Paul Stewart
Acting
1908-03-13 · 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.
Filmography
The Other Side of the Wind
2018 · Movie
O+ omikron plus
2013 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Remington Steele
1982 · Series
Tempest
1982 · Movie
Cassie & Co.
1982 · Series
Nobody's Perfekt
1981 · Movie
S.O.B.
1981 · Movie
The Pilot
1980 · Movie
Power
1980 · Series
The Nativity
1978 · Movie
The Dain Curse
1978 · Series
Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978 · Movie
Opening Night
1977 · Movie
W.C. Fields and Me
1976 · Movie
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Movie
Matt Helm
1975 · Series
Ellery Queen
1975 · Series
Murph the Surf
1975 · Movie
Carter's Army
1975 · Movie
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
F for Fake
1973 · Movie
Fabulous Trinity
1972 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
The Sixth Sense
1972 · Series
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
City Beneath the Sea
1971 · Movie
How to Commit Marriage
1969 · Movie
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Outsider
1968 · Series
Jigsaw
1968 · Movie
In Cold Blood
1967 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Movie
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Breaking Point
1963 · Series
A Child Is Waiting
1963 · Movie
Going My Way
1962 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
87th Precinct
1961 · Series
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
The Asphalt Jungle
1961 · Series
Michael Shayne
1960 · Series
Checkmate
1960 · Series
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
Philip Marlowe
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Deadline
1959 · Series
Johnny Staccato
1959 · Series
Beyond All Limits
1959 · Movie
Lawman
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
King Creole
1958 · Movie
Half Hour to Kill
1958 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
M Squad
1957 · Series
Panic!
1957 · Series
Top Secret Affair
1957 · Movie
Not One Shall Die
1957 · Movie
The Wild Party
1956 · Movie
Confession
1956 · Movie
On Trial
1956 · Series
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Kings Row
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Chicago Syndicate
1955 · Movie
The Cobweb
1955 · Movie
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · Movie
Deep in My Heart
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Prisoner of War
1954 · Movie
Inner Sanctum
1954 · Series
The Joe Louis Story
1953 · Movie
The Juggler
1953 · Movie
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Movie
We're Not Married!
1952 · Movie
Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · Movie
Loan Shark
1952 · Movie
Carbine Williams
1952 · Movie
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Movie
Edge of Doom
1950 · Movie
Appointment with Danger
1950 · Movie
Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · Movie
She Loves Me Not
1949 · Movie
Easy Living
1949 · Movie
Lights Out
1949 · Series
Illegal Entry
1949 · Movie
The Window
1949 · Movie
Champion
1949 · Movie
Suspense
1949 · Series
Berlin Express
1948 · Movie
Government Girl
1943 · Movie
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Movie
The World at War
1942 · Movie
Johnny Eager
1941 · Movie
Citizen Kane
1941 · Movie
Ever Since Eve
1937 · Movie