Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 13, 1908
Died
Feb 17, 1986
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
109 titles
Paul Stewart
Biography
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
Filmography
The Other Side of the Wind
Matt Costello
O+ omikron plus
UN Officer
MacGyver
Dr. Carl Steubens
Remington Steele
Joseph Barber
Tempest
Phillip's Father
Cassie & Co.
Edward Ludden
Nobody's Perfekt
Dr. Segal
S.O.B.
Harry Sandler
The Pilot
2nd Mechanic
Power
Vince Ianelli
The Nativity
Zacharias
The Dain Curse
The Old Man
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Julio Scallini
Opening Night
David Samuels
W.C. Fields and Me
Florenz Ziegfeld
Bite the Bullet
J.B. Parker (uncredited)
Matt Helm
Joe Delphia
Ellery Queen
Murph the Surf
Avery
Carter's Army
Gen. Clark
The Day of the Locust
Helverston
The Rockford Files
Julius 'Buddy' Richards
F for Fake
Self
Fabulous Trinity
Charles
The Streets of San Francisco
The Sixth Sense
McMillan & Wife
Columbo
Clifford Paris
Cannon
City Beneath the Sea
Barton
How to Commit Marriage
Willoughby
The Mod Squad
Hawaii Five-O
Willard Lennox
The Name of the Game
Dr. Rubias
The Outsider
Jigsaw
Dr. Simon Joshua
In Cold Blood
Jensen
Mannix
Dr. Halder
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
Ironside
Mission: Impossible
Jonas Stone
The F.B.I.
Reese
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Questor
Profiles in Courage
Louis D. Brandeis
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Breaking Point
A Child Is Waiting
Goodman
Going My Way
Director
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
87th Precinct
Director