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