Paul Winfield

Paul Edward Winfield (born May 22, 1939 in Los Angeles , California , † March 7, 2004 ) was an American television and film actor .

Life

Paul Winfield attended various universities such as UCLA , Stanford University and the University of Hawaii . After some stage appearances, he had smaller roles in numerous television series from 1965 and in the 1969 film The Lost Man - There is no way back alongside leading actor Sidney Poitier . He played again with Poitier in Brother John .

For his portrayal of Nathan Lee Morgan in the drama The year without a father (Sounder) Winfield in 1972 for an Oscar as Best Actor nomination.

Winfield, who continued to shoot for television in addition to his work as a film actor, was nominated three times for an Emmy and received the trophy in 1995 for his guest appearance as judge Harold Nance on the television series Picket Fences .

Winfield spent 30 years privately with his life partner, architect Charles Gillan, Jr., who died of bone cancer on March 5, 2002.

Winfield fought against obesity and diabetes for a long time. He died of a heart attack at the age of 64 at the Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles. Winfield and Gillan are buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Filmography (selection)

• 1969: The Lost Man (The Lost Man)
• 1970: Brother John - The Man From Nowhere (Brother John)
• 1970: King: A Filmed Record ... Montgomery to Memphis
• 1970: RPM
• 1972: The Year Without a Father (Sounder)
• 1972: Horror at 37,000 Feet
• 1972: Trouble Man
• 1973: Hunt for Left Brothers (Gordon's War)
• 1974: Farewell to an island (Conrack)
• 1974: Huckleberry Finn
• 1974: It's Good to Be Alive
• 1975: Streets of Night ( Hustle )
• 1976: Bloodhounds Torn by the Devil (High Velocity)
• 1976: The Child with Green Eyes
• 1976: The Search for Green Eyes
• 1977: A Hero Ain't Nothin 'But a Sandwich
• 1977: I am the greatest (The Greatest)
• 1977: Ultimatum (Twilight's Last Gleaming)
• 1977: Damnation Alley (Damnation Alley)
• 1978: King: The Martin Luther King Story
• 1979: Roots: The Next Generations
• 1980: Angel City
• 1981: A nice mess (Carbon Copy)
• 1981: The Sophisticated Gents
• 1982: White Dog (White Dog)
• 1982: Dreams Don't Die
• 1982: Sister, Sister
• 1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
• 1983: For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
• 1983: On the Run
• 1984: Go Tell It on the Mountain
• 1984: Mike's Murder
• 1984: Terminator (The Terminator)
• 1986: Bombs on Washington (Under Siege)
• 1987: Big Shots - Two kids against the underworld (Big Shots)
• 1987: Death Before Dishonor
• 1987: Guilty of Innocence - the Lenell Geter Story
• 1987: Mighty Pawns
• 1987: Nowhere to Hide
• 1987: The Serpent and the Rainbow (The Serpent and the Rainbow)
• 1988: Huckleberry Finn
• 1989: The Women of Brewster Place
• 1990: Star Trek The Next Generation (guest role in the episode Darmok )
• 1990: 83 hours - war of nerves against time (83 Hours' Til Dawn)
• 1990: Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
• 1990: For Lack of Evidence (Presumed Innocent)
• 1992: The Wish That Changed Christmas
• 1993: Dennis , the pain in the ass (Dennis the Menace)
• 1993: Power Cop (Irresistible Force)
• 1993: Cliffhanger - Only the strong survive (Cliffhanger)
• 1994: Breathing Lessons
• 1994: Scarlett
• 1995: In the wake of evil (Desperate Measures)
• 1995: Happily Ever After Fairy Tales: Beauty and the Beast
• 1995: Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
• 1995: Everyone Under One Roof (Who's That Guy, 1 episode)
• 1995: Tyson
• 1995: Rusta - Planet of Tears (White Dwarf)
• 1996: Original Gangstas (War Zone)
• 1996: The Legend of Gator Face
• 1996: Mars Attacks!
• 1997: Assassination File: Operation Laskey (The Assassination File)
• 1998: Relax ... It's Just Sex
• 1998: Babyhandel Berlin - Beyond all scruples ( Assignment Berlin , TV film)
• 1999: Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
• 2000: Ready to Rumble (Knockout)
• 2001: Second to Die
• 2003: Sounder

Web links

• Paul Winfield in the Internet Movie Database (English)