
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

Mars Attacks! (1996)
as General Casey

Dennis the Menace (1993)
as Chief of Police

Cliffhanger (1993)
as Walter Wright

Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Judge Larren Lyttle

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

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

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
as Lucien Celine

The Lost Man (1969)
as Orville Turner

White Dog (1982)
as Keys

Tyson (1995)
as Don King

Sounder (1972)
as Nathan Lee Morgan

Strategic Command (1997)
as Rowan

The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Trouble Man (1972)
as Chalky Price

Carbon Copy (1981)
as Bob Garvey

The Greatest (1977)
as Draft Lawyer

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

Damnation Alley (1977)
as Keegan

Blue City (1986)
as Chief Luther Reynolds

Original Gangstas (1996)
as Reverend Dorsey

Big Shots (1987)
as Johnnie Red

Hustle (1975)
as Louis Belgrave

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Willis Powell

Huckleberry Finn (1974)
as Jim

Conrack (1974)
as Mad Billy

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

Angel City (1980)
as Cy

Dead of Night (1996)
as Vernon

Under Siege (1986)
as Andrew Simon

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

Green Eyes (1977)
as Lloyd Dubeck

White Dwarf (1995)
as Dr. Akada

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Sam Michael

Brother John (1971)
as Henry Birkardt

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

On the Run (1983)
as Harry

Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Daniel Otis

The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as African Servant

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Eddie Craven

Mike's Murder (1984)
as Phillip

Knockout (2000)
as Ron Regent

Irresistible Force (1993)
as Commander Toole

Strange Justice (1999)
as Thurgood Marshall

The Assassination File (1996)
as Senator Alan Laskey

Second to Die (2002)
as Detective Grady

83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Doctor Dantley

Death Before Dishonor (1987)
as Ambassador

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

Gordon's War (1973)
as Gordon Hudson

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

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

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

Only the Ball Was White (1980)
as Narrator

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

Dreams Don't Die (1982)
as Charlie Banks

Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
as Edgar Jones

Sounder (2003)
as The Teacher

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

In the Flesh (1995)
as William Stone

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

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

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

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

The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
as Bob

The Killing Jar (1994)
as Judge

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
as Harold Williams

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

High Velocity (1976)
Actor

Assignment Berlin (1998)
as Al Spector

The Mighty Pawns (1987)
as Mr. Wright

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

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

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

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

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

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

March to Freedom (1999)
as Narrator





