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.
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
The Other Side of the Wind
MacGyver
Remington Steele
Tempest
Nobody's Perfekt
S.O.B.
The Pilot
Power
The Nativity
The Dain Curse
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Opening Night
W.C. Fields and Me
Bite the Bullet
Matt Helm
Ellery Queen
Murph the Surf
Carter's Army
The Day of the Locust
The Rockford Files
F for Fake
Fabulous Trinity
The Streets of San Francisco
The Sixth Sense
McMillan and Wife
Columbo
Cannon
City Beneath the Sea
How to Commit Marriage
The Mod Squad
The Name of the Game
The Outsider
Jigsaw
In Cold Blood
Mannix
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
Ironside
Mission: Impossible
The F.B.I.
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Breaking Point
A Child Is Waiting
Going My Way
Dr. Kildare
87th Precinct
Cain's Hundred
The Defenders
The Asphalt Jungle
Michael Shayne
Checkmate
Hawaiian Eye
Philip Marlowe
The Twilight Zone
Deadline
Johnny Staccato
Beyond All Limits
Lawman
Peter Gunn
King Creole
Perry Mason
M Squad
Panic!
Top Secret Affair
Not One Shall Die
The Wild Party
Hell on Frisco Bay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Gunsmoke
Chicago Syndicate
The Cobweb
Kiss Me Deadly
Deep in My Heart
Climax!
Prisoner of War
Inner Sanctum
The Joe Louis Story
The Juggler
The Bad and the Beautiful
We're Not Married!
Loan Shark
Carbine Williams
Deadline - U.S.A.
Walk Softly, Stranger
Edge of Doom
Appointment with Danger
Twelve O'Clock High
Easy Living
Lights Out
Illegal Entry
The Window
Champion
Suspense
Berlin Express
Government Girl
Mr. Lucky
The World at War
Johnny Eager
Citizen Kane
Ever Since Eve