I don't think he was a great actor but he portrayed some characters exceedingly well. He did have a tendency to ham it up a bit with that grin/smirk getting way too much usage. But many of these films were fantastically entertaining and I admit to watching all of them many times, over the years.
"Harper."
"Hombre."
"Left-handed Gun."
"The Philadelphians."
"The Long Hot Summer."
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
"Hud," however, I'd put in a different category, altogether. Excellent film and Paul was brilliant.
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Topic - Okay, he deserves this: your favorite Paul Newman films. - tinear 20:37:49 08/11/08 (25)
- Butch and the Kid, Sting ^ - Road Warrior 12:12:30 08/18/08 (0)
- Road to Perdition-he got better at acting as he got older. - Duilawyer 16:56:05 08/16/08 (0)
- "Nobody's Fool" - petew 13:39:13 08/14/08 (0)
- He was a "star" who could act. - Harmonia 00:15:57 08/13/08 (5)
- he was a star who could drive like a bat out of Hell.. - petew 13:45:31 08/14/08 (1)
- In the 60s, when I met him as we campaigned for McCarthy in - tinear 18:40:46 08/14/08 (0)
- RE: He was a "star" who could act. - patrickU 00:24:04 08/14/08 (0)
- I hope I didn't damn him with faint praise. There are few actors whose - tinear 20:23:08 08/13/08 (0)
- Very nicely put... - mpathus 19:48:33 08/13/08 (0)
- Probably Hud and Cat... The Hustler too. - Victor Khomenko 19:19:31 08/12/08 (0)
- Exodus - ArdRi 18:47:43 08/12/08 (0)
- "Cars" - dwill123 18:45:29 08/12/08 (0)
- I like Hud as his best work - PhilJ 17:43:28 08/12/08 (1)
- RE: I like Hud as his best work - Harmonia 00:17:42 08/13/08 (0)
- Funny. Nobody's mentioned - tinear 15:39:25 08/12/08 (1)
- though not really true - PhilJ 10:38:46 08/13/08 (0)
- "Hud" - and there's no doubt he was a great actor...(nt) - mkuller 10:49:36 08/12/08 (0)
- Reggie Dunlop in Slap Shot.... - RGA 09:55:14 08/12/08 (0)
- We can argue as to whether or not Newman was a great actor. - Wendell Narrod 07:20:35 08/12/08 (0)
- "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ...nt - dwill123 06:37:28 08/12/08 (0)
- I thought he was very good in "Road To Perdition". n/t - Prisoners 06:29:59 08/12/08 (1)
- Absolutely. - Harmonia 17:00:58 08/12/08 (0)
- "The Hustler", "Cool Hand Luke"... - mpathus 23:29:17 08/11/08 (0)
- RE: Okay, he deserves this: your favorite Paul Newman films. - merlinus 20:43:05 08/11/08 (1)
- Mine also, along with "Harper" nt. - geoff 06:25:45 08/12/08 (0)