Paul Winfield

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Paul Winfield as Captain Clark Terrell in 1982
Image:	As Captain Clark Terrell (1982)
Gender:	Male
Born:	May 22, 1939
Died:	March 7, 2004
Image:	As Captain Dathon (1991)

Actor Paul Winfield (22 May 1939 – 7 March 2004; age 64) is best known to Star Trek fans for playing Captain Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Captain Dathon in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok".

Achievements

Winfield received an Oscar nomination in 1973 for his leading role in the film Sounder, at the time being only the third African-American to be nominated for the award. One of his final acting appearances would be a made-for-TV remake of this film in 2003. (Actress Janet MacLachlan, from TOS: "The Alternative Factor", also had a role in the original Sounder.)

Winfield earned his first Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1978 mini-series King. Fellow Trek alumni Cliff de Young and Roy Jenson also had roles in this series, which earned eight other Emmy nominations, including Best Limited Series.

In 1979, Winfield received a second Emmy nomination for his role as Dr. Horace Huguley in the acclaimed mini-series Roots: The Next Generations. He was a part of an ensemble cast which also included DS9's Brock Peters and Bernie Casey, TOS's Logan Ramsey, Percy Rodriguez, and Jason Wingreen, TNG guest actor Albert Hall, Trek movie actor Bill Quinn, and frequent Trek guests Bruce French and John Rubinstein.

In 1995, Winfield won his first Emmy Award (his third nomination) for his 1994 guest appearance in an episode of Picket Fences, a series which starred actor Ray Walston, also known as Boothby from TNG and VOY.

Other Works

Before Sounder, Winfield had a recurring role in the sitcom Julia from 1968 through 1970. In 1973, nearly ten years before The Wrath of Khan, Winfield appeared alongside his future co-star William Shatner (as well as Darleen Carr and France Nuyen) in the 1973 TV movie The Horror at 37,000 Feet.

Following his Oscar nomination, Winfield went on to star in the film Conrack (1974), in which he co-starred with future Star Trek guest actress Madge Sinclair (whom he would appear with again in the 1993 mini-series Queen: The Story of an American Family). In 1977, he starred in Damnation Alley, which featured TOS guest actor Seamon Glass in a small role. And in 1978, he starred in the film A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich, which featured future Star Trek: Enterprise guest star Bill Cobbs.

Winfield is also well known for his role in the 1984 classic The Terminator (also featuring frequent Trek guest actors, Brian Thompson and Dick Miller). Winfield would follow this with roles in such films as Presumed Innocent (1990, with Tucker Smallwood), Cliffhanger (1993, alongside Bruce McGill), and Mars Attacks! (1996, alongside Michael Reilly Burke and Jeanne Mori). He also had recurring roles on the television series L.A. Law and Touched by an Angel.

Winfield worked with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock actor Robert Hooks on several projects, beginning with the 1972 "blaxploitation" film Trouble Man. This was followed by the 1979 TV mini-series Backstairs at the White House, which also featured Winfield's Wrath of Khan co-star Bibi Besch, as well other Trek alumni such as Noble Willingham and Bill Quinn. Winfield, Hooks, and Besch would also co-star with each other in the 1981 made-for-television movie The Sophisticated Gents, also featuring Bernie Casey and Alfre Woodard. And in 1982, Winfield and Hooks co-starred together in the TV movie Sister, Sister.

He also appeared with Star Trek: The Motion Picture actor Stephen Collins in two TV mini-series. The first was 1982's The Blue and the Gray, which also featured the likes of Robin Gammell, Gregg Henry, William Lucking, Charles Napier, Duncan Regehr, Dan Shor, and Noble Willingham. The second was 1993's Scarlett, the sequel to Gone with the Wind which also starred colm Meaney.

Winfield was one of many Star Trek alumni to lend their voice to the animated series Gargoyles. The others include Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, and Michael Dorn from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Avery Brooks from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Kate Mulgrew from Star Trek: Voyager, Nichelle Nichols from Star Trek: The Original Series, and notable guest actors David Warner and W. Morgan Sheppard.

Death

Sadly, Winfield died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 64. He died in Los Angeles, California, the city where he was born. His final acting appearance was, coincidently, the penultimate episode of Touched by an Angel on April 26th, 2003.

Trivia

Winfield was the cousin of one-time TOS guest star William Marshall. The two appeared together in the 1977 thriller Twilight's Last Gleaming. Marshall passed away in 2003.

He has voiced in two different animated Batman series: the 1990s version, in an episode which also featured the voices of John de Lancie and Loren Lester; and the more recent Batman Beyond, on which he voiced the character of District Attorney Sam Young in several episodes. Other Star Trek actors he worked with on the latter series include Teri Garr, Larry Cedar, Clyde Kusatsu, and Michael McKean.

External Links

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• Paul Winfield at Wikipedia