Paul Stewart
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
Columbo
Clifford Paris
Perry Mason
J. J. Pennington
Perry Mason
Cameron Burgess
Hawaii Five-O
Willard Lennox
MacGyver
Dr. Carl Steubens
The F.B.I.
Reese
The Rockford Files
Julius 'Buddy' Richards
Mission: Impossible
Jonas Stone
Ironside
The Streets of San Francisco
Lights Out
Climax!
Dave Hennessey
Climax!
Paul Crichton
The Name of the Game
Dr. Rubias
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
Remington Steele
Joseph Barber
Suspense
Sam Cragg
Mannix
Dr. Halder
Cannon
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Questor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Vincent Noonan
Gunsmoke
Sanders
The Mod Squad
Cain's Hundred
Alexander Marish
Ellery Queen
The Outsider
Citizen Kane
Raymond
The Sixth Sense
Profiles in Courage
Louis D. Brandeis
The Asphalt Jungle
McMillan & Wife
Breaking Point
Matt Helm
Joe Delphia
Panic!
The Bad and the Beautiful
Syd Murphy
Bite the Bullet
J.B. Parker (uncredited)
Johnny Staccato
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Julio Scallini
We're Not Married!
Attorney Stone
The Day of the Locust
Helverston
F for Fake
Self
Mr. Lucky
Zepp
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
The Other Side of the Wind
Matt Costello
S.O.B.
Harry Sandler
Inner Sanctum
Opening Night
David Samuels
The Window
Joe Kellerson
Prisoner of War
Capt. Jack Hodges
King Creole
Charlie LeGrand
Edge of Doom
Mr. Craig
Tempest
Phillip's Father
Deadline
Narrator / Host
Deadline
Host / Narrator
Appointment with Danger
Earl Boettiger
Deadline - U.S.A.
Harry Thompson
W.C. Fields and Me
Florenz Ziegfeld
Champion
Tommy Haley
The Cobweb
Dr. Otto Wolff
Easy Living
Dave Argus
The Dain Curse
The Old Man
Power
Vince Ianelli
Carter's Army
Gen. Clark
A Child Is Waiting
Goodman
The Juggler
Detective Karni
In Cold Blood
Jensen
Twelve O'Clock High
Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
Deep in My Heart
Bert Townsend
City Beneath the Sea
Barton
Loan Shark
Lou Donelli
Hell on Frisco Bay
Joe Lye
Johnny Eager
Julio
Kiss Me Deadly
Carl Evello
Nobody's Perfekt
Dr. Segal
Walk Softly, Stranger
Whitey Lake
Carbine Williams
'Dutch' Kruger
Not One Shall Die
Kellerman
Government Girl
Branch Owens
Jigsaw
Dr. Simon Joshua
Berlin Express
Narrator (voice)
Murph the Surf
Avery
The Wild Party
Ben Davis
The Nativity
Zacharias
Top Secret Affair
Phil Bentley
Chicago Syndicate
Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
The World at War
Narrator (voice)
Illegal Entry
Zack Richards
How to Commit Marriage
Willoughby
Ever Since Eve
Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
The Joe Louis Story
Tad McGeehan
The Pilot
2nd Mechanic
Fabulous Trinity
Charles
Hollywood Classic Special
Beyond All Limits
Pendergrest
She Loves Me Not
Paul Lawton