Happy Birthday: Paul Newman (1925–2008)

Paul Newman (1925–2008)

Born: January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Died: September 26, 2008 (age 83) in Westport, Connecticut, USA

[his advice to young actors just starting out] Study your craft and know who you are and what’s special about you. Find out what everyone does on a film set, ask questions and listen. Make sure you live life, which means don’t do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.

I’ve repeatedly said that for people as little in common as Joanne and myself, we have an uncommonly good marriage. We are actors. We make pictures and that’s about all we have in common. Maybe that’s enough. Wives shouldn’t feel obligated to accompany their husbands to a ball game, husbands do look a bit silly attending morning coffee breaks with the neighborhood wives when most men are out at work. Husbands and wives should have separate interests, cultivate different sets of friends and not impose on the other…You can’t spend a lifetime breathing down each other’s necks.

Cat on a Half Tin Roof 1958 dir. Richard Brooks Cast Newman Elizabeth Taylor

The Long, Hot Summer 1958 dir. Martin Ritt starring Newman Orson Welles Joanne Woodward

The Left Handed Gun 1958 dir. Arthur Penn Cast Paul Newman Lita Milan

The Hustler 1961 dir. by Robert Rossen starring Newman Jackie Gleason

Sweet Bird of Youth 1962 dir. Richard Brooks Cast Paul Newman Geraldine Page Hud 1963 dir. Martin Ritt Cast Newman Melvyn Douglas Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 dir. Robert Wise Cast Paul Newman Pier Angeli Torn Curtain 1966 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock starring Newman Julie Andrews THE SECRET WAR OF HARRY FRIGG 1968 dir. Jack Smight Cast: Paul Newman Sylva Koscina

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 dir. George Roy Hill starring Newman Robert Redford

The Sting 1973 dir. George Roy Hill starring Newman Robert Redford

The Towering Inferno 1974 dir. John Guillermin Irwin Allen Starring Steve McQueen Paul Newman

Slap Shot 1977 dir. George Roy Hill starring Newman

The Verdict 1982 dir. Sydney Lumet Cast Paul Newman Charlotte Rampling

The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 dir. Joel and Ethan Coen Cast Tim Robbins Jennifer Jason Leigh

Road to Perdition 2002 dir. Mendes starring Tom Hanks Newman

Cars 2006 dir. John Lasseter Joe Ranft Voices by Owen Wilson Paul Newman

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