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Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Birthday: 1908-03-13 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1982
Tempest

as    Phillip's Father

1981
The Pilot

as    2nd Mechanic

1981
Nobody's Perfekt

as    Dr. Segal

1978
Revenge of the Pink Panther

as    Julio Scallini

1978
The Dain Curse

as    The Old Man

1978
The Nativity

as    Zacharias

1977
Opening Night

as    David Samuels

1977
F for Fake

as    Self

1976
W.C. Fields and Me

as    Florenz Ziegfeld

1975
Murph the Surf

as    Avery

1975
Carter's Army

as    Gen. Clark

1971
City Beneath the Sea

as    Barton

1971
LA 2017

as    Dr. Rubias

1969
How to Commit Marriage

as    Willoughby

1968
Jigsaw

as    Dr. Simon Joshua

1967
In Cold Blood

as    Jensen

1963
A Child Is Waiting

as    Goodman

1959
Deadline

as    Narrator / Host

1959
Beyond All Limits

as    Pendergrest

1958
King Creole

as    Charlie LeGrand

1957
Top Secret Affair

as    Phil Bentley

1956
The Wild Party

as    Ben Davis