About
Paul Winfield
Overview
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
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| 2003 | Sounder | Actor | The Teacher | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Second to Die | Actor | Detective Grady | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Vegas, City of Dreams | Actor | Edgar Jones | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Knockout | Actor | Ron Regent | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Unfinished Journey | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1999 | March to Freedom | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Strange Justice | Actor | Thurgood Marshall | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | Actor | Harold Williams | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Assignment Berlin | Actor | Al Spector | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Relax... It's Just Sex | Actor | Auntie Mahalia | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Built to Last | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1997 | Strategic Command | Actor | Rowan | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Actor | General Casey | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | The Legend of Gator Face | Actor | Bob | 58 Average |
| 1996 | The Assassination File | Actor | Senator Alan Laskey | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Actor | Reverend Dorsey | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Actor | Horace | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Dead of Night | Actor | Vernon | 59 Average |
| 1995 | White Dwarf | Actor | Dr. Akada | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Tyson | Actor | Don King | 59 Average |
| 1995 | In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King | Actor | Papa Joe | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | Actor | The Old Man | 59 Average |
| 1995 | In the Flesh | Actor | William Stone | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Scarlett | Actor | 68 Fair |
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| 1994 | Baseball | Actor | Various (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1994 | The Killing Jar | Actor | Judge | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Breathing Lessons | Actor | Daniel Otis | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Actor | Chief of Police | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Actor | Walter Wright | 63 Fair |
| 1993 | Irresistible Force | Actor | Commander Toole | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Actor | Cap'n Jack | 70 Good |
| 1991 | The Wish That Changed Christmas | Actor | Mr. Smith (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1990 | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Actor | Doctor Dantley | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Actor | Jim Watson | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Actor | Judge Larren Lyttle | 64 Fair |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Actor | Sam Michael | 59 Average |
| 1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Actor | Lucien Celine | 61 Fair |
| 1987 | Big Shots | Actor | Johnnie Red | 59 Average |
| 1987 | The Charmings | Actor | The Mirror | 68 Fair |
| 1987 | Death Before Dishonor | Actor | Ambassador | 58 Average |
| 1987 | The Mighty Pawns | Actor | Mr. Wright | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | Actor | George Hairston | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Blue City | Actor | Chief Luther Reynolds | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Under Siege | Actor | Andrew Simon | 59 Average |
| 1985 | 227 | Actor | Julian C. Barlow | 69 Fair |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Actor | Gabriel Grimes | 58 Average |
| 1984 | The Terminator | Actor | Traxler | 75 Good |
| 1984 | Mike's Murder | Actor | Phillip | 58 Average |
| 1983 | On the Run | Actor | Harry | N/A N/A |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1982 | The Blue and the Gray | Actor | Jonathan Henry | 69 Fair |
| 1982 | White Dog | Actor | Keys | 61 Fair |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister | Actor | Eddie Craven | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Actor | Captain Clark Terrell | 70 Good |
| 1982 | Dreams Don't Die | Actor | Charlie Banks | 59 Average |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Actor | Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins | 70 Good |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy | Actor | Bob Garvey | 58 Average |
| 1980 | Angel City | Actor | Cy | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Only the Ball Was White | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Actor | Dr. Horace Huguley | 71 Good |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Actor | Emmett Rogers Sr. | 68 Fair |
| 1978 | King | Actor | Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | 68 Fair |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Actor | Butler | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley | Actor | Keegan | 57 Average |
| 1977 | The Greatest | Actor | Draft Lawyer | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Actor | Willis Powell | 59 Average |
| 1977 | Green Eyes | Actor | Lloyd Dubeck | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | High Velocity | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1975 | Hustle | Actor | Louis Belgrave | 58 Average |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn | Actor | Jim | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Conrack | Actor | Mad Billy | 59 Average |
| 1974 | It's Good to Be Alive | Actor | Roy Campanella | 59 Average |
| 1973 | Gordon's War | Actor | Gordon Hudson | 59 Average |
| 1973 | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Actor | Dr. Enkalla | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Trouble Man | Actor | Chalky Price | 59 Average |
| 1972 | Sounder | Actor | Nathan Lee Morgan | 60 Fair |
| 1971 | Brother John | Actor | Henry Birkardt | 59 Average |
| 1970 | R.P.M. | Actor | Steve Dempsey | 59 Average |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Actor | Orville Turner | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Julia | Actor | Paul Cameron | 68 Fair |
| 1968 | The New Cinema | Actor | Self - Interviewer / Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1967 | Who's Minding the Mint? | Actor | Garbage Man | 59 Average |
| 1967 | The Perils of Pauline | Actor | African Servant | 58 Average |