Paul Winfield Paul Winfield was an American actor best known to " Star Trek " fans for playing Captain Clark Terrell in and Captain Dathon in the fifth season episode in . Winfield filmed his scenes for " Darmok " between Tuesday and Friday on Paramount Stage 9 , Paramount Stage 16 , and on location at Bronson Canyon . For his two day location shooting , he was picked up at home at 2 : 45 am and 6 : 45 am and brought to the studio where he received his make up from Michael Westmore , Gerald Quist , and Ed French before he was brought to location . Winfield appeared in roughly 125 films and television shows . Among the roles for which he is known are his - nominated portrayal of a Depression - era Louisiana sharecropper in the 1973 film " Sounder " and his - nominated performance as Dr . Martin Luther King in the 1978 mini - series " King " . He is also known for his supporting roles in such films as " The Terminator " and " Mars Attacks ! " and for narrating the A & E series " City Confidential " . Winfield is one of only three " Star Trek " alumni to have been nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category . The others were F . Murray Abraham and Frank Langella ; thus far , Abraham is the only one to win the award . In his afterword in the novelization of the episode , Steven Barnes noted that Winfield ' s film characters tended not to survive and that they usually died to protect white characters . Barnes commented : " " Poor Paul Winfield actually made a career out of dying in SF movies . " Wrath of Khan " ( protecting William Shatner ) , " Terminator " ( protecting Linda Hamilton ) , " Serpent and the Rainhow " ( protecting Bill Pullman ) and , most insultingly , in " Damnation Alley " . Oh , I remember watching that movie . In fact , I ' ll never forget it " " . Personal life . Winfield was born in Los Angeles , California . He attended four colleges : the University of Portland , Stanford University , Los Angeles City College , and the University of California at Los Angeles . He was openly gay in his private life , though he remained discreet about this fact in public . 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 . Winfield , who battled obesity and diabetes , died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 62 in Los Angeles . He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills with his partner of thirty years , architect Charles Gillan , Jr . , who died of bone cancer in 2002 . Awards and nominations . Winfield received an Academy Award 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 was a made - for - television remake of this film in 2003 . ( Actress Janet MacLachlan , from , 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 DeYoung 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 ' 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 . Early career . Winfield became known to television audiences for his role as Paul Cameron , ' s love interest , in the NBC sitcom " Julia " . Winfield played Paul from 1968 through 1970 ; when he left in the latter year , he was replaced by TOS guest actor Fred Williamson as Steve Bruce . Winfield later worked with Williamson in the 1996 film " Original Gangsta " . Prior to being cast in " Julia " , Winfield guest - starred in such programs as " Perry Mason " ( in an episode with Anthony Caruso and Seamon Glass ) , " The F . B . I . " ( starring Stephen Brooks ) , and " Mission : Impossible " ( with Sid Haig ) . During his run on " Julia " , he was also seen in such shows as " The High Chaparral " ( starring Henry Darrow ) and " Mannix " ( in an episode with Susan Oliver ) . In addition , he made appearances in two episodes of " Ironside " , one in 1968 with Gene Lyons and another in 1972 . Winfield made his film debut in the 1969 drama " The Lost Man " . His second film was 1970 ' s " R . P . M . " , in which he co - starred with Gary Lockwood , Graham Jarvis , and John McLiam . Winfield then appeared in the 1971 film " Brother John " , directed by James Goldstone . In 1973 , nearly ten years before " The Wrath of Khan " , Winfield appeared alongside his future co - star William Shatner in the TV movie " The Horror at 37 , 000 Feet " . Darleen Carr and France Nuyen also appeared in this production . Following his Oscar nomination for " Sounder " , Winfield starred in the 1974 film " Conrack " , in which he co - starred with fellow TNG and " Star Trek " film guest performer Madge Sinclair ( whom he would appear with again in the 1993 mini - series " Queen : The Story of an American Family " ) . He then portrayed Jim in the 1974 version of " Huckleberry Finn " and had a major supporting role in the 1975 film " Hustle " . In 1977 , he starred in " Damnation Alley " , which featured TOS guest actor Seamon Glass in a small role . The following year Winfield starred in the film " A Hero Ain ' t Nothin ' But a Sandwich " , which featured guest star Bill Cobbs . Winfield worked with Robert Hooks on several projects , beginning with the 1972 " blaxploitation " film " Trouble Man " ( co - starring William Smithers ) . This was followed by the 1979 TV mini - series " Backstairs at the White House " , which 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 also co - starred with each other in the 1981 made - for - television movie " The Sophisticated Gents " , which featured Bernie Casey and Alfre Woodard . The following year Winfield and Hooks co - starred together in the TV movie " Sister , Sister " . Later career . Winfield is well known for his role as Lieutenant Ed Traxler in the 1984 blockbuster science fiction / action film " The Terminator " , which also featured Earl Boen , Dick Miller , and Brian Thompson . Winfield followed this with roles in such films as " Presumed Innocent " ( 1990 , with Tucker Smallwood ) , " Cliffhanger " ( 1993 , alongside Bruce McGill ) , and " Mars Attacks ! " ( 1996 , with Michael Reilly Burke and Jeanne Mori ) . He also worked with Christopher Lloyd in the 1993 family film " Dennis the Menace " . He appeared with 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 starred Colm Meaney . Winfield and fellow TNG guest actor Paul Eiding were regulars on the short - lived comedy series " The Charmings " , which aired on ABC during the 1987 - 1988 season . Winfield then appeared in the recurring role of Isaac Twine on the CBS comedy series " Wiseguy " , working with Jonathan Banks , Mick Fleetwood , Ken Jenkins , Pamela Segall , and Ron Taylor . Winfield was a regular on the NBC comedy series " 227 " during the show ' s fifth and final season ( 1989 - 1990 ) , where he played the role of Julian C . Barlow . Afterward , he had a recurring role as Derron Holloway on the NBC drama series " L . A . Law " , working with series regulars Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake , as well as fellow guest stars James Avery , Paul Eiding , John Hancock , Anne Haney , Jennifer Hetrick , Diana Muldaur , and John Vickery . David Carson and Win Phelps were among the directors Winfield worked with on the show . In 1995 , Winfield guest - starred in the " GROPOS " episode of the science fiction series " " . Art Chudabala and Marie Marshall also appeared in this episode , along with series regulars Robert Rusler , David L . Crowley , Andreas Katsulas and Bill Mumy . That same year , Winfield co - starred with Neal McDonough , Roy Brocksmith , and Michael McGrady in the TV movie " White Dwarf " . Winfield played famed boxing promoter Don King in the 1995 biographical TV movie " Tyson " , co - starring Lilyan Chauvin and James B . Sikking . Winfield later supplied the voice of boxing manager Lucius Sweet , a parody of Don King , in two episodes of the long - running animated series " The Simpsons " . The title of Winfield ' s second episode as Sweet , " The Trouble with Trillions , " is an obvious reference to the episode . Winfield was one of many " Star Trek " alumni to lend their voice to the animated series " Gargoyles " . The others include LeVar Burton , Michael Dorn , Jonathan Frakes , Marina Sirtis , and Brent Spiner from " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , Avery Brooks from DS9 , Colm Meaney from both TNG and DS9 , Kate Mulgrew from , Nichelle Nichols from TOS , and notable guest actors David Warner and W . Morgan Sheppard . He also voiced in two different animated " Batman " series : the 1990s version , in the episode " The Mechanic " , which also featured the voices of Barry Gordon , John de Lancie , Loren Lester and Paul Williams ; 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 . From 1995 through 2003 , Winfield had a recurring role as senior supervising angel Sam on the CBS drama series " Touched by an Angel " . He appeared in thirteen episodes of the show , including ones featuring Ivar Brogger , Jim Metzler , Charles Rocket , David Ogden Stiers , Kenneth Tigar , Harley Venton , and Craig Wasson . Winfield ' s final acting appearance before his death was in the penultimate episode of " Touched by an Angel " , which aired on 26 April 2003 . Winfield was the narrator of the A & E true crime series " City Confidential " from the show ' s premiere in 1999 until his death in 2004 . The last episode he narrated aired on 13 March 2004 , less than a week after his death .