Biography
Paul Stewart (March 13, 1908 β 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.
Filmography
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Movies 57
TV Shows 49
Director 12
Narrator 2
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Producer 1
Voice 1
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
MacGyver (1985)
Remington Steele (1982)
Tempest (1982)
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
S.O.B. (1981)
The Pilot (1980)
Power (1980)
The Nativity (1978)
The Dain Curse (1978)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
Opening Night (1977)
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
Bite the Bullet (1975)
Matt Helm (1975)
Ellery Queen (1975)
Murph the Surf (1975)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
F for Fake (1973)
Fabulous Trinity (1972)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
The Sixth Sense (1972)
McMillan and Wife (1971)
Columbo (1971)
Cannon (1971)
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
LA 2017 (1971)
Carter's Army (1970)
How to Commit Marriage (1969)
The Mod Squad (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The Name of the Game (1968)
The Outsider (1968)
Jigsaw (1968)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Mannix (1967)
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967)
Ironside (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
The Super 6 (1966)
The Man Who Never Was (1966)
The F.B.I. (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Profiles in Courage (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Breaking Point (1963)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
Going My Way (1962)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
The Asphalt Jungle (1961)
Michael Shayne (1960)
Checkmate (1960)
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
Philip Marlowe (1959)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Deadline (1959)
Beyond All Limits (1959)
Lawman (1958)
Peter Gunn (1958)
King Creole (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Panic! (1957)
Top Secret Affair (1957)
Not One Shall Die (1957)
The Wild Party (1956)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Kings Row (1955)
Gunsmoke (1955)
Chicago Syndicate (1955)
The Cobweb (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Climax! (1954)
Prisoner of War (1954)
Inner Sanctum (1954)
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
The Juggler (1953)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Loan Shark (1952)
Carbine Williams (1952)
Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Edge of Doom (1950)
Appointment with Danger (1950)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Easy Living (1949)
Lights Out (1949)
Illegal Entry (1949)
The Window (1949)
Champion (1949)
Suspense (1949)
Berlin Express (1948)
Government Girl (1943)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
The World at War (1942)
Johnny Eager (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Ever Since Eve (1937)
Hollywood Classic Special
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GenderMale
Birthday1908-03-13
Deathday1986-02-17 (77 years old)
Birth NamePaul Sternberg
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
RelationshipsPeg LaCentra (1939-01-01 - 1986-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPaul Sternberg
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