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.
Acted Movies
Director: John Cassavetes
Writers: John Cassavetes,
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Gena Rowlands, Joan Blondell, John Cassavetes, John Finnegan, John Tuell, Laura Johnson, Paul Stewart, Ray Powers, Zohra Lampert,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles,
Cast: Clifford Irving, David Walsh, Edith Irving, Elmyr de Hory, Joseph Cotten, Laurence Harvey, Oja Kodar, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Richard Wilson,
Director: Richard Brooks
Writers: Richard Brooks,
Cast: Charles McGraw, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, James Flavin, Jeff Corey, John Forsythe, John Gallaudet, Paul Stewart, Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, Will Geer,
Director: John Cassavetes
Writers: Abby Mann,
Cast: Bill Mumy, Bruce Ritchey, Burt Lancaster, Gena Rowlands, Gloria McGehee, John Marley, Judy Garland, Lawrence Tierney, Paul Stewart, Steven Hill,
Director: Robert Aldrich
Writers: A.I. Bezzerides,
Cast: Albert Dekker, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Juano Hernández, Marian Carr, Maxine Cooper, Nick Dennis, Paul Stewart, Ralph Meeker, Wesley Addy,
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writers: Charles Schnee,
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Dick Powell, Gilbert Roland, Gloria Grahame, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Leo G. Carroll, Paul Stewart, Vanessa Brown, Walter Pidgeon,
Director: Richard Brooks
Writers: Richard Brooks,
Cast: Audrey Christie, Ed Begley, Ethel Barrymore, Humphrey Bogart, Joe De Santis, Joyce Mackenzie, Kim Hunter, Martin Gabel, Paul Stewart, Warren Stevens,
Director: Henry King
Writers: Beirne Lay Jr.,
Cast: Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, John Kellogg, Lee MacGregor, Millard Mitchell, Paul Stewart, Robert Arthur, Robert Patten,
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Herman J. Mankiewicz,
Cast: Agnes Moorehead, Dorothy Comingore, Erskine Sanford, George Coulouris, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Paul Stewart, Ray Collins, Ruth Warrick, William Alland,