Paul Stewart
Acting • Born 1908-03-13 – Died 1986-02-17
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.
Filmography
98 credits
Citizen Kane
Movie • 1941
Raymond
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie • 1965
Questor
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1954
Bert Townsend
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1978
Julio Scallini
We're Not Married!
Movie • 1952
Attorney Stone
Appointment with Danger
Movie • 1950
Earl Boettiger
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie • 1952
Syd Murphy
The Window
Movie • 1949
Joe Kellerson
Champion
Movie • 1949
Tommy Haley
Opening Night
Movie • 1977
David Samuels
Johnny Eager
Movie • 1941
Julio
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie • 1952
Harry Thompson
Edge of Doom
Movie • 1950
Mr. Craig
Twelve O'Clock High
Movie • 1949
Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
Illegal Entry
Movie • 1949
Zack Richards
Mr. Lucky
Movie • 1943
Zepp
Kiss Me Deadly
Movie • 1955
Carl Evello
King Creole
Movie • 1958
Charlie LeGrand
City Beneath the Sea
Movie • 1971
Barton
Jigsaw
Movie • 1968
Dr. Simon Joshua
In Cold Blood
Movie • 1967
Jensen
W.C. Fields and Me
Movie • 1976
Florenz Ziegfeld
Loan Shark
Movie • 1952
Lou Donelli
Government Girl
Movie • 1943
Branch Owens
Hell on Frisco Bay
Movie • 1955
Joe Lye
The Joe Louis Story
Movie • 1953
Tad McGeehan
The Pilot
Movie • 1980
2nd Mechanic
The Cobweb
Movie • 1955
Dr. Otto Wolff
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie • 1950
Whitey Lake
Easy Living
Movie • 1949
Dave Argus
The Wild Party
Movie • 1956
Ben Davis
Top Secret Affair
Movie • 1957
Phil Bentley
Chicago Syndicate
Movie • 1955
Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
Prisoner of War
Movie • 1954
Capt. Jack Hodges
The Juggler
Movie • 1953
Detective Karni
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie • 2018
Matt Costello
Murph the Surf
Movie • 1975
Avery
Ever Since Eve
Movie • 1937
Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
S.O.B.
Movie • 1981
Harry Sandler
The Nativity
Movie • 1978
Zacharias
Nobody's Perfekt
Movie • 1981
Dr. Segal
The World at War
Movie • 1942
Narrator (voice)
F for Fake
Movie • 1973
Self
Beyond All Limits
Movie • 1959
Pendergrest
The Day of the Locust
Movie • 1975
Helverston
Berlin Express
Movie • 1948
Narrator (voice)
A Child Is Waiting
Movie • 1963
Goodman
Fabulous Trinity
Movie • 1972
Charles
Not One Shall Die
Movie • 1957
Kellerman
Carter's Army
Movie • 1975
Gen. Clark
Carbine Williams
Movie • 1952
'Dutch' Kruger
Tempest
Movie • 1982
Phillip's Father
Bite the Bullet
Movie • 1975
J.B. Parker (uncredited)
How to Commit Marriage
Movie • 1969
Willoughby
She Loves Me Not
Movie • 1949
Paul Lawton
Confession
Movie • 1956
Martin Hoeffer
O+ omikron plus
Movie • 2013
UN Officer
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Joseph Barber
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Alexander Marish
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Reese
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Willard Lennox
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Mannix
TV • 1967
Dr. Halder
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Dr. Carl Steubens
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Sanders
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
J. J. Pennington
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Jonas Stone
Cannon
TV • 1971
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
Ironside
TV • 1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Vincent Noonan
McMillan & Wife
TV • 1971
Climax!
TV • 1954
Dave Hennessey
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
TV • 1967
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Louis D. Brandeis
The Sixth Sense
TV • 1972
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Suspense
TV • 1949
Sam Cragg
Inner Sanctum
TV • 1954
Breaking Point
TV • 1963
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
Panic!
TV • 1957
The Asphalt Jungle
TV • 1961
The Outsider
TV • 1968
Matt Helm
TV • 1975
Joe Delphia
Columbo
TV • 1971
Clifford Paris
The Dain Curse
TV • 1978
The Old Man
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Dr. Rubias
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Cameron Burgess
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Julius 'Buddy' Richards
Deadline
TV • 1959
Narrator / Host
Deadline
TV • 1959
Host / Narrator
Climax!
TV • 1954
Paul Crichton
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Edward Ludden
Power
TV • 1980
Vince Ianelli