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Paul Stewart

Film Producer / Actor / Film Director / Television Producer | * 03/13/1908 († 77, 02/17/1986) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Paul Stewart (born Paul Sternberg; March 13, 1908 – February 17, 1986) was an American character actor, director and producer who worked in theatre, radio, films and television. He frequently portrayed cynical and sinister characters throughout his career. A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, Stewart helped Welles get his first job in radio and was associate producer of the celebrated radio program "The War of the Worlds", in which he also performed. One of the Mercury Theatre players who made their film debut in Welles's landmark film Citizen Kane, Stewart portrayed Kane's butler and valet, Raymond. He appeared in 50 films, and performed in or directed some 5,000 radio and television shows. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Mystery

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After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity. ...

In Cold Blood

R

1967 | 3.7/5 | 2h 14min
Crime, Drama
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In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disci ...

Twelve O'Clock High

NR

1949 | 3.6/5 | 2h 12min
War, Action, Drama
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One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Ham ...

Kiss Me Deadly

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1955 | 3.6/5 | 1h 46min
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for th ...

Citizen Kane

PG

1941 | 4.0/5 | 1h 59min
Mystery, Drama
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Movies with Paul Stewart as Actor(55)

as Matt Costello2018 The Other Side of the Wind
as Phillip's Father1982 Tempest
as Dr. Segal1981 Nobody's Perfekt
as Harry Sandler1981 S.O.B.
as 2nd Mechanic1980 The Pilot
as Vince Ianelli1980 Power
as Julio Scallini1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther
as Zacharias1978 The Nativity
as David Samuels1977 Opening Night
as Florenz Ziegfeld1976 W.C. Fields and Me
as Helverston1975 The Day of the Locust
1975 Bite the Bullet
as Avery1975 Murph the Surf
as himself1973 F for Fake
as Charles1972 Fabulous Trinity
as Barton1971 City Beneath the Sea
as Gen. Clark1970 Carter's Army
as Willoughby1969 How to Commit Marriage
as Dr. Simon Joshua1968 Jigsaw
as Jensen1967 In Cold Blood
as Questor1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Goodman1963 A Child Is Waiting
as Pendergrest1959 Beyond All Limits
as Charlie LeGrand1958 King Creole
as Phil Bentley1957 Top Secret Affair
as Kellerman1957 Not One Shall Die
as Ben Davis1956 The Wild Party
as Joe Lye1955 Hell on Frisco Bay
as Arnold 'Arnie' Valent1955 Chicago Syndicate
as Carl Evello1955 Kiss Me Deadly
as Dr. Otto Wolff1955 The Cobweb
as Bert Townsend1954 Deep in My Heart
as Capt. Jack Hodges1954 Prisoner of War
as Tad McGeehan1953 The Joe Louis Story
as Detective Karni1953 The Juggler
as Harry Thompson1952 Deadline - U.S.A.
as Syd Murphy1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
as Lou Donelli1952 Loan Shark
as 'Dutch' Kruger1952 Carbine Williams
as Attorney Stone1952 We're Not Married!
as Whitey Lake1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mr. Craig1950 Edge of Doom
as Earl Boettiger1950 Appointment with Danger
as Dave Argus1949 Easy Living
as Tommy Haley1949 Champion
as Zack Richards1949 Illegal Entry
as Joe Kellerson1949 The Window
as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)1949 Twelve O'Clock High
as Narrator (voice)1948 Berlin Express
as Zepp1943 Mr. Lucky
as Branch Owens1943 Government Girl
as Narrator (voice)1942 The World at War
as Raymond1941 Citizen Kane
as Julio1941 Johnny Eager
as Cocktail Customer (uncredited)1937 Ever Since Eve

TV Shows/Series with Paul Stewart as Actor(35)

1985 MacGyver
as Joseph Barber1982 Remington Steele
as The Old Man1978 The Dain Curse
1975 Ellery Queen
as Julius 'Buddy' Richards1974 The Rockford Files
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 The Sixth Sense
as Clifford Paris1971 Columbo
1971 Cannon
1971 McMillan and Wife
as Dr. Rubias1968 The Name of the Game
as Willard Lennox1968 Hawaii Five-O
1968 The Mod Squad
1968 The Outsider
1967 Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
1967 Ironside
as Dr. Halder1967 Mannix
1966 Mission: Impossible
as Reese1965 The F.B.I.
as Louis D. Brandeis1964 Profiles in Courage
1963 Breaking Point
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Alexander Marish1961 Cain's Hundred
as Dr. Giuseppe Muretelli1961 Dr. Kildare
as Narrator / Host1959 Deadline
as Host / Narrator1959 Deadline
1959 Johnny Staccato
as John J. Pennington1957 Perry Mason
as Cameron Burgess1957 Perry Mason
as Vincent Noonan1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sanders1955 Gunsmoke
as Dave Hennessey1954 Climax!
as Paul Crichton1954 Climax!
as Sam Cragg1949 Suspense
1946 Lights Out

TV Shows/Series with Paul Stewart as Crew(13)

Directing/Director1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Directing/Director1962 Going My Way
Directing/Director1961 The Defenders
Directing/Director1961 87th Precinct
Directing/Director1960 Checkmate
Directing/Director1960 Michael Shayne
Production/Producer1960 Michael Shayne
Directing/Director1959 Hawaiian Eye
Directing/Director1959 Philip Marlowe
Directing/Director1959 The Twilight Zone
Directing/Director1958 Lawman
Directing/Director1958 Peter Gunn
Directing/Director1957 M Squad

Full Name: Paul Stewart
Born: Friday, 03/13 1908 (March) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 02/17 1986 (February) in Los Angeles (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Columbia University
Spouses (current/former): Peg LaCentra
Other names for Paul Stewart (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Paul Sternberg"
"Paul Stewart (Schauspieler)"
Paul Stewart frequently works together with these people:
Robert Karnes (35x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (35x, Actor)
Jeanette Nolan (34x, Actress)
Harry Townes (33x, Actor)
Virginia Gregg (32x, Actress)
John Anderson (32x, Actor)
Dabbs Greer (31x, Actor)
Simon Oakland (31x, Actor)
H.M. Wynant (30x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (30x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (28x, Actor)
Orson Welles (11x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8818, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024