Paul Stewart
1908-03-13 ( 117 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Tempest 1982-08-13
S.O.B. 1981-07-01
The Pilot 1980-11-26
Power 1980-01-14
The Nativity 1978-12-17
Opening Night 1977-12-22
Murph the Surf 1975-06-11
Carter's Army 1975-05-25
F for Fake 1973-09-01
Jigsaw 1968-06-05
In Cold Blood 1967-12-15
King Creole 1958-07-02
The Wild Party 1956-12-21
The Cobweb 1955-06-07
Kiss Me Deadly 1955-04-28
The Juggler 1953-05-11
Loan Shark 1952-05-23
Edge of Doom 1950-08-03
Easy Living 1949-10-08
Illegal Entry 1949-06-01
The Window 1949-05-10
Champion 1949-04-09
Berlin Express 1948-05-01
Mr. Lucky 1943-07-01
Johnny Eager 1941-12-09
Citizen Kane 1941-04-17
Ever Since Eve 1937-07-15