Paul Newman

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Paul Newman Press Conference of "Road to Perdition" on June 27, 2002
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AKA: Paul Leonard Newman
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/26/1925
Birthplace: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Death Date: 09/26/2008

biography

An iconic figure in Hollywood history, Paul Newman was an Academy Award-winning actor, director, and noted philanthropist who helped define the male lead in motion pictures from the mid-1950s through the 21st century. A background in Method acting helped to deliver his enormous personal charm, intelligence and strength of character to a wide variety of roles – from underdog boxer Rocky Graziano in “Somebody Up There Likes Me” (1955) and the damaged Brick in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958), to roguish anti-heroes in “Harper” (1966), “Cool Hand Luke” (1967), and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Continued

Credits

Narrator
2007
Voice of Doc Hudson
2006
Narrator
2006
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Gallagher
2003
John Rooney
2002
(TV Show)
2001-2001
of Paul Newman
2001
Henry Manning
2000
Dodge Blake
1999
Harry Ross
1998
Ram Bowen
1998
Narration
1997
Sidney J Mussburger
1994
Walter Bridge
1990
"Fast" Eddie Felson
1986
Essex
1979
Doug Roberts
1974
Henry Gondorff
1973
Rearden
1973
Director
1968
Producer
1968
Luke
1967
Professor Michael Armstrong
1966
Hud Bannon
1963
Eddie Felson
1961
Ari Ben Canaan
1960
Alfred Eaton
1960
William Bonney
1958
Brick Pollitt
1958
Harry Bannerman
1958
Ben Quick
1958
Basil
1954
Himself
Captain Jack Harding
Larry Flint
(TV Show)
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Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Max Roby
Max Roby
Director
Rheinhardt
Armand
Donald "Sully" Sullivan
Hank Anderson
Reggie Dunlop
Harry Keach
Jim Kane
Captain Edward Hall Jr
John Russell
Chance Wayne
Frank Capua
Anthony Judson "Tony" Lawrence
Lew Harper
Earl Long
Frank Galvin
General Leslie R Groves
Juan Carrasco
Andrew Craig
Steve Sherman
screenplay
Producer
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
1943 
Dropped from flight training (because he was color blind) and spent WWII as a US Naval Reserve radio operator
1950 
Managed the family sporting goods business after his father's death
1952 
TV-acting debut, "Kraft Television Theatre"
1953 
Broadway theater debut in William Inge's "Picnic"; met future wife Joanne Woodward who was an understudy
1954 
Film acting debut, "The Silver Chalice"
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