Winfield died of a heart attack in 2004 he was 64. He also appeared in productions Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. His only Broadway production, Checkmates, in 1988, co-starring Ruby Dee, was also the Broadway debut of Denzel Washington. Throughout his career, Winfield frequently managed to perform in the theatre. He won an Emmy Award, in 1995, for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his appearance in an episode of the CBS drama Picket Fences. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance in the King and Roots: The Next Generations. At the time of his death, he was a narrator for the A&E show City Confidential. He also played the long-lost father of Harriette Winslow and her sister Rachel Crawford on Family Matters. ![]() He was 'The Mirror' on the TV show The Charmings (1987-1988). He also provided 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. 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 in a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. He was Captain Clark Terrell in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a friendly but crusty cop partnered with Lance Henriksen in The Terminator. Winfield gained many fans for several of his brief but memorable roles in science fiction TV programs and movies. Winfield also starred in more recent miniseries, including Roots: The Next Generations, Queen: The Story of an American Family and Scarlett. Winfield played the part of 'Jim the Slave' in Huckleberry Finn (1974) which was a musical. He appeared in the 2003 Disney-produced television remake of Sounder. Though it should be noted that Sounder co-star Cicely Tyson was also nominated that year for a leading role, for Best Actress. ![]() In 1973, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1972 film Sounder, becoming the third African American to ever earn a nomination for a leading role, after Dorothy Dandridge and Sidney Poitier. He also starred as Martin Luther King, Jr. He first became well-known to audiences when he appeared for several years opposite Diahann Carroll on the US television series Julia. Winfield was born in Los Angeles, California. Winfield was openly gay in his private life, but remained discreet about it in the public eye. Paul Edward Winfield was an Academy Award-nominated American television and film actor.
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