Paul Stewart
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.
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Films (57)
De l'autre côté du vent
2018 · Matt Costello
O+ omikron plus
2013 · UN Officer
Tempest
1982 · Phillip's Father
Nobody's Perfekt
1981 · Dr. Segal
S.O.B.
1981 · Harry Sandler
The Pilot
1980 · 2nd Mechanic
The Nativity
1978 · Zacharias
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978 · Julio Scallini
Opening Night
1977 · David Samuels
W.C. Fields and Me
1976 · Florenz Ziegfeld
Bite the Bullet
1975 · J.B. Parker (uncredited)
Murph the Surf
1975 · Avery
Carter's Army
1975 · Gen. Clark
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Helverston
F for Fake
1973 · Self
Fabulous Trinity
1972 · Charles
City Beneath the Sea
1971 · Barton
How to Commit Marriage
1969 · Willoughby
Jigsaw
1968 · Dr. Simon Joshua
In Cold Blood
1967 · Jensen
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Questor
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · Goodman
Beyond All Limits
1959 · Pendergrest
King Creole
1958 · Charlie LeGrand
Top Secret Affair
1957 · Phil Bentley
Not One Shall Die
1957 · Kellerman
The Wild Party
1956 · Ben Davis
Confession
1956 · Martin Hoeffer
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Joe Lye
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
The Cobweb
1955 · Dr. Otto Wolff
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · Carl Evello
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Bert Townsend
Prisoner of War
1954 · Capt. Jack Hodges
The Joe Louis Story
1953 · Tad McGeehan
The Juggler
1953 · Detective Karni
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Syd Murphy
We're Not Married!
1952 · Attorney Stone
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Harry Thompson
Loan Shark
1952 · Lou Donelli
Carbine Williams
1952 · 'Dutch' Kruger
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Whitey Lake
Edge of Doom
1950 · Mr. Craig
Appointment with Danger
1950 · Earl Boettiger
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
She Loves Me Not
1949 · Paul Lawton
Easy Living
1949 · Dave Argus
Illegal Entry
1949 · Zack Richards
The Window
1949 · Joe Kellerson
Champion
1949 · Tommy Haley
Berlin Express
1948 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Government Girl
1943 · Branch Owens
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Zepp
The World at War
1942 · Narrator (voice)
Johnny Eager
1941 · Julio
Citizen Kane
1941 · Raymond
Ever Since Eve
1937 · Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
Séries (52)
MacGyver
1985 · Dr. Carl Steubens
Remington Steele
1982 · Joseph Barber
Cassie & Co.
1982 · Edward Ludden
Power
1980 · Vince Ianelli
The Dain Curse
1978 · The Old Man
Matt Helm
1975 · Joe Delphia
Ellery Queen
1975
The Rockford Files
1974 · Julius 'Buddy' Richards
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
Columbo
1971 · Clifford Paris
Cannon
1971
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Willard Lennox
The Mod Squad
1968
The Name of the Game
1968 · Dr. Rubias
The Outsider
1968 · Julius Ainsworth
Mannix
1967 · Dr. Halder
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
1967
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Jonas Stone
The F.B.I.
1965 · Reese
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Louis D. Brandeis
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Director
Breaking Point
1963
Going My Way
1962 · Director
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
87th Precinct
1961 · Director
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Alexander Marish
The Defenders
1961 · Director
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
Michael Shayne
1960 · Director, Producer
Checkmate
1960 · Director
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Director
Philip Marlowe
1959 · Director
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Director
Deadline
1959 · Narrator / Host, Host / Narrator
Johnny Staccato
1959
Lawman
1958 · Director
Peter Gunn
1958 · Director
Half Hour to Kill
1958 · Director
Perry Mason
1957 · J. J. Pennington, Cameron Burgess
M Squad
1957 · Director
Panic!
1957
On Trial
1956 · Mr. Bari
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Vincent Noonan
Kings Row
1955 · Director
Gunsmoke
1955 · Sanders
Climax!
1954 · Dave Hennessey, Paul Crichton
Inner Sanctum
1954
Lights Out
1949
Suspense
1949 · Sam Cragg