Paul Winfield
Born
May 22, 1939
Died
March 7, 2004 (64 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Known For
Sounder
The Teacher
2003
Second to Die
Detective Grady
2002
Crossing Jordan
Phillip Sanders · (1 episode)
2001
Vegas, City of Dreams
Edgar Jones
2001
Knockout
Ron Regent
2000
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
1999
March to Freedom
Narrator
1999
Strange Justice
Thurgood Marshall
1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Harold Williams
1999
Batman Beyond
Sam Young (voice) · (2 episodes)
1999
Assignment Berlin
Al Spector
1998
Relax... It's Just Sex
Auntie Mahalia
1998
Built to Last
(8 episodes)
1997
Strategic Command
Rowan
1997
Mars Attacks!
General Casey
1996
The Legend of Gator Face
Bob
1996
The Assassination File
Senator Alan Laskey
1996
Original Gangstas
Reverend Dorsey
1996
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Horace
1996
Dead of Night
Vernon
1996
White Dwarf
Dr. Akada
1995
Tyson
Don King
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Father (voice) · (1 episode)
1995
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
Papa Joe
1995
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
The Old Man
1995
In the Flesh
William Stone
1995
Spider-Man
Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice) · (3 episodes)
1994
Scarlett
(4 episodes)
1994
Gargoyles
Jeffrey Robbins (voice) · (2 episodes)
1994
Touched by an Angel
Sam · (12 episodes)
1994
Baseball
Various (voice) · (0 episode)
1994
Baseball
(voice) · (2 episodes)
1994
The Magic School Bus
(voice) · (4 episodes)
1994
The Killing Jar
Judge
1994
Breathing Lessons
Daniel Otis
1994
Babylon 5
Gen. Richard Franklin · (1 episode)
1994
Dennis the Menace
Chief of Police
1993
Cliffhanger
Walter Wright
1993
Irresistible Force
Commander Toole
1993
Alex Haley's Queen
Cap'n Jack · (3 episodes)
1993
Batman: The Animated Series
Earl Cooper (voice) · (1 episode)
1992
The Wish That Changed Christmas
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
Lucius Sweet (voice) · (2 episodes)
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 · (1 episode)
1987
The Charmings
The Mirror · (21 episodes)
1987
Death Before Dishonor
Ambassador
1987
The Mighty Pawns
Mr. Wright
1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
George Hairston
1987
Blue City
Chief Luther Reynolds
1986
Under Siege
Andrew Simon
1986
227
Julian C. Barlow · (116 episodes)
1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Gabriel Grimes
1985
The Terminator
Traxler
1984
Murder, She Wrote
Starkey · (1 episode)
1984
Mike's Murder
Phillip
1984
On the Run
Harry
1983
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
1983
The Blue and the Gray
Jonathan Henry · (3 episodes)
1982
White Dog
Keys
1982
Sister, Sister
Eddie Craven
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Captain Clark Terrell
1982
Dreams Don't Die
Charlie Banks
1982
The Fall Guy
Bert Perkins · (1 episode)
1981
The Sophisticated Gents
Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins · (3 episodes)
1981
Carbon Copy
Bob Garvey
1981
Angel City
Cy
1980
Only the Ball Was White
Narrator
1980
Roots: The Next Generations
Dr. Horace Huguley · (7 episodes)
1979
Backstairs at the White House
Emmett Rogers Sr. · (4 episodes)
1979
King
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. · (3 episodes)
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
Green Eyes
Lloyd Dubeck
1977
High Velocity
1976
Hustle
Louis Belgrave
1975
Huckleberry Finn
Jim
1974
Conrack
Mad Billy
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 Price
1972
Sounder
Nathan Lee Morgan
1972
Nichols
Eddie Joe · (1 episode)
1971
Brother John
Henry Birkardt
1971
R.P.M.
Steve Dempsey
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
The Lost Man
Orville Turner
1969
The Name of the Game
Barada · (1 episode)
1968
Julia
Paul Cameron · (86 episodes)
1968
The New Cinema
Self - Interviewer / Narrator
1968
Who's Minding the Mint?
Garbage Man
1967
The Perils of Pauline
African Servant
1967
Mission: Impossible
Klaus · (1 episode)
1966
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (1 episode)
1961
Perry Mason
Mitch · (1 episode)
1957