Paul Winfield

Was an American television, film, and stage 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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The Terminator (1984)

IntenseClassicFuturisticThought provoking

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cameron
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Michael Biehn  •  Linda Hamilton  •  Paul Winfield

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cameron
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Michael Biehn  •  Linda Hamilton  •  Paul Winfield

Carbon Copy (1981)

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  George Segal  •  Susan Saint James  •  Jack Warden

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a working-class black teen-age son who wants to be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white upper-middle-class community of San Marino, California.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  George Segal  •  Susan Saint James  •  Jack Warden

Cliffhanger (1993)

Adventurous

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  John Lithgow  •  Michael Rooker  •  Janine Turner

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  John Lithgow  •  Michael Rooker  •  Janine Turner

Mars Attacks! (1996)

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Glenn Close  •  Annette Bening  •  Pierce Brosnan

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Burton
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Glenn Close  •  Annette Bening  •  Pierce Brosnan

Presumed Innocent (1990)

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan J. Pakula
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Brian Dennehy  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Bonnie Bedelia

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan J. Pakula
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Brian Dennehy  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Bonnie Bedelia

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Meyer
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Leonard Nimoy  •  DeForest Kelley  •  James Doohan

It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Meyer
CAST:  William Shatner  •  Leonard Nimoy  •  DeForest Kelley  •  James Doohan

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Roscoe Lee Browne  •  Charles Durning  •  Joseph Cotten

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Roscoe Lee Browne  •  Charles Durning  •  Joseph Cotten

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969)

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet  •  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Coretta Scott King  •  Joanne Woodward  •  Ralph Abernathy

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet  •  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Coretta Scott King  •  Joanne Woodward  •  Ralph Abernathy

White Dog (1982)

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Fuller
CAST:  Kristy McNichol  •  Paul Winfield  •  Burl Ives  •  Jameson Parker

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Fuller
CAST:  Kristy McNichol  •  Paul Winfield  •  Burl Ives  •  Jameson Parker

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Bill Pullman  •  Cathy Tyson  •  Zakes Mokae  •  Paul Winfield

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wes Craven
CAST:  Bill Pullman  •  Cathy Tyson  •  Zakes Mokae  •  Paul Winfield

Trouble Man (1972)

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Dixon
CAST:  Robert Hooks  •  William Smithers  •  Paul Winfield  •  Ralph Waite

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Dixon
CAST:  Robert Hooks  •  William Smithers  •  Paul Winfield  •  Ralph Waite

Original Gangstas (1996)

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Cohen
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Pam Grier  •  Jim Brown  •  Paul Winfield

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Cohen
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Pam Grier  •  Jim Brown  •  Paul Winfield

The Greatest (1977)

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman  •  Tom Gries
CAST:  Muhammad Ali  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Sally Bondi  •  Richard Gullage

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman  •  Tom Gries
CAST:  Muhammad Ali  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Sally Bondi  •  Richard Gullage

The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

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

DIRECTION:  Donna Deitch
CAST:  Oprah Winfrey  •  Mary Alice  •  Olivia Cole  •  Robin Givens

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

DIRECTION:  Donna Deitch
CAST:  Oprah Winfrey  •  Mary Alice  •  Olivia Cole  •  Robin Givens

Death Before Dishonor (1987)

Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and presence to avoid upsetting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Leonard
CAST:  Fred Dryer  •  Joseph Gian  •  Sasha Mitchell  •  Peter Parros

Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and presence to avoid upsetting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Leonard
CAST:  Fred Dryer  •  Joseph Gian  •  Sasha Mitchell  •  Peter Parros

Dennis the Menace (1993)

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Castle
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Mason Gamble  •  Joan Plowright  •  Christopher Lloyd

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Castle
CAST:  Walter Matthau  •  Mason Gamble  •  Joan Plowright  •  Christopher Lloyd

Assignment Berlin (1998)

Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot. She is then informed by the German inspector assigned to her father's case ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Randel
CAST:  Sammi Davis  •  Cliff Robertson  •  Dominic Raacke  •  Jan Niklas

Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot. She is then informed by the German inspector assigned to her father's case ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Randel
CAST:  Sammi Davis  •  Cliff Robertson  •  Dominic Raacke  •  Jan Niklas

The Lost Man (1969)

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Alan Aurthur
CAST:  Sidney Poitier  •  Joanna Shimkus  •  Al Freeman Jr.  •  Michael Tolan

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Alan Aurthur
CAST:  Sidney Poitier  •  Joanna Shimkus  •  Al Freeman Jr.  •  Michael Tolan

High Velocity (1976)

Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped executive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Remi Kramer
CAST:  Ben Gazzara  •  Britt Ekland  •  Paul Winfield  •  Keenan Wynn

Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped executive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Remi Kramer
CAST:  Ben Gazzara  •  Britt Ekland  •  Paul Winfield  •  Keenan Wynn

Sister, Sister (1982)

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Diahann Carroll  •  Rosalind Cash  •  Irene Cara  •  Paul Winfield

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Berry
CAST:  Diahann Carroll  •  Rosalind Cash  •  Irene Cara  •  Paul Winfield
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