Paul Newman
American actor (1925-2008) · United States · Actors · Died at 83
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Something wrong?Those blue eyes sold a hundred roles, but Newman turned the money around: every cent from his salad dressing empire went to charity, over half a billion dollars by the time he died.
A life in dates
CarsFilm, Doc Hudson (voice)2005Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward2000“Building weapons that we don’t need, don’t work, and aren’t necessary, and have no mission - that’s not bad politics, that’s robbery.”In their wordsFebruary 2000Quoted in "Working for New Priorities," interview with Anita Merina, NEA Today (February 2000)
Where the Money IsFilm, 2000Henry1994Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAwardJean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardAward
Nobody's FoolFilm, 1994Sully Sullivan1993
Late Show with David LettermanSeries1992Kennedy Center HonorsAward1991Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from WantAward1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Paul Newman (voice)
Fat Man and Little BoyFilm, 1989Gen. Leslie R. Groves1988“The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed.”In their wordsQuoted in Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein (Delacorte Press, 1988, ),“I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.”In their wordsQuoted in Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein (1988), p. 3141987Academy Award for Best ActorAward1986“I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.”In their words28 September 1986Quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (28 September 1986), section 6, page 16, column 1Academy Honorary AwardAward1985Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement AwardAward1982“I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.”In their words6 December 1982Quoted in John Skow, "Verdict on a Superstar," Time (6 December 1982)
The VerdictFilm, 1982Frank Galvin1980
When Time Ran Out...Film, Hank Anderson1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries1975“I've repeatedly said that for people as little in common as Joanne and myself, we have an uncommonly good marriage.”In their wordsQuoted in Paul Newman (1975) by Charles Hamblett , p. 176
The Drowning PoolFilm, 1975Lew Harper1973
The MacKintosh ManFilm, Producer1971Film '72Series1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidFilm, Producer1966
HarperFilm, Lew Harper1962
Sweet Bird of YouthFilm, Chance Wayne1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960
ExodusFilm, Ari Ben Canaan1956
Somebody Up There Likes MeFilm, Rocky Graziano1953Theatre World AwardAward
The OscarsSeries, 19531950
Armstrong Circle TheatreSeries, Jimmy Polo1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1925Born26 January 1925Also in Deutsch
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United States Navy photograph of Newman, 1944 or 1945
Newman in 1954
Newman in The Hustler (1961)
Newman on the set of Once Upon a Wheel (1971)
Newman (left) and director George Roy Hill on the set of Slap Shot in 1976
Newman at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
Newman with his second wife, actress Joanne Woodward, in a publicity photograph for the 1958 film The Long, Hot SummerIn their own words 10
, Building weapons that we don’t need, don’t work, and aren’t necessary, and have no mission - that’s not bad politics, that’s robbery.
I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything.
The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed.
Filmography 40
CACars 3
WBWaking Sleeping BeautyCACars
MGMater and the Ghostlight
RPRoad to PerditionWIWhere the Money Is
MBMessage in a Bottle
TWTwilight
TPThe Hudsucker ProxyNFNobody's Fool
LALa Classe américaineFBFat Man and Little Boy
TMThe Color of MoneyTVThe Verdict
AMAbsence of Malice
FBFort Apache, the BronxWOWhen Time Ran Out...
SSSlap Shot
SMSilent Movie
BLBuffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonTPThe Drowning Pool
TIThe Towering Inferno
TSThe StingTMThe MacKintosh Man
TBThe Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanBKButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
CLCool Hand Luke
HOHombre
TCTorn CurtainHAHarper
WGWhat a Way to Go!
HUHud
TPThe PrizeSYSweet Bird of Youth
THThe HustlerEXExodus
CRCat on a Hot Tin Roof
TSThe Long, Hot Summer
TGThe Left Handed GunSMSomebody Up There Likes Me203 credits on file
Television 24
SSSuperpowered: The DC Story
BABaseballLLLate Show with David Letterman
TLThe Tonight Show with Jay LenoTSThe Simpsons
APAmerican PlayhouseTHThe Kennedy Center Honors
SCSpécial cinéma
TSThe Dick Cavett Show
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TSThe Merv Griffin ShowTSThe Mike Douglas Show
TATony AwardsTOThe Oscars
THThe United States Steel Hour
TTTales of Tomorrow
WLWhat's My Line?ATArmstrong Circle Theatre
SUSuspense
TPThe Philco Television PlayhouseTSThe Ed Sullivan Show
KTKraft Television TheatreGAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Born in the Cleveland suburbs in 1925, Newman drifted through a degree in drama and economics at Kenyon College before studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. His first starring Broadway role came in 1953 with William Inge's Picnic; fifty years later he closed with Our Town. Between them stretched a film career that collected nine Oscar nominations - he won Best Actor for The Color of Money in 1986 - and a string of performances that defined mid-century American cool: The Hustler, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting. Away from the camera he raced cars competitively, winning national championships in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and co-founded Newman's Own, the food company whose post-tax profits have funded children's camps and clean water projects long past his death in 2008. He was married twice, the second time to Joanne Woodward, and they worked together onscreen and off for decades.
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