Paul Winfield
American actor (1939-2004) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 64
Paul Edward Winfield 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 (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination.
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Second to DieFilm, Detective Grady2001
Crossing JordanSeries, Phillip Sanders1998
Relax... It's Just SexFilm, Auntie Mahalia1997
Strategic CommandFilm, Rowan1995Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesAward
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries, 1995Father (voice)
TysonFilm, 1995Don King1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesSeries, Earl Cooper (voice)1990
83 Hours 'Til DawnFilm, Doctor Dantley1989
Family MattersSeries, Jimmy Baines
The Women of Brewster PlaceFilm, 1989Sam Michael1987
Big ShotsFilm, Johnnie Red1986
L.A. LawSeries, Derron Holloway1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Starkey
Go Tell It on the MountainFilm, 1984Gabriel Grimes1981
The Fall GuySeries, Bert Perkins
Carbon CopyFilm, 1981Bob Garvey1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a SandwichFilm, Butler1974
ConrackFilm, Mad Billy1972
SounderFilm, Nathan Lee Morgan1971
Brother JohnFilm, Henry Birkardt1968
JuliaSeries, Paul Cameron1967
Who's Minding the Mint?Film, Garbage Man1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, 1st M.P.1957
Perry MasonSeries, Mitch1939Born22 May 1939People around Paul
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Jerry Goldsmith Wrote Dennis the Menace and Damnation Alley
Cicely Tyson Also in Sounder and King
Robert Aldrich Directed Hustle and Twilight's Last Gleaming
Martin Ritt Directed Sounder and Conrack
Stanley Kramer Directed R. P. M. (1970), directed R.P.M. (1970)
Olivia Cole Also in Go Tell It on the Mountain and Big Shots
Kevin Hooks Also in Sounder (1972)
Mitchell Anderson Also in Relax...It's Just Sex (1998)
David Ladd Produced The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
James Cameron Directed The Terminator (1985)
Francis Ford Coppola Produced White Dwarf (1995)
Sidney Poitier Also in The Lost Man and Brother John
Tim Burton Produced Mars Attacks! (1997)
John Williams Wrote Presumed Innocent and Conrack
Ernest Borgnine Also in Hustle and The Greatest
Sydney Pollack Produced Presumed Innocent (1990)
Jim Brown Also in Original Gangstas and Mars Attacks!
Alan J. Pakula Directed Presumed Innocent (1990)
Michael Landon Directed It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
Renny Harlin Directed Cliffhanger (1993)
Leon Robinson Also in The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Parley Baer Also in Carbon Copy and White Dog
Ashok Amritraj Produced Strategic Command (1997)- Robert Alan Aurthur Directed The Lost Man (1969)
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The Terminator 1984
Sounder 1972
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982
Presumed Innocent 1990
White Dog 1982
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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About this person
Winfield 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 Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator, L.A. Law,, the Magic Mirror in The Charmings, and Julian c. Barlow in the final season of 227. Winfield received four Emmy nominations overall, winning in 1995 for his 1994 guest role in Picket Fences.
