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Paul Winfield (May 22, 1941 – March 7, 2004)
was an United States|American television and film
actor.

Born in Los Angeles, California, he first became
well-known to audiences when he appeared for
several years opposite Diahann Carroll on the
groundbreaking television series Julia
(television)|Julia. He also starred as Martin
Luther King, Jr. in the miniseries King. In 1972,
he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor for Sounder, being only the third
African-American to ever earn a nomination for
this award.

Winfield also starred in more recent miniseries,
including Roots: The Next Generation, Alex Haley's
Queen and Scarlett.

Winfield gained many fans for several of his brief
but memorable roles in science fiction TV programs
and movies. He was Captain Clark Terrell, an
unwitting minion of Khan Noonien Singh, in Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a friendly but
crusty cop partnered with Lance Henriksen in The
Terminator. On the small screen, he appeared as
General Richard Franklin, father of regular
character Dr. Stephen Franklin, on Babylon 5 and
as an alien captain who communicates in metaphor
in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
"Darmok (TNG episode)|Darmok." He also provided
voice actor|voices on the cartoons Spider-Man, The
Magic School Bus, Batman Beyond, and The Simpsons,
on the latter voicing the Don King parody Lucius
Sweet.

Winfield died of a myocardial infarction|heart
attack in 2004. At the time of his death, he was a
narrator for the A&E show City Confidential. His
long-time partner, architect Charles Gillan Jr.
predeceased him.

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lived|b=1941|d=2004|key=Winfield, Paul