Paul Stewart
Known for: Acting
Born: March 13, 1908
Died: February 17, 1986
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
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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Filmography
57 movies · 52 TV shows, newest first
6.7
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
NR
O+ omikron plus
2013
7.7
MacGyver
1985
7.1
Remington Steele
1982
5.9
Tempest
1982
5.3
Cassie & Co.
1982
3.8
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
6.0
S.O.B.
1981
6.9
The Pilot
1980
7.0
Power
1980
7.5
The Nativity
1978
6.5
The Dain Curse
1978
6.4
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978
7.6
Opening Night
1977
8.2
W.C. Fields and Me
1976
6.4
Bite the Bullet
1975
7.8
Matt Helm
1975
7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
3.7
Murph the Surf
1975
4.5
Carter's Army
1975
6.4
The Day of the Locust
1975
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
7.4
F for Fake
1973
6.5
Fabulous Trinity
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972
7.1
McMillan & Wife
1971
8.1
Columbo
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
4.5
City Beneath the Sea
1971
5.8
How to Commit Marriage
1969
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
6.0
The Outsider
1968
7.0
Jigsaw
1968
7.5
In Cold Blood
1967
6.8
Mannix
1967
7.3
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
19657.5
Profiles in Courage
19645.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
7.4
Breaking Point
1963
6.8
A Child Is Waiting
1963
5.8
Going My Way
1962
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
7.8
87th Precinct
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
6.3
The Defenders
1961
5.0
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
6.5
Michael Shayne
1960
4.8
Checkmate
1960
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
7.5
Philip Marlowe
1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
7.3
Deadline
1959
5.2
Johnny Staccato
1959
4.9
Beyond All Limits
1959
6.0
Lawman
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
King Creole
1958
7.0
Half Hour to Kill
1958
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.4
M Squad
1957
8.0
Panic!
1957
4.9
Top Secret Affair
1957
6.0
Not One Shall Die
1957
6.6
The Wild Party
1956
NR
Confession
19565.0
On Trial
1956
5.3
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955NR
Kings Row
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.0
Chicago Syndicate
1955
5.7
The Cobweb
1955
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
4.5
Prisoner of War
1954
8.0
Inner Sanctum
1954
6.4
The Joe Louis Story
1953
6.8
The Juggler
1953
7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
5.9
We're Not Married!
1952
6.9
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952
5.7
Loan Shark
1952
6.6
Carbine Williams
1952
5.1
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950
6.1
Edge of Doom
1950
5.7
Appointment with Danger
1950
7.2
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
NR
She Loves Me Not
1949
5.7
Easy Living
1949
6.0
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Illegal Entry
1949
7.0
The Window
1949
6.7
Champion
1949
5.1
Suspense
1949
6.3
Berlin Express
1948
5.7
Government Girl
1943
7.2
Mr. Lucky
1943
6.8
The World at War
1942
6.2
Johnny Eager
1941
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941
5.8
Ever Since Eve
1937