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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 13, 1908
Died
February 17, 1986
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Paul Sternberg
Paul Stewart
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Matt Costello
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
🎬
0.0
Hollywood Classic Special
2010
7.7
Dr. Carl Steubens
MacGyver
1985
7.1
Joseph Barber
Remington Steele
1982
5.9
Phillip's Father
Tempest
1982
3.3
Dr. Segal
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
5.9
Harry Sandler
S.O.B.
1981
6.7
2nd Mechanic
The Pilot
1980
2.0
Vince Ianelli
Power
1980
6.0
Zacharias
The Nativity
1978
Credits
The Other Side of the Wind
as Matt Costello
2018
6.7
🎬
Hollywood Classic Special
2010
0.0
MacGyver
as Dr. Carl Steubens
1985
7.7
Remington Steele
as Joseph Barber
1982
7.1
Tempest
as Phillip's Father
1982
5.9
Nobody's Perfekt
as Dr. Segal
1981
3.3
S.O.B.
as Harry Sandler
1981
5.9
The Pilot
as 2nd Mechanic
1980
6.7
Power
as Vince Ianelli
1980
2.0
The Nativity
as Zacharias
1978
6.0
The Dain Curse
as The Old Man
1978
6.2
Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Julio Scallini
1978
6.4
Opening Night
as David Samuels
1977
7.6
W.C. Fields and Me
as Florenz Ziegfeld
1976
7.8
Bite the Bullet
as J.B. Parker (uncredited)
1975
6.4
Matt Helm
as Joe Delphia
1975
7.4
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
Murph the Surf
as Avery
1975
1.0
Carter's Army
as Gen. Clark
1975
4.0
The Day of the Locust
as Helverston
1975
6.4
The Rockford Files
as Julius 'Buddy' Richards
1974
7.6
F for Fake
as Self
1973
7.4
Fabulous Trinity
as Charles
1972
5.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.9
McMillan & Wife
1971
6.9
Columbo
as Clifford Paris
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.6
City Beneath the Sea
as Barton
1971
4.1
How to Commit Marriage
as Willoughby
1969
4.8
The Mod Squad
1968
6.2
Hawaii Five-O
as Willard Lennox
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
as Dr. Rubias
1968
6.8
The Outsider
1968
5.2
Jigsaw
as Dr. Simon Joshua
1968
6.0
In Cold Blood
as Jensen
1967
7.5
Mannix
as Dr. Halder
1967
6.7
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
1967
6.6
Ironside
1967
6.8
Mission: Impossible
as Jonas Stone
1966
7.6
The F.B.I.
as Reese
1965
5.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Questor
1965
6.4
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Louis D. Brandeis
1964
5.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Breaking Point
1963
7.2
A Child Is Waiting
as Goodman
1963
6.8
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as Alexander Marish
1961
4.7
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
5.0
Deadline
as Narrator / Host
1959
6.0
Deadline
as Host / Narrator
1959
6.0
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
Beyond All Limits
as Pendergrest
1959
4.6
King Creole
as Charlie LeGrand
1958
6.3
Perry Mason
as J. J. Pennington
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Cameron Burgess
1957
7.7
Panic!
1957
0.0
Top Secret Affair
as Phil Bentley
1957
4.3
Not One Shall Die
as Kellerman
1957
0.0
The Wild Party
as Ben Davis
1956
5.8
Confession
as Martin Hoeffer
1956
0.0
Hell on Frisco Bay
as Joe Lye
1955
4.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Vincent Noonan
1955
7.8
Gunsmoke
as Sanders
1955
6.6
Chicago Syndicate
as Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
1955
5.8
The Cobweb
as Dr. Otto Wolff
1955
5.6
Kiss Me Deadly
as Carl Evello
1955
7.2
Deep in My Heart
as Bert Townsend
1954
6.8
Climax!
as Dave Hennessey
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Paul Crichton
1954
3.3
Prisoner of War
as Capt. Jack Hodges
1954
3.9
Inner Sanctum
1954
7.0
The Joe Louis Story
as Tad McGeehan
1953
5.9
The Juggler
as Detective Karni
1953
6.5
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Syd Murphy
1952
7.3
We're Not Married!
as Attorney Stone
1952
5.8
Loan Shark
as Lou Donelli
1952
5.5
Carbine Williams
as 'Dutch' Kruger
1952
6.4
Deadline - U.S.A.
as Harry Thompson
1952
6.8
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Whitey Lake
1950
5.0
Edge of Doom
as Mr. Craig
1950
5.9
Appointment with Danger
as Earl Boettiger
1950
5.5
Twelve O'Clock High
as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
1949
7.1
She Loves Me Not
as Paul Lawton
1949
0.0
Easy Living
as Dave Argus
1949
5.6
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Illegal Entry
as Zack Richards
1949
5.4
The Window
as Joe Kellerson
1949
6.9
Champion
as Tommy Haley
1949
6.6
Suspense
as Sam Cragg
1949
4.9
Berlin Express
as Narrator (voice)
1948
6.2
Government Girl
as Branch Owens
1943
5.2
Mr. Lucky
as Zepp
1943
7.0
The World at War
as Narrator (voice)
1942
6.8
Johnny Eager
as Julio
1941
6.1
Citizen Kane
as Raymond
1941
8.0
Ever Since Eve
as Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
1937
5.5