OT: R.I.P., Paul Winfield

L.A.var

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Mar 10, 2004, 12:53:27 PM3/10/04

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"Actor Paul Winfield, who played civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on
television and earned an Oscar nomination for his role as a share-cropping
father in 'Sounder,' has died at age 62 as the result of suffering a heart
attack Sunday night in a Los Angeles area hospital." --Reuters

Paul was well known as a character actor, who popped up in various films at
some of the most unexpected moments. I can still remember him as a doomed
Starfleet officer in "Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan," and as the police
officer hoping to help the Sarah Connor character in "Terminator."

He could also be seen guest starring in television shows, and heard providing
his vocal talents for many characters in a whole slew of animated T.V. series.
Perhaps my favorite role this guy played was the comical "Mirror" character in
that short-lived ABC sitcom back in the 1980s...known as "The Charmings.".

Paul Winfield was a great talent who will be sorely missed.

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Richard Davidson

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Mar 10, 2004, 12:59:14 PM3/10/04

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In article <nrw64oxnpn...@news.rockynewsgroup.org>, L.A.var
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> He could also be seen guest starring in television shows, and heard providing
> his vocal talents for many characters in a whole slew of animated T.V. series.

He was the narrator for one of my favorite shows, City Confidential on A&E.

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Melissa Yowhan

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Mar 10, 2004, 1:32:19 PM3/10/04

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Paul Winfield also costarred amazingly alongside Tim Curry in the T.V.
show "Wiseguy". I think he was a fantastic actor.

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Sean Twomey

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Mar 10, 2004, 6:49:30 PM3/10/04

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<Sigh> Another one...

To Absent Friends...

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Sean Twomey

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Mar 10, 2004, 8:58:01 PM3/10/04

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OMG, I just IMDB'd Paul Winfield... I think Terminator was the first major
role I saw him in... I had no idea he'd done so much or been acting for so
long... :-o His earliest listed credit was a Perry Mason episode in
1957...

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