Paul Winfield
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Before he inaugurated his professional career, African-American actor Paul Winfield received a well-rounded education: He trained at the University of Portland, Los Angeles City College, Stanford, U.C.L.A., the University of Hawaii, and the University of Santa Barbara. After stage work, Winfield received his first major Hollywood break as Paul Cameron on the TV sitcom Julia (1968-1971). In films from 1969, he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a fiercely proud sharecropper in Sounder (1972). Back on the small screen, he earned Emmy nominations for his interpretation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 miniseries King and his work as Dr. Huguley in 1979's Roots: The Next Generation. An indispensable purveyor of authoritative roles, he has played several judges, winning a 1994 Emmy for his performance in this capacity on TV's Picket Fences. Paul Winfield has also been seen on a regular basis in three television series, playing Julian C. Barlow in the 1989-1990 episodes of 227, Isaac Tuhle in Wiseguy (1987-1991), and a no-nonsense Magic Mirror (voice only) in the 1987 Cinderella spoof The Charmings. In 2004, not long after playing a small role in a remake of Sounder, Winfield suffered a heart attack and passed away at the age of 62.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Kids Ten Commandments: Life and Seth Situation |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Kids Ten Commandments: Toying with the Truth |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Sounder |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Kids Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Second to Die |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | On the Edge |
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— | 2000 |
47% | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce |
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— | 2000 |
56% | Relax... It's Just Sex |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Strange Justice |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Strategic Command |
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— | 1997 |
54% | Mars Attacks! |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Assassination File |
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— | 1996 |
53% | Original Gangstas |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | The Legend of Gator Face |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | El Reino de los Ciegos |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | White Dwarf |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Tyson |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Breathing Lessons |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Scarlett |
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— | 1994 |
27% | Dennis the Menace |
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— | 1993 |
69% | Cliffhanger |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Irresistible Force |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Wish That Changed Christmas |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Queen |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 83 Hours 'til Dawn |
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— | 1990 |
87% | Presumed Innocent |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | The Women of Brewster Place |
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— | 1989 |
60% | Big Shots |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story |
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— | 1987 |
65% | The Serpent and the Rainbow |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Death Before Dishonor |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Nowhere to Hide |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Blue City |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Go Tell It on the Mountain |
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— | 1985 |
100% | The Terminator |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | Mike's Murder |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers |
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— | 1983 |
87% | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
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— | 1982 |
92% | White Dog |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Carbon Copy |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Blue and the Gray |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | The Sophisticated Gents |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Angel City |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Backstairs at the White House |
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— | 1979 |
No Score Yet | A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | King |
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— | 1978 |
44% | Damnation Alley |
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— | 1977 |
80% | Twilight's Last Gleaming |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Green Eyes |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | The Greatest |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | High Velocity |
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— | 1976 |
63% | Hustle |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Huckleberry Finn |
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— | 1974 |
67% | Conrack |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | It's Good to Be Alive |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | Gordon's War |
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— | 1973 |
90% | Sounder |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Trouble Man |
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— | 1972 |
No Score Yet | Brother John |
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— | 1971 |
No Score Yet | R.P.M. |
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— | 1970 |
100% | King: A Filmed Record...Montgomery to Memphis |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | The Lost Man |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | Knockout |
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— | 1941 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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No Score Yet |
Crossing Jordan
2001-2007
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No Score Yet |
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-2001
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85% |
The Simpsons
1989
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No Score Yet |
The Magic School Bus
1994-1997
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No Score Yet |
Babylon 5
1993-1998
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No Score Yet |
Ken Burns' Baseball
1994-2010
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82% |
Picket Fences
1992-1996
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91% |
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
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No Score Yet |
Family Matters
1989-1998
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No Score Yet |
Wiseguy
1987-1990
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No Score Yet |
Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
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No Score Yet |
Ironside
1967-1975
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No Score Yet |
The High Chaparral
1967-1971
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No Score Yet |
Mission: Impossible
1966-1973
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No Score Yet |
Perry Mason
1957-1966
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No Score Yet |
American Playhouse
1982-1996
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Quotes from Paul Winfield's Characters
Powell: | Grow up, General! |
Keegan: | "Fuckin' cockroaches!" |
Keegan: | Fuckin' cockroaches! |