Paul Stewart

Acting · Born 1908-03-13 in New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Citizen Kane as Raymond
• The Greatest Story Ever Told as Questor
• Deep in My Heart as Bert Townsend
• Revenge of the Pink Panther as Julio Scallini
• We're Not Married! as Attorney Stone
• Appointment with Danger as Earl Boettiger
• The Bad and the Beautiful as Syd Murphy
• The Window as Joe Kellerson
• Champion as Tommy Haley
• Opening Night as David Samuels