Paul Winfield

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
May 22, 1939 (86 years old)
Death date
Mar 07, 2004

Paul Winfield

Known For

Built to Last
0h 30m
TV Show 1997

Built to Last

Built to Last is an American sitcom that aired on NBC on Wednesday from September 24, 1997, to October 15, 1997.

Scarlett
1h 30m
TV Show 1994

Scarlett

Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah and Charleston, to England, and to Ireland, where she discovers her family's roots.

Alex Haley's Queen
1h 0m
TV Show 1993

Alex Haley's Queen

Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.

The Women of Brewster Place
2h 58m
Movie 1989

The Women of Brewster Place

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

The Serpent and the Rainbow
1h 38m
Movie 1988

The Serpent and the Rainbow

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

Big Shots
1h 31m
Movie 1987

Big Shots

Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a young hustler and, after stealing a gangster's car, the two embark on an adventure down south in search of the hustler's estranged father.

The Charmings
0h 33m
TV Show 1987

The Charmings

The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC. Based on the fairy tale Snow White, it chronicles Snow White and Prince Charming after they are transported in time from the Enchanted Forest to the 20th Century Los Angeles suburbs.

The Mighty Pawns
0h 57m
Movie 1987

The Mighty Pawns

Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1h 40m
Movie 1987

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.

Blue City
1h 23m
Movie 1986

Blue City

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.

Biography

Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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