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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Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Tempest | Phillip's Father | 1982-08-13 |
Series | Remington Steele | Unknown | 1982-10-01 |
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Movie | W.C. Fields and Me | Florenz Ziegfeld | 1976-03-31 |
Movie | The Day of the Locust | Helverston | 1975-05-07 |
Movie | Murph the Surf | Avery | 1975-06-11 |
Movie | Bite the Bullet | 1975-09-26 | |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Series | The Rockford Files | Julius 'Buddy' Richards | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | F for Fake | Self | 1973-09-01 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Movie | Fabulous Trinity | Charles | 1972-11-09 |
Series | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown | 1972-09-23 |
Movie | City Beneath the Sea | Barton | 1971-07-16 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Series | McMillan and Wife | Unknown | 1971-09-29 |
Series | Columbo | Clifford Paris | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Carter's Army | Gen. Clark | 1970-01-27 |
Movie | How to Commit Marriage | Willoughby | 1969-07-07 |
Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
Movie | Jigsaw | Dr. Simon Joshua | 1968-06-05 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor | 1967-09-09 | |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | In Cold Blood | Jensen | 1967-12-15 |
Series | The Man Who Never Was | 1966-09-07 | |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Questor | 1965-04-09 |
Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
Series | Breaking Point | Unknown | 1963-09-16 |
Movie | A Child Is Waiting | Goodman | 1963-02-13 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Asphalt Jungle | Unknown | 1961-04-02 |
Series | Cain's Hundred | Unknown | 1961-09-19 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Movie | Beyond All Limits | Pendergrest | 1959-07-08 |
Series | Johnny Staccato | Unknown | 1959-09-10 |
Movie | King Creole | Charlie LeGrand | 1958-07-02 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Top Secret Affair | Phil Bentley | 1957-01-30 |
Movie | Not One Shall Die | Kellerman | 1957-01-01 |
Series | Panic! | Unknown | 1957-03-05 |
Movie | The Wild Party | Ben Davis | 1956-12-21 |
Movie | Chicago Syndicate | Arnold 'Arnie' Valent | 1955-07-01 |
Movie | Kiss Me Deadly | Carl Evello | 1955-04-28 |
Movie | The Cobweb | Dr. Otto Wolff | 1955-06-07 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | Hell on Frisco Bay | Joe Lye | 1955-12-31 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | Inner Sanctum | Unknown | 1954-01-09 |
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Movie | Deep in My Heart | Bert Townsend | 1954-12-09 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
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Movie | The Joe Louis Story | Tad McGeehan | 1953-09-18 |
Movie | Deadline - U.S.A. | Harry Thompson | 1952-03-14 |
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Movie | Loan Shark | Lou Donelli | 1952-05-23 |
Movie | The Bad and the Beautiful | Syd Murphy | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | We're Not Married! | Attorney Stone | 1952-07-11 |
Movie | Appointment with Danger | Earl Boettiger | 1950-03-31 |
Movie | Edge of Doom | Mr. Craig | 1950-08-03 |
Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Whitey Lake | 1950-10-14 |
Movie | The Window | Joe Kellerson | 1949-05-10 |
Movie | Champion | Tommy Haley | 1949-04-09 |
Movie | Illegal Entry | Zack Richards | 1949-06-01 |
Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
Movie | Twelve O'Clock High | Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon) | 1949-12-21 |
Movie | Easy Living | Dave Argus | 1949-10-08 |
Movie | Berlin Express | Narrator (voice) | 1948-05-01 |
Movie | Mr. Lucky | Zepp | 1943-07-01 |
Movie | Government Girl | Branch Owens | 1943-11-05 |
Movie | The World at War | Narrator (voice) | 1942-09-18 |
Movie | Citizen Kane | Raymond | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | Johnny Eager | Julio | 1941-12-09 |
Movie | Ever Since Eve | Cocktail Customer (uncredited) | 1937-07-15 |