Was an American television, film, and stage actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
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Known For
The Terminator
(1984)
Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Dennis the Menace
(1993)
Chief of Police
Mars Attacks!
(1996)
General Casey
Cliffhanger
(1993)
Walter Wright
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(1982)
Captain Clark Terrell
Presumed Innocent
(1990)
Judge Larren Lyttle
The Serpent and the Rainbow
(1988)
Lucien Celine
Tyson
(1995)
Don King
White Dog
(1982)
Keys
Carbon Copy
(1981)
Bob Garvey
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(1977)
Willis Powell
Damnation Alley
(1977)
Keegan
Hustle
(1975)
Louis Belgrave
Sounder
(1972)
Nathan Lee Morgan
Trouble Man
(1972)
Chalky Price
Original Gangstas
(1996)
Reverend Dorsey
Full Filmography
Acting
Who's Minding the Mint?
(1967)
Garbage Man
The Perils of Pauline
(1967)
African Servant
The New Cinema
(1968)
Self - Interviewer / Narrator
The Lost Man
(1969)
Orville Turner
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
(1970)
Self (archive footage)
R.P.M.
(1970)
Steve Dempsey
Brother John
(1971)
Henry Birkardt
Sounder
(1972)
Nathan Lee Morgan
Trouble Man
(1972)
Chalky Price
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
(1973)
Dr. Enkalla
Gordon's War
(1973)
Gordon Hudson
It's Good to Be Alive
(1974)
Roy Campanella
Huckleberry Finn
(1974)
Jim
Conrack
(1974)
Mad Billy
Hustle
(1975)
Louis Belgrave
High Velocity
(1976)
The Greatest
(1977)
Draft Lawyer
Damnation Alley
(1977)
Keegan
Green Eyes
(1977)
Lloyd Dubeck
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(1977)
Willis Powell
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
(1977)
Butler
Angel City
(1980)
Cy
Only the Ball Was White
(1980)
Narrator
Carbon Copy
(1981)
Bob Garvey
White Dog
(1982)
Keys
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
(1982)
Captain Clark Terrell
Sister, Sister
(1982)
Eddie Craven
Dreams Don't Die
(1982)
Charlie Banks
On the Run
(1983)
Harry
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
(1983)
Mike's Murder
(1984)
Phillip
The Terminator
(1984)
Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Go Tell It on the Mountain
(1985)
Gabriel Grimes
Under Siege
(1986)
Andrew Simon
Blue City
(1986)
Chief Luther Reynolds
Big Shots
(1987)
Johnnie Red
Death Before Dishonor
(1987)
Ambassador
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
(1987)
George Hairston
The Mighty Pawns
(1987)
Mr. Wright
The Serpent and the Rainbow
(1988)
Lucien Celine
The Women of Brewster Place
(1989)
Sam Michael
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
(1990)
Jim Watson
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
(1990)
Doctor Dantley
Presumed Innocent
(1990)
Judge Larren Lyttle
The Wish That Changed Christmas
(1991)
Mr. Smith (voice)
Irresistible Force
(1993)
Commander Toole
Dennis the Menace
(1993)
Chief of Police
Cliffhanger
(1993)
Walter Wright
Breathing Lessons
(1994)
Daniel Otis
The Killing Jar
(1994)
Judge
Tyson
(1995)
Don King
White Dwarf
(1995)
Dr. Akada
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
(1995)
The Old Man
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
(1995)
Papa Joe
Original Gangstas
(1996)
Reverend Dorsey
Mars Attacks!
(1996)
General Casey
The Legend of Gator Face
(1996)
Bob
The Assassination File
(1996)
Senator Alan Laskey
Dead of Night
(1996)
Vernon
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
(1996)
Horace
Strategic Command
(1997)
Rowan
Assignment Berlin
(1998)
Al Spector
Relax... It's Just Sex
(1998)
Auntie Mahalia
March to Freedom
(1999)
Narrator
The Unfinished Journey
(1999)
Narrator (voice)
Strange Justice
(1999)
Thurgood Marshall
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
(1999)
Harold Williams
Knockout
(2000)
Ron Regent
Vegas, City of Dreams
(2001)
Edgar Jones
Second to Die
(2002)
Detective Grady
Sounder
(2003)
The Teacher