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