Paul Winfield

Actor

1939-05-22 – 2004-03-07 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

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• The Terminator (1984) — Traxler
• Mars Attacks! (1996) — General Casey
• Cliffhanger (1993) — Walter Wright
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) — Captain Clark Terrell
• Dennis the Menace (1993) — Chief of Police
• Presumed Innocent (1990) — Judge Larren Lyttle
• The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) — Lucien Celine
• White Dog (1982) — Keys
• Damnation Alley (1977) — Keegan
• Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) — Willis Powell
• Hustle (1975) — Louis Belgrave
• Carbon Copy (1981) — Bob Garvey
• Sounder (1972) — Nathan Lee Morgan
• Tyson (1995) — Don King
• Conrack (1974) — Mad Billy
• Trouble Man (1972) — Chalky Price
• Original Gangstas (1996) — Reverend Dorsey
• The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973) — Dr. Enkalla
• Blue City (1986) — Chief Luther Reynolds
• Mike's Murder (1984) — Phillip
• Relax... It's Just Sex (1998) — Auntie Mahalia
• The Greatest (1977) — Draft Lawyer
• Strategic Command (1997) — Rowan
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989) — Sam Michael