Paul Stewart
Actor
- Born
- March 13, 1908 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- February 17, 1986 (age 77)
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.
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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
Citizen Kane
April 17, 1941
Revenge of the Pink Panther
January 8, 1978
In Cold Blood
December 15, 1967
Kiss Me Deadly
April 28, 1955
F for Fake
September 1, 1973
The Bad and the Beautiful
December 25, 1952
Opening Night
December 22, 1977
The Other Side of the Wind
November 2, 2018
The Greatest Story Ever Told
April 9, 1965
Twelve O'Clock High
December 21, 1949
Bite the Bullet
September 26, 1975
King Creole
July 2, 1958
Acting57
- 2018The Other Side of the Wind as Matt Costello
- 2013O+ omikron plus as UN Officer
- 1982Tempest as Phillip's Father
- 1981Nobody's Perfekt as Dr. Segal
- 1981S.O.B. as Harry Sandler
- 1980The Pilot as 2nd Mechanic
- 1978The Nativity as Zacharias
- 1978Revenge of the Pink Panther as Julio Scallini
- 1977Opening Night as David Samuels
- 1976W.C. Fields and Me