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Paul Stewart

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1908-03-13

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

1963

6.8

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger

1950

5.5

Movie
Berlin Express

Berlin Express

1948

6.1

Movie
Beyond All Limits

Beyond All Limits

1959

5.2

Movie
Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975

6.4

Movie
poster

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.5

TV
poster

Breaking Point

1963

7.3

TV
poster

Cain's Hundred

1961

4.7

TV
poster

Cannon

1971

6.5

TV
Carbine Williams

Carbine Williams

1952

6.3

Movie
Carter's Army

Carter's Army

1975

4.3

Movie
Champion

Champion

1949

6.6

Movie
Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate

1955

6.2

Movie
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941

8.0

Movie
City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea

1971

4.1

Movie
poster

Climax!

1954

3.0

TV
poster

Columbo

1971

8.1

TV
poster

Deadline

1959

6.0

TV
Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952

6.8

Movie
Deep in My Heart

Deep in My Heart

1954

6.8

Movie
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
Easy Living

Easy Living

1949

5.9

Movie
Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

1950

5.9

Movie
poster

Ellery Queen

1975

7.4

TV
Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

1937

5.8

Movie
F for Fake

F for Fake

1973

7.4

Movie
Fabulous Trinity

Fabulous Trinity

1972

0.0

Movie
Government Girl

Government Girl

1943

5.2

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Hawaii Five-O

1968

7.1

TV
Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955

5.0

Movie
Hollywood Classic Special

Hollywood Classic Special

2010

0.0

Movie
How to Commit Marriage

How to Commit Marriage

1969

4.7

Movie
Illegal Entry

Illegal Entry

1949

5.4

Movie
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

1967

7.5

Movie
poster

Inner Sanctum

1954

7.0

TV
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
Jigsaw

Jigsaw

1968

6.0

Movie
Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

1941

6.1

Movie
poster

Johnny Staccato

1959

5.6

TV
King Creole

King Creole

1958

6.4

Movie
Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

1955

7.2

Movie
poster

Lights Out

1949

5.3

TV
Loan Shark

Loan Shark

1952

5.8

Movie
poster

MacGyver

1985

7.7

TV
poster

Mannix

1967

6.7

TV
poster

Matt Helm

1975

7.4

TV
poster

McMillan & Wife

1971

7.3

TV
poster

Mission: Impossible

1966

7.6

TV
poster

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor

1967

4.9

TV
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

1943

6.9

Movie
Murph the Surf

Murph the Surf

1975

1.0

Movie
Nobody's Perfekt

Nobody's Perfekt

1981

3.6

Movie
Not One Shall Die

Not One Shall Die

1957

0.0

Movie
Opening Night

Opening Night

1977

7.6

Movie
poster

Panic!

1957

0.0

TV
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Power

Power

1980

2.0

Movie
Prisoner of War

Prisoner of War

1954

3.9

Movie
poster

Profiles in Courage

1964

5.0

TV
poster

Remington Steele

1982

7.1

TV
Revenge of the Pink Panther

Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978

6.4

Movie
S.O.B.

S.O.B.

1981

5.9

Movie
She Loves Me Not

She Loves Me Not

1949

0.0

Movie
poster

Suspense

1949

4.6

TV
Tempest

Tempest

1982

6.0

Movie
poster

The Asphalt Jungle

1961

5.0

TV
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

7.3

Movie
The Cobweb

The Cobweb

1955

5.8

Movie
poster

The Dain Curse

1978

6.2

TV
The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

1975

6.3

Movie
poster

The F.B.I.

1965

5.4

TV
The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

6.4

Movie
The Joe Louis Story

The Joe Louis Story

1953

5.9

Movie
The Juggler

The Juggler

1953

6.6

Movie
poster

The Mod Squad

1968

6.5

TV
poster

The Name of the Game

1968

6.8

TV
The Nativity

The Nativity

1978

6.0

Movie
The Other Side of the Wind

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

6.7

Movie
poster

The Outsider

1968

5.2

TV
The Pilot

The Pilot

1980

6.7

Movie
poster

The Rockford Files

1974

7.5

TV
poster

The Sixth Sense

1972

6.3

TV
poster

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0

TV
The Wild Party

The Wild Party

1956

5.8

Movie
The Window

The Window

1949

6.9

Movie
The World at War

The World at War

1942

6.8

Movie
Top Secret Affair

Top Secret Affair

1957

4.6

Movie
Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High

1949

7.1

Movie
W.C. Fields and Me

W.C. Fields and Me

1976

7.8

Movie
Walk Softly, Stranger

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950

5.0

Movie
We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!

1952

5.9

Movie