
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.

Citizen Kane
1941 · as Raymond

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · as Questor

Government Girl
1943 · as Branch Owens

Revenge of the Pink Panther
1978 · as Julio Scallini

The Other Side of the Wind
2018 · as Matt Costello

In Cold Blood
1967 · as Jensen

Mr. Lucky
1943 · as Zepp

Bite the Bullet
1975 · as J.B. Parker (uncredited)

King Creole
1958 · as Charlie LeGrand

Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · as Carl Evello

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · as Syd Murphy

Twelve O'Clock High
1949 · as Major "Doc" Kaiser (flight surgeon)

S.O.B.
1981 · as Harry Sandler

Opening Night
1977 · as David Samuels

F for Fake
1973 · as Self

Deadline - U.S.A.
1952 · as Harry Thompson

The Day of the Locust
1975 · as Helverston

The Cobweb
1955 · as Dr. Otto Wolff