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.Sternbergs many screen credits include Citizen Kane, Twelve OClock 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.
Raymond
Film 1941
Questor
Film 1965
Bert Townsend
Film 1954
Julio Scallini
Film 1978
Attorney Stone
Film 1952
Earl Boettiger
Film 1950
Syd Murphy
Film 1952
Joe Kellerson
Film 1949
Tommy Haley
Film 1949
David Samuels
Film 1977
Julio
Film 1941
Harry Thompson
Film 1952
Mr. Craig
Film 1950
Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
Film 1949
Zack Richards
Film 1949
Zepp
Film 1943
Carl Evello
Film 1955
Charlie LeGrand
Film 1958
Barton
Film 1971
Dr. Simon Joshua
Film 1968
Jensen
Film 1967
Florenz Ziegfeld
Film 1976
Lou Donelli
Film 1952
Branch Owens
Film 1943
Joe Lye
Film 1955
Tad McGeehan
Film 1953
2nd Mechanic
Film 1980
Dr. Otto Wolff
Film 1955
Whitey Lake
Film 1950
Dave Argus
Film 1949
Film 2010
Ben Davis
Film 1956
Phil Bentley
Film 1957
Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
Film 1955
Capt. Jack Hodges
Film 1954
Detective Karni
Film 1953
Matt Costello
Film 2018
Avery
Film 1975
Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
Film 1937
Harry Sandler
Film 1981
Zacharias
Film 1978
Dr. Segal
Film 1981
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Film 1942
Self
Film 1973
Helverston
Film 1975
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Film 1948
Goodman
Film 1963
Charles
Film 1972
'Dutch' Kruger
Film 1952
Phillip's Father
Film 1982
J.B. Parker (uncredited)
Film 1975
Willoughby
Film 1969
Paul Lawton
Film 1949
Joseph Barber
Tv 1982
Alexander Marish
Tv 1961
Reese
Tv 1965
Willard Lennox
Tv 1968
Tv 1972
Dr. Halder
Tv 1967
Dr. Carl Steubens
Tv 1985
Tv 1968
Sanders
Tv 1955
J. J. Pennington
Tv 1957
Jonas Stone
Tv 1966
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Tv 1959
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Vincent Noonan
Tv 1955
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Dave Hennessey
Tv 1954
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Louis D. Brandeis
Tv 1964
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Sam Cragg
Tv 1949
Tv 1954
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Tv 1949
Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
Tv 1961
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Tv 1961
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Joe Delphia
Tv 1975
Clifford Paris
Tv 1971
The Old Man
Tv 1978
Dr. Rubias
Tv 1968
Cameron Burgess
Tv 1957
Julius 'Buddy' Richards
Tv 1974
Narrator / Host
Tv 1959
Host / Narrator
Tv 1959
Paul Crichton
Tv 1954