Paul Stewart
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Paul Stewart (March 13, 1908 – February 17, 1986) was an American character actor known for his tough, guttural voice. He frequently portrayed villains and mobsters throughout his lengthy career. Born Paul Sternberg in New York City, Stewart graduated from Columbia University and made his Broadway theatre debut in the play Two Seconds in 1931. A few years later he met Orson Welles, who invited him to join the Mercury Theatre, where he participated in the notorious 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds. He was a founding member of AFTRA. Sternberg's many screen credits include Citizen Kane, Twelve O'Clock High, Champion, Kiss Me Deadly, The Bad and the Beautiful, In Cold Blood, The Day of the Locust, S.O.B., and W.C. Fields and Me, in which he portrayed Florenz Ziegfeld. On television, he appeared in Playhouse 90, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Alcoa Theatre, Dr. Kildare, Wagon Train, Gunsmoke, It Takes a Thief, Mannix, The Name of the Game, McMillan & Wife, Mission Impossible,The Rockford Files, Lou Grant, and Remington Steele, among many others. He also directed some television episodes, among them "Little Girl Lost", from the Twilight Zone. Stewart was married to big band singer/actress Peg La Centra from 1939 until his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles at age 77. He was characterized in the 1999 television movie RKO 281.
Known for
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Raymond
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Matt Costello
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Questor
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
as Julio Scallini
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
as Carl Evello
The Window (1949)
as Joe Kellerson
Bite the Bullet (1975)
as J.B. Parker (uncredited)
Opening Night (1977)
as David Samuels
In Cold Blood (1967)
as Jensen
S.O.B. (1981)
as Harry Sandler
Mr. Lucky (1943)
as Zepp
The Cobweb (1955)
as Dr. Otto Wolff
F for Fake (1973)
as Self
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Syd Murphy
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
Government Girl (1943)
as Branch Owens
The Day of the Locust (1975)
as Helverston
King Creole (1958)
as Charlie LeGrand
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
as Harry Thompson
Carter's Army (1975)
as Gen. Clark
Champion (1949)
as Tommy Haley
The Juggler (1953)
as Detective Karni
Tempest (1982)
as Phillip's Father
Berlin Express (1948)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
as Goodman
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
as Whitey Lake
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Attorney Stone
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Bert Townsend
Johnny Eager (1941)
as Julio
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
as Barton
Edge of Doom (1950)
as Mr. Craig
Appointment with Danger (1950)
as Earl Boettiger
Top Secret Affair (1957)
as Phil Bentley
The Pilot (1980)
as 2nd Mechanic
Carbine Williams (1952)
as 'Dutch' Kruger
The Wild Party (1956)
as Ben Davis
The Nativity (1978)
as Zacharias
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
Loan Shark (1952)
as Lou Donelli
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
as Florenz Ziegfeld
Easy Living (1949)
as Dave Argus
Prisoner of War (1954)
as Capt. Jack Hodges
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Pendergrest
Fabulous Trinity (1972)
as Charles
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
as Dr. Segal
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
as Joe Lye
Chicago Syndicate (1955)
as Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
Murph the Surf (1975)
as Avery
Jigsaw (1968)
as Dr. Simon Joshua
The World at War (1942)
as Narrator (voice)
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
as Tad McGeehan
She Loves Me Not (1949)
as Paul Lawton
How to Commit Marriage (1969)
as Willoughby
Illegal Entry (1949)
as Zack Richards
Not One Shall Die (1957)
as Kellerman
Confession (1956)
as Martin Hoeffer
O+ omikron plus (2013)
as UN Officer