Paul Stewart
- Acting
- March 13, 1908 · New York City, New York, USA
- February 17, 1986
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Other Side of the Wind · Matt Costello
- O+ omikron plus · UN Officer
- MacGyver · Dr. Carl Steubens
- Remington Steele · Joseph Barber
- Tempest · Phillip's Father
- Cassie & Co. · Edward Ludden
- Nobody's Perfekt · Dr. Segal
- S.O.B. · Harry Sandler
- The Pilot · 2nd Mechanic
- Power · Vince Ianelli
- The Nativity · Zacharias
- The Dain Curse · The Old Man
- Revenge of the Pink Panther · Julio Scallini
- Opening Night · David Samuels
- W.C. Fields and Me · Florenz Ziegfeld
- Bite the Bullet · J.B. Parker (uncredited)
- Matt Helm · Joe Delphia
- Ellery Queen
- Murph the Surf · Avery
- Carter's Army · Gen. Clark
- The Day of the Locust · Helverston
- The Rockford Files · Julius 'Buddy' Richards
- F for Fake · Self
- Fabulous Trinity · Charles
- The Streets of San Francisco
- The Sixth Sense
- McMillan & Wife
- Columbo · Clifford Paris
- Cannon
- City Beneath the Sea · Barton
- How to Commit Marriage · Willoughby
- Hawaii Five-O · Willard Lennox
- The Mod Squad
- The Name of the Game · Dr. Rubias
- The Outsider · Julius Ainsworth
- Jigsaw · Dr. Simon Joshua
- In Cold Blood · Jensen
- Mannix · Dr. Halder
- Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
- Ironside
- Mission: Impossible · Jonas Stone
- The F.B.I. · Reese
- The Greatest Story Ever Told · Questor
- Profiles in Courage · Louis D. Brandeis
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Director
- Breaking Point
- A Child Is Waiting · Goodman
- Going My Way · Director
- Dr. Kildare · Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
- 87th Precinct · Director
- Cain's Hundred · Alexander Marish
- The Defenders · Director
- The Asphalt Jungle
- Michael Shayne · Director, Producer
- Checkmate · Director
- Hawaiian Eye · Director
- Philip Marlowe · Director
- The Twilight Zone · Director
- Deadline · Narrator / Host, Host / Narrator
- Johnny Staccato
- Beyond All Limits · Pendergrest
- Lawman · Director
- Peter Gunn · Director
- King Creole · Charlie LeGrand
- Half Hour to Kill · Director
- Perry Mason · J. J. Pennington, Cameron Burgess
- M Squad · Director
- Panic!
- Top Secret Affair · Phil Bentley
- Not One Shall Die · Kellerman
- The Wild Party · Ben Davis
- Confession · Martin Hoeffer
- On Trial · Mr. Bari
- Hell on Frisco Bay · Joe Lye
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Vincent Noonan
- Kings Row · Director
- Gunsmoke · Sanders
- Chicago Syndicate · Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
- The Cobweb · Dr. Otto Wolff
- Kiss Me Deadly · Carl Evello