
Paul Winfield
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

The Terminator (1984)
as Traxler

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
as Captain Clark Terrell

Dennis the Menace (1993)
as Chief of Police

Mars Attacks! (1996)
as General Casey

Cliffhanger (1993)
as Walter Wright

Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Judge Larren Lyttle

Damnation Alley (1977)
as Keegan

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Willis Powell

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
as Lucien Celine

Knockout (2000)
as Ron Regent

White Dog (1982)
as Keys

Sounder (1972)
as Nathan Lee Morgan

Carbon Copy (1981)
as Bob Garvey

Tyson (1995)
as Don King

Sounder (2003)
as The Teacher

The New Cinema (1968)
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

Hustle (1975)
as Louis Belgrave

Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
as Auntie Mahalia

R.P.M. (1970)
as Steve Dempsey

The Greatest (1977)
as Draft Lawyer

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Sam Michael

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)

Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
as Gabriel Grimes

Strategic Command (1997)
as Rowan

Original Gangstas (1996)
as Reverend Dorsey

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera (1981)
as Himself

Blue City (1986)
as Chief Luther Reynolds

The Lost Man (1969)
as Orville Turner

Huckleberry Finn (1974)
as Jim

The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
as Bob

Conrack (1974)
as Mad Billy

Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
as Garbage Man

Dreams Don't Die (1982)
as Charlie Banks

Trouble Man (1972)
as Chalky Price

The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991)
as Mr. Smith (voice)

The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)
as Dr. Enkalla

In the Flesh (1995)
as William Stone

83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Doctor Dantley

Death Before Dishonor (1987)
as Ambassador

Under Siege (1986)
as Andrew Simon

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
as Harold Williams

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Actor

The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Big Shots (1987)
as Johnnie Red

Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
as Edgar Jones

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996)
as Horace

It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
as Roy Campanella

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
as Butler

Brother John (1971)
as Henry Birkardt

Second to Die (2002)
as Detective Grady

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
as Papa Joe

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987)
as George Hairston

The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as African Servant

Angel City (1980)
as Cy

Assignment Berlin (1998)
as Al Spector

White Dwarf (1995)
as Dr. Akada

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990)
as Jim Watson

Mike's Murder (1984)
as Phillip

Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Daniel Otis

High Velocity (1976)
as Watson

A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)

Irresistible Force (1993)
as Commander Toole

Dead of Night (1996)
as Vernon

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
as The Old Man

Strange Justice (1999)
as Thurgood Marshall

The Assassination File (1996)
as Senator Alan Laskey

Only the Ball Was White (1980)
as Narrator

Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)

Green Eyes (1977)
as Lloyd Dubeck

Gordon's War (1973)
as Gordon Hudson

The Mighty Pawns (1987)
as Mr. Wright

The Killing Jar (1994)
as Judge

The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)

Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)

On the Run (1983)
as Harry

The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Eddie Craven

March to Freedom (1999)
as Narrator





