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
Dennis the Menace (1993)
as Chief of Police
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as General Casey
Cliffhanger (1993)
as Walter Wright
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
as Captain Clark Terrell
Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Judge Larren Lyttle
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
as Lucien Celine
Damnation Alley (1977)
as Keegan
White Dog (1982)
as Keys
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Willis Powell
Sounder (1972)
as Nathan Lee Morgan
Hustle (1975)
as Louis Belgrave
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Carbon Copy (1981)
as Bob Garvey
Strategic Command (1997)
as Rowan
The Greatest (1977)
as Draft Lawyer
Tyson (1995)
as Don King
Death Before Dishonor (1987)
as Ambassador
Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
as Garbage Man
Under Siege (1986)
as Andrew Simon
Blue City (1986)
as Chief Luther Reynolds
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Sam Michael
The Assassination File (1996)
as Senator Alan Laskey
Knockout (2000)
as Ron Regent
The Lost Man (1969)
as Orville Turner
Big Shots (1987)
as Johnnie Red
Conrack (1974)
as Mad Billy
Original Gangstas (1996)
as Reverend Dorsey
R.P.M. (1970)
as Steve Dempsey
Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
as Auntie Mahalia
Strange Justice (1999)
as Thurgood Marshall
Huckleberry Finn (1974)
as Jim
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990)
as Jim Watson
Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Daniel Otis
The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as African Servant
Brother John (1971)
as Henry Birkardt
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983)
Actor
Trouble Man (1972)
as Chalky Price
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
Mike's Murder (1984)
as Phillip
The New Cinema (1968)
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
Second to Die (2002)
as Detective Grady
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)
as Dr. Enkalla
Angel City (1980)
as Cy
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
as Papa Joe
Sounder (2003)
as The Teacher
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987)
as George Hairston
Green Eyes (1977)
as Lloyd Dubeck
Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
as Edgar Jones
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Doctor Dantley
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984)
as Gabriel Grimes
White Dwarf (1995)
as Dr. Akada
Dreams Don't Die (1982)
as Charlie Banks
In the Flesh (1995)
as William Stone
High Velocity (1976)
as Watson
Irresistible Force (1993)
as Commander Toole
Gordon's War (1973)
as Gordon Hudson
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996)
as Horace
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
as Butler
It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
as Roy Campanella
Dead of Night (1996)
as Vernon
The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991)
as Mr. Smith (voice)
The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
as Bob
Assignment Berlin (1998)
as Al Spector
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera (1981)
as Himself
The Killing Jar (1994)
as Judge
Sister, Sister (1982)
as Eddie Craven
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
as Harold Williams
The Mighty Pawns (1987)
as Mr. Wright
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
as The Old Man
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 (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)
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 (2003)
as Shadi(voice)
March to Freedom (1999)
as Narrator
Only the Ball Was White (1980)
as Narrator