
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

Presumed Innocent (1990)
as Judge Larren Lyttle

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

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
as Willis Powell

Damnation Alley (1977)
as Keegan

White Dog (1982)
as Keys

Strategic Command (1997)
as Rowan

Sounder (1972)
as Nathan Lee Morgan

Carbon Copy (1981)
as Bob Garvey

Knockout (2000)
as Ron Regent

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Sam Michael

Tyson (1995)
as Don King

Sounder (2003)
as The Teacher

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
as Lucien Celine

Original Gangstas (1996)
as Reverend Dorsey

The Greatest (1977)
as Draft Lawyer

Huckleberry Finn (1974)
as Jim

Death Before Dishonor (1987)
as Ambassador

Conrack (1974)
as Mad Billy

The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
as Bob

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

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

Big Shots (1987)
as Johnnie Red

83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Doctor Dantley

Blue City (1986)
as Chief Luther Reynolds

The Unfinished Journey (1999)
as Narrator (voice)

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

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

Brother John (1971)
as Henry Birkardt

White Dwarf (1995)
as Dr. Akada

Breathing Lessons (1994)
as Daniel Otis

Dead of Night (1996)
as Vernon

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

The Assassination File (1996)
as Senator Alan Laskey

Mike's Murder (1984)
as Phillip

The Lost Man (1969)
as Orville Turner

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

Trouble Man (1972)
as Chalky Price

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

Second to Die (2002)
as Detective Grady

Sister, Sister (1982)
as Eddie Craven

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

The Perils of Pauline (1967)
as African Servant

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

Under Siege (1986)
as Andrew Simon

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

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

Hustle (1975)
as Louis Belgrave

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
as Harold Williams

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

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

Gordon's War (1973)
as Gordon Hudson

In the Flesh (1995)
as William Stone

Irresistible Force (1993)
as Commander Toole

Dreams Don't Die (1982)
as Charlie Banks

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

Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
as Edgar Jones

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

High Velocity (1976)
Actor

Angel City (1980)
as Cy

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

Green Eyes (1977)
as Lloyd Dubeck

The Mighty Pawns (1987)
as Mr. Wright

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

Strange Justice (1999)
as Thurgood Marshall

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)

The Killing Jar (1994)
as Judge

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

March to Freedom (1999)
as Narrator

Only the Ball Was White (1980)
as Narrator

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

Assignment Berlin (1998)
as Al Spector

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

On the Run (1983)
as Harry





