Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

1939-05-22 Los Angeles, California, USA 72 Credits

Biography

Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) 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 l...

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Sounder

Sounder

2003

as The Teacher

7.0
Acting

This is a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression era of the South. "Boy" (Daniel Lee Robertson III) learns the hard way about the reali...

Second to Die

Second to Die

2002

as Detective Grady

4.1
Acting

Sara escapes a life of poverty and abuse to marry Jim Bratchett, but her joy is short-lived when she discovers that Jim intends her to be a full-time ...

Vegas, City of Dreams

Vegas, City of Dreams

2001

as Edgar Jones

2.0
Acting

When the body of Gabrielle Garrett is found on Lake Mead on a Christmas day, the coroner rules it as suicide. However, her three sisters begin their o...

Knockout

Knockout

2000

as Ron Regent

2.8
Acting

Bell decides to follow the footsteps of his father, devoted to boxing to become champion. But not only must fight against his opponents but against a ...

The Unfinished Journey

1999

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

A short about American life and history produced for the millennium New Year's Eve celebration.

March to Freedom

March to Freedom

1999

as Narrator

Acting

Three war veterans tell about their experiences with racism in World War Two.

Strange Justice

Strange Justice

1999

as Thurgood Marshall

6.0
Acting

In this historical drama, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement. The White House nominates Clarence Thomas as Marshall...

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

1999

as Harold Williams

5.4
Acting

An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their...

Assignment Berlin

Assignment Berlin

1998

as Al Spector

5.5
Acting

Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they wer...

Relax... It's Just Sex

Relax... It's Just Sex

1998

as Auntie Mahalia

5.9
Acting

A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumsta...

Strategic Command

Strategic Command

1997

as Rowan

4.9
Acting

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed sold...

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996

as General Casey

6.4
Acting

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim...

The Legend of Gator Face

The Legend of Gator Face

1996

as Bob

4.4
Acting

Small-town Mississippians overreact to the appearance of a mythical swamp monster, partially the work of teen hoaxers.

The Assassination File

The Assassination File

1996

as Senator Alan Laskey

5.2
Acting

An ex-FBI agent gradually uncovers the nature of a conspiracy behind the death of a black presidential candidate

Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas

1996

as Reverend Dorsey

5.6
Acting

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police informati...

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996

as Horace

Acting

A young boy goes to spend the summer with his aunts in the South. He finds himself drawn to Jessica, who the other aunts describe as "slow," and he ev...

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

1996

as Vernon

2.3
Acting

As a vampire searches for his deceased wife, a homicide detective is hot on his trail.

White Dwarf

White Dwarf

1995

as Dr. Akada

5.9
Acting

In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axi...

Tyson

Tyson

1995

as Don King

6.1
Acting

The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the W...

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King

1995

as Papa Joe

3.5
Acting

Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in...

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

1995

as The Old Man

2.0
Acting

A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he is given a set of magical bones, he uses them to ...

In the Flesh

In the Flesh

1995

as William Stone

Acting

A German woman travels to America with her baby to take up an au pair position with a rich couple. She has no idea that the childless couple are only ...

The Killing Jar

1994

as Judge

2.0
Acting

A former porn star marries a wealthy criminal defense attorney who enjoys masochistic sex. When the two tire of each other, the husband becomes attrac...

Breathing Lessons

Breathing Lessons

1994

as Daniel Otis

5.4
Acting

A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

1993

as Chief of Police

5.9
Acting

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of g...

Cliffhanger

Cliffhanger

1993

as Walter Wright

6.5
Acting

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to r...

Irresistible Force

Irresistible Force

1993

as Commander Toole

5.2
Acting

A police sergeant is hoping for a few quiet weeks before his impending retirement, but his plans are scuppered when he is joined by an over-enthusiast...

The Wish That Changed Christmas

The Wish That Changed Christmas

1991

as Mr. Smith (voice)

7.2
Acting

Ivy, an orphan wants a grandmother and a doll for Christmas. She mistakes a sign greeting her into a town, she jumps off a bus and shouts, "It's me, I...

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

1990

as Doctor Dantley

6.5
Acting

A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

1990

as Jim Watson

6.1
Acting

This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges.

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

1990

as Judge Larren Lyttle

6.8
Acting

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fig...

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place

1989

as Sam Michael

6.9
Acting

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988

as Lucien Celine

6.4
Acting

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his...

Big Shots

Big Shots

1987

as Johnnie Red

6.3
Acting

Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a you...

Death Before Dishonor

Death Before Dishonor

1987

as Ambassador

4.6
Acting

Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marin...

The Mighty Pawns

The Mighty Pawns

1987

as Mr. Wright

6.0
Acting

Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987

as George Hairston

Acting

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought tha...

Blue City

Blue City

1986

as Chief Luther Reynolds

4.8
Acting

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy wil...

Under Siege

Under Siege

1986

as Andrew Simon

7.5
Acting

Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Wash...

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1985

as Gabriel Grimes

6.4
Acting

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvatio...

The Terminator

The Terminator

1984

as Traxler

7.7
Acting

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Con...

Mike's Murder

Mike's Murder

1984

as Phillip

5.4
Acting

Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. Aft...

On the Run

On the Run

1983

as Harry

Acting

1) A man becomes a target after witnessing an assassination. 2) Mr. Payatta is a coldhearted professional hitman who travels the world to take out no...

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983

Acting

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the...

White Dog

White Dog

1982

as Keys

6.6
Acting

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

Sister, Sister

Sister, Sister

1982

as Eddie Craven

Acting

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

as Captain Clark Terrell

7.5
Acting

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.

Dreams Don't Die

Dreams Don't Die

1982

as Charlie Banks

6.2
Acting

Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New...

Carbon Copy

Carbon Copy

1981

as Bob Garvey

5.7
Acting

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopte...

Angel City

Angel City

1980

as Cy

5.8
Acting

Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.

Only the Ball Was White

Only the Ball Was White

1980

as Narrator

Acting

Throughout the 1900's, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1946, black baseball talent blossomed in the Negro Leagues. Baseball b...

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1977

as Butler

5.9
Acting

A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.

Damnation Alley

Damnation Alley

1977

as Keegan

5.1
Acting

Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where ...

The Greatest

The Greatest

1977

as Draft Lawyer

5.7
Acting

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of th...

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as Willis Powell

6.4
Acting

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u...

Green Eyes

Green Eyes

1977

as Lloyd Dubeck

Acting

Disillusioned Vietnam veteran Lloyd Dubeck travels back to Southeast Asia in search among thousands of war orphans for the son he left behind.

High Velocity

High Velocity

1976

Acting

Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped executive.

Hustle

Hustle

1975

as Louis Belgrave

5.7
Acting

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that ...

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1974

as Jim

5.9
Acting

Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him...

Conrack

Conrack

1974

as Mad Billy

6.8
Acting

A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor ...

It's Good to Be Alive

It's Good to Be Alive

1974

as Roy Campanella

6.6
Acting

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile ...

Gordon's War

Gordon's War

1973

as Gordon Hudson

5.7
Acting

A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriate...

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

1973

as Dr. Enkalla

4.9
Acting

A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being shipped overseas.

Trouble Man

Trouble Man

1972

as Chalky Price

6.1
Acting

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix thin...

Sounder

Sounder

1972

as Nathan Lee Morgan

7.5
Acting

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for steali...

Brother John

Brother John

1971

as Henry Birkardt

6.2
Acting

An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.

R.P.M.

R.P.M.

1970

as Steve Dempsey

6.3
Acting

R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of ...

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activi...

The Lost Man

The Lost Man

1969

as Orville Turner

4.0
Acting

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."

The New Cinema

The New Cinema

1968

as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

Acting

Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s, while...

Who's Minding the Mint?

Who's Minding the Mint?

1967

as Garbage Man

7.0
Acting

A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wan...

The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

1967

as African Servant

3.5
Acting

Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.