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.

Filmography (95 Appearances)

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

O+ omikron plus

2013

MacGyver

1985

Remington Steele

1982

Tempest

1982

Cassie & Co.

1982

Nobody's Perfekt

1981

S.O.B.

1981

The Pilot

1980

Power

1980

The Nativity

1978

The Dain Curse

1978

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

Opening Night

1977

W.C. Fields and Me

1976

Bite the Bullet

1975

Matt Helm

1975

Ellery Queen

1975

Murph the Surf

1975

Carter's Army

1975

The Day of the Locust

1975

The Rockford Files

1974

F for Fake

1973

Fabulous Trinity

1972

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

The Sixth Sense

1972

McMillan & Wife

1971

Columbo

1971

Cannon

1971

City Beneath the Sea

1971

How to Commit Marriage

1969

The Mod Squad

1968

The Name of the Game

1968

Hawaii Five-O

1968

The Outsider

1968

Jigsaw

1968

In Cold Blood

1967

Mannix

1967

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor

1967

Ironside

1967

Mission: Impossible

1966

The F.B.I.

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

Profiles in Courage

1964

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

Breaking Point

1963

A Child Is Waiting

1963

Dr. Kildare

1961

Cain's Hundred

1961

The Asphalt Jungle

1961

Deadline

1959

Johnny Staccato

1959

Beyond All Limits

1959

King Creole

1958

Perry Mason

1957

Panic!

1957

Top Secret Affair

1957

Not One Shall Die

1957

The Wild Party

1956

Confession

1956

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Gunsmoke

1955

Chicago Syndicate

1955

The Cobweb

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

1955

Deep in My Heart

1954

Climax!

1954

Prisoner of War

1954

Inner Sanctum

1954

The Joe Louis Story

1953

The Juggler

1953

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

We're Not Married!

1952

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

Loan Shark

1952

Carbine Williams

1952

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950

Edge of Doom

1950

Appointment with Danger

1950

Twelve O'Clock High

1949

She Loves Me Not

1949

Easy Living

1949

Lights Out

1949

Illegal Entry

1949

The Window

1949

Champion

1949

Suspense

1949

Berlin Express

1948

Government Girl

1943

Mr. Lucky

1943

The World at War

1942

Johnny Eager

1941

Citizen Kane

1941

Ever Since Eve

1937 Debut
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