Paul Stewart
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1908-03-13
Deathday 1986-02-17 (77 years old)
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Paul Sternberg
Paul Stewart
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.
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as Matt Costello
as Dr. Carl Steubens
as Phillip's Father
as Joseph Barber
as Dr. Segal
as Harry Sandler
as 2nd Mechanic
as Vince Ianelli
as Zacharias
as Julio Scallini
as The Old Man
as David Samuels
as Florenz Ziegfeld
as J.B. Parker (uncredited)
as Avery
as Gen. Clark
as Helverston
as Joe Delphia
as Julius 'Buddy' Richards
as Self
as Charles
as Barton
as Clifford Paris
as Willoughby
as Dr. Simon Joshua
as Willard Lennox
as Dr. Rubias
as Jensen
as Dr. Halder
as Jonas Stone
as Questor
as Reese
as Louis D. Brandeis
as Goodman
as Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli
as Alexander Marish
as Pendergrest
as Narrator / Host
as Host / Narrator
as Charlie LeGrand
as Phil Bentley
as Kellerman
as J. J. Pennington
as Cameron Burgess
as Ben Davis
as Joe Lye
as Arnold 'Arnie' Valent
as Dr. Otto Wolff
as Carl Evello
as Vincent Noonan
as Sanders
as Bert Townsend
as Capt. Jack Hodges
as Dave Hennessey
as Paul Crichton
as Tad McGeehan
as Detective Karni
as Syd Murphy
as Attorney Stone
as Lou Donelli
as 'Dutch' Kruger
as Harry Thompson
as Whitey Lake
as Mr. Craig
as Earl Boettiger
as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)
as Paul Lawton
as Dave Argus
as Zack Richards
as Joe Kellerson
as Tommy Haley
as Sam Cragg
as Narrator (voice)
as Branch Owens
as Zepp
as Narrator (voice)
as Julio
as Raymond
as Cocktail Customer (uncredited)
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Producer
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