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
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
as Julio Scallini
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Questor
F for Fake (1973)
as Self
King Creole (1958)
as Charlie LeGrand
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
as Carl Evello
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
In Cold Blood (1967)
as Jensen
Opening Night (1977)
as David Samuels
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Syd Murphy
Bite the Bullet (1975)
as J.B. Parker (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
as Harry Thompson
Mr. Lucky (1943)
as Zepp
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
as Goodman
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Attorney Stone
Appointment with Danger (1950)
as Earl Boettiger
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Matt Costello
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
as Barton
The Day of the Locust (1975)
as Helverston
The Cobweb (1955)
as Dr. Otto Wolff
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
as Joe Lye
S.O.B. (1981)
as Harry Sandler
Top Secret Affair (1957)
as Phil Bentley
The Window (1949)
as Joe Kellerson
Murph the Surf (1975)
as Avery
Johnny Eager (1941)
as Julio
Carter's Army (1975)
as Gen. Clark
Government Girl (1943)
as Branch Owens
Deep in My Heart (1954)
as Bert Townsend
Champion (1949)
as Tommy Haley
Tempest (1982)
as Phillip's Father
The Wild Party (1956)
as Ben Davis
How to Commit Marriage (1969)
as Willoughby
She Loves Me Not (1949)
as Paul Lawton
Berlin Express (1948)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
as Florenz Ziegfeld
Fabulous Trinity (1972)
as Charles
Edge of Doom (1950)
as Mr. Craig
Carbine Williams (1952)
as 'Dutch' Kruger
Chicago Syndicate (1955)
as Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
as Whitey Lake
The Juggler (1953)
as Detective Karni
O+ omikron plus (2013)
as UN Officer
Easy Living (1949)
as Dave Argus
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
as Tad McGeehan
Illegal Entry (1949)
as Zack Richards
Loan Shark (1952)
as Lou Donelli
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
as Dr. Segal
The Nativity (1978)
as Zacharias
The World at War (1942)
as Narrator (voice)
Jigsaw (1968)
as Dr. Simon Joshua
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
The Pilot (1980)
as 2nd Mechanic
Not One Shall Die (1957)
as Kellerman
Prisoner of War (1954)
as Capt. Jack Hodges
Beyond All Limits (1959)
as Pendergrest
Confession (1956)
as Martin Hoeffer