
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

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

The Greatest (1977)
as Draft Lawyer

The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as African Servant

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

Hustle (1975)
as Louis Belgrave

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

Sounder (1972)
as Nathan Lee Morgan

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

In the Flesh (1995)
as William Stone

Carbon Copy (1981)
as Bob Garvey

Tyson (1995)
as Don King

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

Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
as Edgar Jones

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Sam Michael

Strategic Command (1997)
as Rowan

83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Doctor Dantley

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

Knockout (2000)
as Ron Regent

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
as Harold Williams

Original Gangstas (1996)
as Reverend Dorsey

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

Sounder (2003)
as The Teacher

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

Blue City (1986)
as Chief Luther Reynolds

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

Big Shots (1987)
as Johnnie Red

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

The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
as Bob

White Dwarf (1995)
as Dr. Akada

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

The Lost Man (1969)
as Orville Turner

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

Death Before Dishonor (1987)
as Ambassador

Under Siege (1986)
as Andrew Simon

Dreams Don't Die (1982)
as Charlie Banks

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

Conrack (1974)
as Mad Billy

Second to Die (2002)
as Detective Grady

The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

Huckleberry Finn (1974)
as Jim

The Assassination File (1996)
as Senator Alan Laskey

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

Irresistible Force (1993)
as Commander Toole

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

Trouble Man (1972)
as Chalky Price

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

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

Mike's Murder (1984)
as Phillip

Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Daniel Otis

Dead of Night (1996)
as Vernon

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Eddie Craven

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

Strange Justice (1999)
as Thurgood Marshall

Brother John (1971)
as Henry Birkardt

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

Angel City (1980)
as Cy

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

Green Eyes (1977)
as Lloyd Dubeck

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

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

Gordon's War (1973)
as Gordon Hudson

The Mighty Pawns (1987)
as Mr. Wright

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

Only the Ball Was White (1980)
as Narrator

High Velocity (1976)
as Watson

Assignment Berlin (1998)
as Al Spector

March to Freedom (1999)
as Narrator

On the Run (1983)
as Harry

The Killing Jar (1994)
as Judge





