Paul Winfield

Biography

Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Captain Clark Terrell
Louis Belgrave
Judge Larren Lyttle
Chalky Price
Walter Wright
Nathan Lee Morgan
Gordon Hudson
Don King
Bob Garvey
Chief Luther Reynolds
Doctor Dantley
Johnnie Red
Henry Birkardt
Ron Regent
Narrator (voice)
Roy Campanella
Steve Dempsey
Orville Turner
Detective Grady
Charlie Banks
Commander Toole
Mad Billy
Reverend Dorsey
Draft Lawyer
Andrew Simon
Senator Alan Laskey
Lloyd Dubeck
Self - Interviewer / Narrator
William Stone
Eddie Craven
Thurgood Marshall
The Teacher
Dr. Akada
Chief of Police
General Casey
African Servant