Sr / Emmett Rogers Sr. | 1979 |
| King | Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | 1978 |
| A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Butler | 1977 |
| Damnation Alley | Keegan | 1977 |
| The Greatest | Draft Lawyer | 1977 |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | Willis Powell | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Old Man | 1977 |
| High Velocity | Watson | 1976 |
| Hustle | Louis Belgrave / Sgt. Louis Belgrave | 1975 |
| Huckleberry Finn | Jim | 1974 |
| Conrack | Mad Billy | 1974 |
| The American Parade | Rev. J.A. Delaine | 1974 |
| It's Good to Be Alive | Roy Campanella | 1974 |
| Gordon's War | Gordon Hudson | 1973 |
| The Horror at 37, 000 Feet | Dr. Enkalla | 1973 |
| Trouble Man | Chalky / Chalky Price | 1972 |
| Sounder | Nathan Lee / Nathan Lee Morgan | 1972 |
| Nichols | Eddie Joe | 1971 |
| Brother John | Henry Birkardt | 1971 |
| The Young Rebels | Pompey | 1970 |
| R.P.M. | Steve Dempsey | 1970 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self | 1970 |
| The Young Lawyers | Willis Crawford | 1969 |
| It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
| Room 222 | Jim Williams | 1969 |
| The Lost Man | Orville Turner | 1969 |
| The Name of the Game | Barada | 1968 |
| Julia | Paul Cameron | 1968 |
| The New Cinema | Himself / Narrator / Self - Interviewer | 1968 |
| Who's Minding the Mint? | Garbage Man | 1967 |
| Mannix | Walter Lucas | 1967 |
| Ironside | Luther Benson, Robert Phillips | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Graham Jessup | 1967 |
| The Perils of Pauline | African Servant | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Klaus | 1966 |
| Daktari | Roy Kimba | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Prison Guard Lincoln | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1st M.P. | 1964 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor | 1961 |
| Perry Mason | Mitch | 1957 |
| Death Valley Days | Bart | 1952 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series | Nominated |
| 1973 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
