Paul Winfield
American actor (1939–2004)
Paul Edward Winfield 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 (1972), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, making him the first openly gay nominee. Winfield portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Winfield was also known for his roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator, L.A. Law,, the Magic Mirror in The Charmings, and Julian c. Barlow in the final season of 227. Winfield received four Emmy nominations overall, winning in 1995 for his 1994 guest role in Picket Fences.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 11 films (1969–1993) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Universal Pictures | 113 min | Color | sound | |
| 1972 | Sounder | FILMS INC | 105 mi | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1973 | Gordon’S War | Palomar Pictures International, Inc | 90 min | Color | sound | |
| 1974 | Conrack | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | 106 min | Color | sound | |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn | ABC Wide World of Learning | 114 min | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1976 | High Velocity | First Asian Films of California, Inc | 105 min | Color | sound | |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | 93 min | Color | sound | |
| 1977 | The Greatest | Columbia/EMI presentation | 101 min | Color | sound | |
| 1977 | Twilight’S Last Gleaming | Lorimar-Bavaria | 150 min | Color | sound | |
| 1984 | Go tell it on the mountain | New Line Cinema | 96 | 16mm | Color | sound |
| 1993 | Dennis the menace | Nick Castle | 94 min | Color |