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Paul Stewart
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…
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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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2018
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie Matt Costello
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2013
O+ omikron plus
Movie UN Officer
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1985
MacGyver
TV show Dr. Carl Steubens
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1982
Remington Steele
TV show Joseph Barber
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1982
Tempest
Movie Phillip's Father
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1982
Cassie & Co.
TV show Edward Ludden
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1981
Nobody's Perfekt
Movie Dr. Segal
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1981
S.O.B.
Movie Harry Sandler
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1980
The Pilot
Movie 2nd Mechanic
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1980
Power
TV show Vince Ianelli
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1978
The Nativity
Movie Zacharias
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1978
The Dain Curse
TV show The Old Man
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1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Movie Julio Scallini
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1977
Opening Night
Movie David Samuels
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1976
W.C. Fields and Me
Movie Florenz Ziegfeld
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1975
Bite the Bullet
Movie J.B. Parker (uncredited)
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1975
Matt Helm
TV show Joe Delphia
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1975
Ellery Queen
TV show
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1975
Murph the Surf
Movie Avery
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1975
Carter's Army
Movie Gen. Clark
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1975
The Day of the Locust
Movie Helverston
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1974
The Rockford Files
TV show Julius 'Buddy' Richards
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1973
F for Fake
Movie Self
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1972
Fabulous Trinity
Movie Charles
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1972
The Streets of San Francisco
TV show
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1972
The Sixth Sense
TV show
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1971
McMillan & Wife
TV show
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1971
Columbo
TV show Clifford Paris
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1971
Cannon
TV show
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1971
City Beneath the Sea
Movie Barton
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1969
How to Commit Marriage
Movie Willoughby
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1969
Hawaii Five-O
TV show Willard Lennox
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1968
The Mod Squad
TV show
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Dr. Rubias
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1968
The Outsider
TV show
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1968
Jigsaw
Movie Dr. Simon Joshua
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1967
In Cold Blood
Movie Jensen
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1967
Mannix
TV show Dr. Halder
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1967
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
TV show
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1967
Ironside
TV show
