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.

Citizen Kane

8.0

MacGyver

7.7

Columbo

8.1

Revenge of the Pink Panther

6.4

In Cold Blood

7.5

Kiss Me Deadly

7.2

F for Fake

7.4

Mission: Impossible

7.6

The Bad and the Beautiful

7.3

Opening Night

7.6

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

The Other Side of the Wind

6.7

The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.4

Twelve O'Clock High

7.1

Hawaii Five-O

7.1

Remington Steele

7.1

Perry Mason

7.7

Bite the Bullet

6.4

The Rockford Files

7.5

King Creole

6.4

Gunsmoke

6.6

The Day of the Locust

6.3

Champion

6.6

The Streets of San Francisco

7.0

S.O.B.

5.9

Deadline - U.S.A.

6.8

The Window

6.9

Ironside

6.8

Berlin Express

6.1

A Child Is Waiting

6.8

Mannix

6.7

Johnny Eager

6.1

Mr. Lucky

6.9

Ellery Queen

7.4

Tempest

6.0

Cannon

6.4

The Cobweb

5.8

Appointment with Danger

5.5

Walk Softly, Stranger

5.0

The F.B.I.

5.5

The Mod Squad

6.3

We're Not Married!

5.9

McMillan & Wife

7.1

Edge of Doom

5.9

Loan Shark

5.8

Easy Living

5.9

Carbine Williams

6.4

Dr. Kildare

5.3

Deep in My Heart

6.8

Chicago Syndicate

5.8

Hell on Frisco Bay

5.0

Nobody's Perfekt

3.6

The Name of the Game

6.8

City Beneath the Sea

4.1

The Juggler

6.5

Ever Since Eve

5.8

Carter's Army

4.3

Climax!

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Suspense

4.7

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor

5.4

Government Girl

5.2

Illegal Entry

5.4

The Joe Louis Story

5.9

Prisoner of War

3.9

Beyond All Limits

5.2

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

5.5

The Sixth Sense

6.3

W.C. Fields and Me

7.8

The Pilot

6.7

Top Secret Affair

4.6

Johnny Staccato

5.6

Matt Helm

7.4

The Dain Curse

6.2

The Wild Party

5.8

The Outsider

5.2

Cain's Hundred

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Breaking Point

7.3

Lights Out

5.3

The World at War

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How to Commit Marriage

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Deadline

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Jigsaw

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Murph the Surf

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The Nativity

6.0

Power

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Fabulous Trinity

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Profiles in Courage

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Inner Sanctum

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The Asphalt Jungle

5.0

Hollywood Classic Special

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Not One Shall Die

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She Loves Me Not

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Panic!

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