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Paul Stewart (May 13, 1908–February 17, 1986) was an American
United States

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 character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
 known for his tough, guttural voice. He frequently portrayed villain
Villain

A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a history narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters....
s and mobsters throughout his lengthy career.

Born Paul Sternberg in New York City
New York City

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, Stewart graduated from Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 and made his Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 debut in the play Two Seconds in 1931. A few years later he met Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
, who invited him to join the Mercury Theatre
Mercury Theatre

The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and John Houseman. After initial success in live theatrical productions, in 1938 the Mercury Theatre progressed into their their best-known period as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio drama series that included one of the most notable an...
, where he participated in the notorious 1938 radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 broadcast of The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (radio)

The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938 and aired over the CBS Radio Network radio network....
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Paul Stewart (May 13, 1908–February 17, 1986) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 character actor
Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading actor ones. Character actor roles can range from bit parts to leading actor....
 known for his tough, guttural voice. He frequently portrayed villain
Villain

A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a history narrative or, especially, a work of fiction. The villain usually is the antagonist, the character who tends to have a negative effect on other characters....
s and mobsters throughout his lengthy career.

Born Paul Sternberg in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, Stewart graduated from Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 and made his Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 debut in the play Two Seconds in 1931. A few years later he met Orson Welles
Orson Welles

George Orson Welles , better known as Orson Welles, was an Academy Award-winning United States actor, director, writer and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television, and radio....
, who invited him to join the Mercury Theatre
Mercury Theatre

The Mercury Theatre was a theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and John Houseman. After initial success in live theatrical productions, in 1938 the Mercury Theatre progressed into their their best-known period as The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a radio drama series that included one of the most notable an...
, where he participated in the notorious 1938 radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 broadcast of The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds (radio)

The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938 and aired over the CBS Radio Network radio network....
. He was a founding member of AFTRA
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists , promo and voice-over announcers and other performers in commercials, stunt persons and s...
.

Sternberg's many screen credits include Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane is a 1941 in film United States dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles....
, Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High

Twelve O'Clock High is a war film about crews of the United States Army's Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II....
, Champion
Champion (1949 film)

Champion is a United States film noir drama based on a short story by Ring Lardner. Filmed in black-and-white, it recounts the struggles of boxing "Midge" Kelly fighting his own demons while working to achieve success in the boxing ring....
, Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir drama film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly....
, The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful is a MGM melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him. It stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan , and Gloria Grahame....
, In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood (film)

In Cold Blood is a film based on Truman Capote's In Cold Blood . Richard Brooks prepared the adaptation and directed the film. Some scenes were filmed on the locations of the original events, in Garden City and Holcomb, Kansas including the Clutter residence, the site of the murders....
, The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust (film)

The Day of the Locust is a 1975 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is based on the The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West....
, S.O.B., and W.C. Fields and Me
W.C. Fields and Me

W.C. Fields and Me is a 1976 United States biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller. The screenplay by Bob Merrill is based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti, the screen legend's mistress for the last fourteen years of his life....
, in which he portrayed Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , called Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway theatre impresario. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Berg?res of Paris....
. On television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
, he appeared in Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90 is a 90-minute dramatic television anthology series, telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1961 for a total of 133 episodes. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minut...
, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured both mystery fiction and melodramas....
, Alcoa Theatre
Alcoa Theatre

Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour Anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30pm on alternate Monday nights from September 30, 1957 to 1960 in television....
, Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare

Dr. James Kildare is a fictional character, the primary character in a series of United States theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show....
, Wagon Train
Wagon train

A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together. In the American Old West, individuals traveling across the plains in covered wagons banded together for mutual assistance....
, Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, It Takes a Thief, Mannix
Mannix

Mannix is an United States Police procedural that ran from 1967 in television through 1975 in television on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by television producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is an Armenian-American private investigator....
, The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game

"The Name of the Game" is a 1977 song by Sweden pop group ABBA, and was released as the first single from the group's album, The Album, their fifth for Polar Music and their fourth for Epic Records and Atlantic Records....
, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files is an American detective television drama originally aired on the NBC television network between September 13, 1974 and January 10, 1980; it has remained in constant television syndication to the present day, making it a cult classic....
, Lou Grant
Lou Grant (TV series)

Lou Grant is an United States Dramatic programming starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. The series won 13 Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Drama Series"....
, and Remington Steele
Remington Steele

Remington Steele is an United States television series, produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 in television to 1987 in television....
, among many others. He also directed some television episodes, among them "Little Girl Lost
Little Girl Lost

"Little Girl Lost" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone ....
", from the Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

The Twilight Zone is a science fiction anthology series United States television series created by Rod Serling. The original series ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964 and remains television syndication to this day....
.

Stewart was married to big band
Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the swing from the early 1930s until the late 1940s....
 singer/actress Peg La Centra from 1939 until his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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 at age 77. He was characterized in the 1999 television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
 RKO 281
RKO 281

RKO 281 is a 1999 dramatic film directed by Benjamin Ross and starringLiev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, and Roy Scheider....
.

Partial filmography

  • Citizen Kane
    Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane is a 1941 in film United States dramatic film and the first feature film directed by Orson Welles. It was nominated for an Academy Award in nine categories, but won only for Best Original Screenplay by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles....
     (1941)
  • Johnny Eager
    Johnny Eager

    Johnny Eager is a 1942 film noir starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. Van Heflin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.The film is featured in the comedy spoof Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ....
     (1942)
  • Mr. Lucky
    Mr. Lucky (film)

    Mr. Lucky is a 1943 film directed by H.C. Potter, starring Cary Grant and Laraine Day. It tells the story of a Romance film between a shady gambler and a wealthy socialite in the early days of World War II....
     (1943)
  • The Window
    The Window

    The Window is a black-and-white suspense film noir based on the short story "The Boy Who Cried Murder" by Cornell Woolrich. The film, which was a critical success, was produced by Frederic Ullman, Jr....
     (1949)
  • Twelve O'Clock High
    Twelve O'Clock High

    Twelve O'Clock High is a war film about crews of the United States Army's Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II....
     (1949)
  • Easy Living
    Easy Living (1949 film)

    Easy Living is a drama film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Victor Mature and Lucille Ball. ...
     (1949)
  • Edge of Doom
    Edge of Doom

    Edge of Doom is a 1950 in film film noir shot in black and white. The film has never been released on video reportedly due to the subject matter....
     (1950)
  • Walk Softly, Stranger
    Walk Softly, Stranger

    Walk Softly, Stranger tells the story of a small-time crook on the run who later becomes reformed by the love of a crippled woman. This would be the last RKO credit for famed film producer Dore Schary, who would leave the studio soon after the completion of the film....
     (1950)
  • Appointment with Danger
    Appointment with Danger

    Appointment with Danger is a United States crime film noir directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff. The drama features Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, among others....
     (1951)
  • Deadline - U.S.A.
    Deadline - U.S.A.

    Deadline - U.S.A. is a 1952 in film crime film starring Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore and Kim Hunter. A crusading newspaper editor fights a gangster....
     (1952)
  • Carbine Williams
    Carbine Williams

    Carbine Williams is a 1952 United States drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring James Stewart . The film follows the life of its namesake, David Marshall Williams, who invented the M1 carbine while in a North Carolina prison....
     (1952)
  • We're Not Married!
    We're Not Married!

    We're Not Married is a 1952 in film romantic comedy film starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, and Marilyn Monroe....
     (1952)
  • The Bad and the Beautiful
    The Bad and the Beautiful

    The Bad and the Beautiful is a MGM melodramatic film which tells the story of a film producer who alienates all around him. It stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan , and Gloria Grahame....
     (1952)
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler (film)

    The Juggler is a drama film about a survivor of the Holocaust, played by Kirk Douglas. The screenplay was adapted by Michael Blankfort from his novel of the same name....
     (1953)
  • The Joe Louis Story (1953)
  • Deep in My Heart (1954)
  • Kiss Me Deadly
    Kiss Me Deadly

    Kiss Me Deadly is a film noir drama film produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly....
     (1955)
  • The Cobweb
    The Cobweb (film)

    The Cobweb is a MGM film, directed by Vincente Minnelli and based on a novel by William Gibson . The film features an elite cast, revolving around the disturbing psyches of inmates and staff members at a posh psychiatric clinic....
     (1955)
  • Top Secret Affair
    Top Secret Affair

    Top Secret Affair is a 1957 in film romantic comedy film made by Carrollton Inc. and distributed by Warner Bros.. It was directed by H.C. Potter and produced by Martin Rackin and Milton Sperling from a screenplay by Roland Kibbee and Allan Scott ....
     (1957)
  • King Creole
    King Creole

    King Creole is an United States motion picture directed by Michael Curtiz, released by Paramount Pictures on July 2, 1958. The film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, and Walter Matthau....
     (1958)
  • A Child Is Waiting
    A Child Is Waiting

    A Child Is Waiting is a 1963 in film United Artists film , starring Judy Garland and Burt Lancaster. It was the 3rd film directed by John Cassavetes for the Studio system, and his third film overall....
     (1963)
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told is a 1965 in film U.S. motion picture epic film produced and directed by George Stevens and distributed by United Artists....
     (1965)
  • In Cold Blood
    In Cold Blood (film)

    In Cold Blood is a film based on Truman Capote's In Cold Blood . Richard Brooks prepared the adaptation and directed the film. Some scenes were filmed on the locations of the original events, in Garden City and Holcomb, Kansas including the Clutter residence, the site of the murders....
     (1967)
  • How to Commit Marriage
    How to Commit Marriage

    How to Commit Marriage is a 1969 in film comedy film film directed by Norman Panama, featuring Bob Hope and Jackie Gleason in their only movie together....
     (1969)
  • The Day of the Locust
    The Day of the Locust (film)

    The Day of the Locust is a 1975 in film Cinema of the United States drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is based on the The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West....
     (1975)
  • W.C. Fields and Me
    W.C. Fields and Me

    W.C. Fields and Me is a 1976 United States biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller. The screenplay by Bob Merrill is based on a memoir by Carlotta Monti, the screen legend's mistress for the last fourteen years of his life....
     (1976)
  • Opening Night
    Opening Night

    Opening Night is a drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes. The film stars Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, and Zohra Lampert....
     (1977)
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther
    Revenge of the Pink Panther

    Revenge of the Pink Panther is the sixth film in the Pink Panther film series and last with Peter Sellers . The opening credits were animated by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises....
     (1978)
  • The Nativity
    The Nativity (television film)

    The Nativity is a 98-minute long 1978 in television television film set around the Nativity of Jesus and based on the accounts in the canonical Gospels of Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke, in the apocryphal gospels of Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew and Gospel of James, and in the Golden Legend....
     (1978) (TV)
  • S.O.B. (1981)
  • Tempest
    Tempest (1982 film)

    Tempest is an United States comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky. It's a very loose adaptation of the William Shakespeare Play , The Tempest....
     (1982)


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