Paul Winfield

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

Perry Mason

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Murder, She Wrote

The Mike Douglas Show

Crossing Jordan

Babylon 5

Batman: The Animated Series

All Movies (78)

• A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-62003 · as Shadi(voice)
• Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-82003 · as Shadi(voice)
• Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-102003 · as Shadi(voice)
• The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-42003 · as Shadi(voice)
• The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-22003 · as Shadi(voice)
• Sounder2003 · as The Teacher
• Second to Die2002 · as Detective Grady
• Vegas, City of Dreams2001 · as Edgar Jones
• Knockout2000 · as Ron Regent
• The Unfinished Journey1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• March to Freedom1999 · as Narrator
• Strange Justice1999 · as Thurgood Marshall
• Catfish in Black Bean Sauce1999 · as Harold Williams
• Assignment Berlin1998 · as Al Spector
• Relax... It's Just Sex1998 · as Auntie Mahalia
• Strategic Command1997 · as Rowan
• Mars Attacks!1996 · as General Casey
• The Legend of Gator Face1996 · as Bob
• The Assassination File1996 · as Senator Alan Laskey
• Original Gangstas1996 · as Reverend Dorsey
• Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden1996 · as Horace
• Dead of Night1996 · as Vernon
• White Dwarf1995 · as Dr. Akada
• Tyson1995 · as Don King
• In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King1995 · as Papa Joe
• Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale1995 · as The Old Man
• In the Flesh1995 · as William Stone
• The Killing Jar1994 · as Judge
• Breathing Lessons1994 · as Daniel Otis
• Dennis the Menace1993 · as Chief of Police
• Cliffhanger1993 · as Walter Wright
• Irresistible Force1993 · as Commander Toole
• The Wish That Changed Christmas1991 · as Mr. Smith (voice)
• 83 Hours 'Til Dawn1990 · as Doctor Dantley
• Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn1990 · as Jim Watson
• Presumed Innocent1990 · as Judge Larren Lyttle
• The Women of Brewster Place1989 · as Sam Michael
• The Serpent and the Rainbow1988 · as Lucien Celine
• Big Shots1987 · as Johnnie Red
• Death Before Dishonor1987 · as Ambassador
• The Mighty Pawns1987 · as Mr. Wright
• Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story1987 · as George Hairston
• Blue City1986 · as Chief Luther Reynolds
• Under Siege1986 · as Andrew Simon
• The Terminator1984 · as Traxler
• Go Tell It on the Mountain1984 · as Gabriel Grimes
• Mike's Murder1984 · as Phillip
• On the Run1983 · as Harry
• For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers1983
• White Dog1982 · as Keys
• Sister, Sister1982 · as Eddie Craven
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982 · as Captain Clark Terrell
• Dreams Don't Die1982 · as Charlie Banks
• Carbon Copy1981 · as Bob Garvey
• Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera1981 · as Himself
• Angel City1980 · as Cy
• Only the Ball Was White1980 · as Narrator
• A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich1977 · as Butler
• Damnation Alley1977 · as Keegan
• The Greatest1977 · as Draft Lawyer
• Twilight's Last Gleaming1977 · as Willis Powell
• Green Eyes1977 · as Lloyd Dubeck
• High Velocity1976
• Hustle1975 · as Louis Belgrave
• Huckleberry Finn1974 · as Jim
• Conrack1974 · as Mad Billy
• It's Good to Be Alive1974 · as Roy Campanella
• Gordon's War1973 · as Gordon Hudson
• The Horror at 37,000 Feet1973 · as Dr. Enkalla
• Trouble Man1972 · as Chalky Price
• Sounder1972 · as Nathan Lee Morgan
• Brother John1971 · as Henry Birkardt
• R.P.M.1970 · as Steve Dempsey
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Lost Man1969 · as Orville Turner
• The New Cinema1968 · as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
• Who's Minding the Mint?1967 · as Garbage Man
• The Perils of Pauline1967 · as African Servant

All TV Shows (37)

• Crossing Jordan2001 · as Phillip Sanders
• Batman Beyond1999 · as Sam Young (voice)
• City Confidential1998 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Built to Last1997 · as Russell Watkins
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995 · as Father (voice)
• Spider-Man1994 · as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)
• Scarlett1994 · as Big Sam
• Gargoyles1994 · as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Sam
• Baseball1994 · as Various (voice)
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• The Magic School Bus1994 · as Mr. Ruhle (voice)
• Babylon 51994 · as Gen. Richard Franklin
• Alex Haley's Queen1993 · as Cap'n Jack
• Picket Fences1992 · as Judge Harold Nance
• Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Earl Cooper (voice)
• The Simpsons1989 · as Lucius Sweet (voice)
• Family Matters1989 · as Jimmy Baines
• The Women of Brewster Place1989 · as Sam Michael
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Captain Dathon
• The Charmings1987 · as The Mirror
• L.A. Law1986 · as Derron Holloway
• 2271985 · as Julian C. Barlow
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Starkey
• The Blue and the Gray1982 · as Jonathan Henry
• The Fall Guy1981 · as Bert Perkins
• The Sophisticated Gents1981 · as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
• Roots: The Next Generations1979 · as Dr. Horace Huguley
• Backstairs at the White House1979 · as Emmett Rogers Sr.
• King1978 · as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Nichols1971 · as Eddie Joe
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Barada
• Julia1968 · as Paul Cameron
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Klaus
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as 1st M.P.
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Perry Mason1957 · as Mitch