Oscar-Nominated Actor Paul Winfield Dies (Sounder, Julia, MLK, Huck Finn)

[Khephra]

LOS ANGELES -- Paul Winfield, an Academy Award-nominated actor who was known for his versatility in stage, film and television roles, including a highly praised 1978 depiction of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 62.

Winfield died Sunday of a heart attack, said his agent Michael Livingston.

In 1968, Winfield played the boyfriend of Diahann Carroll in her situation comedy "Julia" -- a role that some suggest helped open television to other black performers.

Four years later Winfield's portrayal of the father in "Sounder" earned him an Academy Award nomination for best actor.

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[terrya]

1. Oh, my. What a shame. A good actor. And this is weird.

I'm not really sure I buy into that "show business people die in threes" old wives tale. But...first Spalding Gray, then Paul Winfield the next day...

Makes me wonder.

Terry

[BurtWorm]

10. Both he and Spalding gray were 62.

That's a sad coincidence.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Oh no! He voices over a great show on A&E, too.

City Confidential.

I'm going to miss him. RIP Mr. Winfield.

[Skittles]

4. no WAY can anyone else do that show like him!

Paul's deliciously wicket inflections were just wonderful! And 62? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[MarianJack]

3. A Good Actor...

...and a good guy. I'll miss him.

[supernova]

5. Wonderful man

He did everything with such passion and intensity.

RIP, Paul Winfield. O8)

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

6. Great celeb obit listings at this site: www.einsiders.com

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[Zomby Woof]

7. too young!

What a great career and a fine actor. :-(

[Bertha Venation]

8. oh, man...

RIP Paul.

[Aristus]

9. Aw shucks. I always liked him as an actor.

He will be missed. :(

[thom1102]

11. He was Captain Terrell in STII:TWOK

Right?

[Khephra]

12. Actor - filmography

(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s)

Sounder (2003) (TV) .... The Teacher
Second to Die (2001) .... Detective Grady
Vegas, City of Dreams (2001) .... Edgar Jones
Knockout (2000/I) .... Ron Regent


Strange Justice (1999) (TV) .... Thurgood Marshall
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999) .... Harold Williams
Assignment Berlin (1998) .... Al Spector
... aka Babyhandel Berlin - Jenseits aller Skrupel (1998) (Germany: TV title)
Relax... It's Just Sex (1998) .... Auntie Mahalia
Strategic Command (1997) .... Rowan
"Teen Angel" (1997) TV Series
"Built to Last" (1997) TV Series .... Russel Watkins
Dead of Night (1996) .... Vernon
... aka Dark Hunger (1996)
Legend of Gator Face, The (1996) .... Bob
Mars Attacks! (1996) .... General Casey
Assassination File, The (1996) (TV) .... Senator Alan Laskey
... aka Out In the Cold (1996) (TV)
Original Gangstas (1996) .... Reverend Dorsey
... aka Hot City (1996)
Stolen Memories: Secrets From the Rose Garden (1996) (TV) .... Horace
... aka Forbidden Memories (1996) (TV)
Im Sog des Bösen (1995) .... William Stone
... aka Deadly Measures (1995) (USA: video title)
... aka Desperate - Verzweifelt (1995) (Germany)
... aka Desperate Measures (1995/I) (USA: video title)
... aka In the Flesh (1995) (USA)
... aka Nanny's Nightmare (1995) (USA: cable TV title)
... aka Undercurrent (1995)
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995) .... Papa Joe
... aka In the Kingdom of the Blind (1995)
White Dwarf (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Akada
Tyson (1995) (TV) .... Don King
Killing Jar, The (1994) .... Judge
... aka Trapped (1994)
"Spider-Man" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... The Black Marvel (Omar Mosley)
"Scarlett" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Big Sam
"Gargoyles" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Jeffrey Robbins
"Magic School Bus, The" (1994) TV Series (voice) .... Mr. Ruhle: the School Principal
... aka "Scholastic's The Magic School Bus" (1994) (USA: complete title)
Breathing Lessons (1994) (TV) .... Daniel Otis
At the River I Stand (1993) .... Narrarator
Irresistible Force (1993) (TV) .... Commander Toole
Dennis the Menace (1993) .... Chief of Police
... aka Dennis (1993) (UK)
Cliffhanger (1993) .... Walter Wright, Treasury Agent
... aka Cliffhanger - l'ultima sfida (1993) (Italy)
... aka Cliffhanger, traqué au sommet (1993) (France)
"Queen" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Cap'n Jack
... aka "Alex Haley's Queen" (1993) (mini)
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) (TV) .... Doctor Dantley
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (TV) .... Jim Watson
Presumed Innocent (1990) .... Judge Larren Lyttle


"227" (1985) TV Series .... Julian C. Barlow (1989-1990)
"Wiseguy" (1987) TV Series .... Isaac Twine (1989)
Women of Brewster Place, The (1989) (TV) .... Sam Michael
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988) .... Lucien Celine
Big Shots (1987) .... Johnnie Red
"Charmings, The" (1987) TV Series .... The Mirror
Death Before Dishonor (1987) .... Ambassador
Mighty Pawns (1987) (TV) .... Mr. Wright
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987) (TV) .... George Hairston
Blue City (1986) .... Luther Reynolds
Under Siege (1986) (TV) .... Andrew Simon
War Between the Classes, The (1985) (TV) .... Bateman
Go Tell It On the Mountain (1985) (TV) .... Gabriel Grimes
Terminator, The (1984) .... Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Mike's Murder (1984) .... Phillip
For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983) (TV)
... aka For Us, the Living (1983) (TV) (USA: short title)
On the Run (1983) .... Harry
"Blue and the Gray, The" (1982) (mini) TV Series .... Jonathan Henry
White Dog (1982) .... Keys
Sister, Sister (1982) (TV) .... Eddie Craven
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) .... Terrell
... aka Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) (new title)
... aka Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Director's Edition (2002) (USA: director's cut)
Dreams Don't Die (1982) (TV) .... Charlie Banks
Sophisticated Gents, The (1981) (TV) .... Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
Carbon Copy (1981) .... Bob Garvey
Angel City (1980) (TV) .... Cy
... aka Field of Tears (1980) (TV)


"Roots: The Next Generations" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Dr. Horace Huguley
"Backstairs at the White House" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Emmett Rogers Sr
"King" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Martin Luther King Jr.
Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, A (1978) .... Butler
Damnation Alley (1977) .... Keegan
... aka Survival Run (1977/II)
High Velocity (1977) .... Watson
Greatest, The (1977) .... Lawyer
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) .... Willis Powell
... aka Nuclear Countdown (1977)
... aka Ultimatum, Das (1977) (West Germany)
Green Eyes (1977) (TV) .... Lloyd Dubeck
"Livin'" (1975) TV Series .... Host
Hustle (1975) .... Sergeant Louis Belgrave
Conrack (1974) .... Mad Billy
Huckleberry Finn (1974) .... Jim
... aka Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn: A Musical Adaptation (1974) (USA: promotional title)
It's Good to Be Alive (1974) (TV) .... Roy Campanella
Gordon's War (1973) .... Gordon Hudson
Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973) (TV) .... Dr. Enkalla
Trouble Man (1972) .... Chalky Price
Sounder (1972) .... Nathan Lee Morgan
Brother John (1971) .... Henry Birkart
R.P.M. (1970) .... Steve Dempsey


Lost Man, The (1969) .... Orville Turner
"Julia" (1968) TV Series .... Paul Cameron (1968-70)
Who's Minding the Mint? (1967) (uncredited) .... Garbage Man

[Cooley Hurd]

13. Gosh, he was a great actor - his portrayal of Roy Campanella...

...in the 1974 TV movie "It's Good To Be Alive" was incredible.

Well, there's two celebrities this week - they say these things come in 3's... :(

[noonwitch]

14. That's so sad, "Sounder" was a great movie I saw as a kid.

Sounder was such a good kids' movie.
I also loved the "Wiseguy" arch with he and Tim Curry as the rival record company guys. They had a bet that whichever one survived the other would dance on the deceased's grave. When Paul Winfield's character died, Tim Curry's showed up in a tux and top hat to dance. When he started dancing, firecrackers or caps went off, as PW's character arranged before he died. It was funny and sad and sweet all at once.

[Khephra]

15. kick