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Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

22/05/1939

Day of Death

07/03/2004
(65) years old

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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... Read More

Known For

Sounder

Sounder

Second to Die

Second to Die

Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams

Knockout

Knockout

March to Freedom

March to Freedom

Strange Justice

Strange Justice

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Assignment Berlin

Assignment Berlin

Relax... It's Just Sex

Relax... It's Just Sex

Filmography

Cast

2003

Sounder

as The Teacher

2002

Second to Die

as Detective Grady

2001

Vegas, City of Dreams

as Edgar Jones

2000

Knockout

as Ron Regent

1999

The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

1999

March to Freedom

as Narrator

1999

Strange Justice

as Thurgood Marshall

1999

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

as Harold Williams

1998

Assignment Berlin

as Al Spector

1998

Relax... It's Just Sex

as Auntie Mahalia

1997

Strategic Command

as Rowan

1996

Mars Attacks!

as General Casey

1996

The Legend of Gator Face

as Bob

1996

The Assassination File

as Senator Alan Laskey

1996

Original Gangstas

as Reverend Dorsey

1996

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose G...

as Horace

1996

Dead of Night

as Vernon

1995

White Dwarf

as Dr. Akada

1995

Tyson

as Don King

1995

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man wit...

as Papa Joe

1995

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

as The Old Man

1995

In the Flesh

as William Stone

1994

The Killing Jar

as Judge

1994

Breathing Lessons

as Daniel Otis

1993

Dennis the Menace

as Chief of Police

1993

Cliffhanger

as Walter Wright

1993

Irresistible Force

as Commander Toole

1991

The Wish That Changed Christmas

as Mr. Smith (voice)

1990

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as Doctor Dantley

1990

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawy...

as Jim Watson

1990

Presumed Innocent

as Judge Larren Lyttle

1989

The Women of Brewster Place

as Sam Michael

1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

as Lucien Celine

1987

Big Shots

as Johnnie Red

1987

Death Before Dishonor

as Ambassador

1987

The Mighty Pawns

as Mr. Wright

1987

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter St...

as George Hairston

1986

Blue City

as Chief Luther Reynolds

1986

Under Siege

as Andrew Simon

1985

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Gabriel Grimes

1984

The Terminator

as Traxler

1984

Mike's Murder

as Phillip

1983

On the Run

as Harry

1983

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar ...

1982

White Dog

as Keys

1982

Sister, Sister

as Eddie Craven

1982

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Captain Clark Terrell

1982

Dreams Don't Die

as Charlie Banks

1981

Carbon Copy

as Bob Garvey

1980

Angel City

as Cy

1980

Only the Ball Was White

as Narrator

1977

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

as Butler

1977

Damnation Alley

as Keegan

1977

The Greatest

as Draft Lawyer

1977

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Willis Powell

1977

Green Eyes

as Lloyd Dubeck

1976

High Velocity

1975

Hustle

as Louis Belgrave

1974

Huckleberry Finn

as Jim

1974

Conrack

as Mad Billy

1974

It's Good to Be Alive

as Roy Campanella

1973

Gordon's War

as Gordon Hudson

1973

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

as Dr. Enkalla

1972

Trouble Man

as Chalky Price

1972

Sounder

as Nathan Lee Morgan

1971

Brother John

as Henry Birkardt

1970

R.P.M.

as Steve Dempsey

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to M...

as Self (archive footage)

1969

The Lost Man

as Orville Turner

1968

The New Cinema

as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

1967

Who's Minding the Mint?

as Garbage Man

1967

The Perils of Pauline

as African Servant