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Paul Winfield

Acting Born May 22, 1939 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • The Simpsons (1989) as Lucius Sweet (voice)
  • Perry Mason (1957) as Mitch
  • Crossing Jordan (2001) as Phillip Sanders
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Captain Dathon
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Starkey
  • Babylon 5 (1994) as Gen. Richard Franklin
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as Earl Cooper (voice)
  • Mission: Impossible (1966) as Klaus
  • Touched by an Angel (1994) as Sam
  • Spider-Man (1994) as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)
  • L.A. Law (1986) as Derron Holloway
  • Family Matters (1989) as Jimmy Baines
  • Mars Attacks! (1996) as General Casey
  • Gargoyles (1994) as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)
  • Batman Beyond (1999) as Sam Young (voice)
  • The Terminator (1984) as Traxler
  • The Fall Guy (1981) as Bert Perkins
  • The Name of the Game (1968) as Barada
  • 227 (1985) as Julian C. Barlow
  • The Magic School Bus (1994) as Mr. Ruhle (voice)
  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Father (voice)
  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as 1st M.P.
  • Picket Fences (1992) as Judge Harold Nance