Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart

Birthday: 1908-03-13

Deathday: 1986-02-17

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also known as: Paul Sternberg

imdb_id: nm0829717

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.

Played in movies:

Citizen Kane

Score: 8.0

W.C. Fields and Me

Score: 7.8

Opening Night

Score: 7.6

In Cold Blood

Score: 7.5

F for Fake

Score: 7.4

The Bad and the Beautiful

Score: 7.3

Kiss Me Deadly

Score: 7.2

Twelve O'Clock High

Score: 7.1

Mr. Lucky

Score: 6.9

The Window

Score: 6.9

Deadline - U.S.A.

Score: 6.8

A Child Is Waiting

Score: 6.8

The World at War

Score: 6.8

Deep in My Heart

Score: 6.8

The Other Side of the Wind

Score: 6.7

The Pilot

Score: 6.7

Champion

Score: 6.6

The Juggler

Score: 6.5

The Day of the Locust

Score: 6.4

King Creole

Score: 6.4

Carbine Williams

Score: 6.4

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Score: 6.4

Bite the Bullet

Score: 6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Score: 6.4

Berlin Express

Score: 6.2

Johnny Eager

Score: 6.1

Tempest

Score: 6.0

The Nativity

Score: 6.0

Jigsaw

Score: 6.0

S.O.B.

Score: 5.9

Easy Living

Score: 5.9

The Joe Louis Story

Score: 5.9

Edge of Doom

Score: 5.9

We're Not Married!

Score: 5.9

Ever Since Eve

Score: 5.8

Chicago Syndicate

Score: 5.8

The Wild Party

Score: 5.8

The Cobweb

Score: 5.8

Loan Shark

Score: 5.8

Appointment with Danger

Score: 5.6

Illegal Entry

Score: 5.4

Beyond All Limits

Score: 5.2

Government Girl

Score: 5.2

Hell on Frisco Bay

Score: 5.2

Fabulous Trinity

Score: 5.0

Walk Softly, Stranger

Score: 5.0

How to Commit Marriage

Score: 4.7

Top Secret Affair

Score: 4.6

Carter's Army

Score: 4.3

City Beneath the Sea

Score: 4.1

Prisoner of War

Score: 3.9

Nobody's Perfekt

Score: 3.6

Power

Score: 2.0

Murph the Surf

Score: 1.0

She Loves Me Not

Score: 0.0

Not One Shall Die

Score: 0.0

Hollywood Classic Special

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Columbo

Score: 8.1

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

MacGyver

Score: 7.7

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

The Rockford Files

Score: 7.5

Matt Helm

Score: 7.4

Ellery Queen

Score: 7.4

Breaking Point

Score: 7.3

Remington Steele

Score: 7.1

McMillan & Wife

Score: 7.1

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Inner Sanctum

Score: 7.0

The Streets of San Francisco

Score: 6.9

The Name of the Game

Score: 6.8

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Mannix

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Cannon

Score: 6.5

The Sixth Sense

Score: 6.3

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.3

The Dain Curse

Score: 6.2

Deadline

Score: 6.0

Deadline

Score: 6.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Score: 5.7

Johnny Staccato

Score: 5.6

Dr. Kildare

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor

Score: 5.4

Lights Out

Score: 5.3

The Outsider

Score: 5.2

The Asphalt Jungle

Score: 5.0

Profiles in Courage

Score: 5.0

Suspense

Score: 4.9

Cain's Hundred

Score: 4.7

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Panic!

Score: 0.0