Paul Newman has died at age 83

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Posted by Bambi B (A) on September 27, 2008 at 07:48:24

Mates,

Paul Newman has died as the result of lung cancer at age 83. After hospital treatment, he announced in August that he preferred to die at his home in Connecticut.

Newman was known primarily as an actor, but was also famous as a racing driver, and, however unlikely the combination, as a maker of "Newman's Own" salad dressing. I don't think Niki Lauda ever had his own line of quiche!

I remember his work especially some of the earlier movies: "The Hustler", "Hud", Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and my favourite movie of his: "Cool Hand Luke". It's by no means a perfect movie, but "Cool Hand Luke" is a great Newman role. Along with "Hud" and "The Hustler" , Newman tended towards a sense of rebellion- in Coll Hand Luke" he was in jail for cutting the heads of of parking meters- and someone who makes his own rules. In compliant, weak-kneed America, Newman provided a refreshing courage and optimism.

From Wikipedia:

"Newman starred in Exodus (1960), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Hombre (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977) and The Verdict (1982). He teamed with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973).

He appeared with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in the feature films The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!, (1958), From the Terrace (1960), Paris Blues (1961), A New Kind of Love (1963), Winning (1969), WUSA (1970), The Drowning Pool (1975), Harry & Son (1984) and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990). They also both starred in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, but did not have any scenes together.

In addition to starring in and directing Harry & Son, Newman also directed four feature films (in which he did not act) starring Woodward. They were Rachel, Rachel (1968), based on Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God, the screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972), the television screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Shadow Box (1980) and a screen version of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (1987).

25 years after "The Hustler", Newman reprised his role of "Fast" Eddie Felson in the Martin Scorsese directed The Color of Money (1986) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor."<

-An important actor that managed to be a box office draw through the 60's, 70s' and into the 80's. Few actors were so durably interesting and he'll be missed.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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Topic - Paul Newman has died at age 83 - Bambi B 07:48:24 09/27/08 (14)

A movie star who could act. - Harmonia 07:57:08 10/03/08 (0)

Paul Newman.... - afilado 11:51:28 09/28/08 (0)

He was a great actor & a wonderful humanitarian who helped enrich this world...N/T - musetap 14:33:19 09/27/08 (2)

Absolutely, he commitment to charity should never be forgotten. * - mr grits 12:38:04 09/28/08 (0)

well put, and an actor couldn't ask for a better epitaph than that N/T - padreken 11:36:03 09/28/08 (0)

I'd say some of his greatest roles were in what most would call his second- - tinear 13:08:35 09/27/08 (6)

One of my favorites. . . - Larry I 13:50:45 09/29/08 (0)

Ah, tin....nice... - afilado 13:45:07 09/27/08 (4)

A-man... a fault of mine is a sometimes incautious tendency to - tinear 19:36:03 09/27/08 (3)

What you say about...... - afilado 20:30:50 09/27/08 (2)

Completely agree nt - Daryl Zero 09:16:56 09/28/08 (0)

Exactly right---- exactly--- about Brando. He became a - tinear 07:18:50 09/28/08 (0)

I loved his turn in....... - afilado 09:53:23 09/27/08 (0)

RE: Yes he had, " quiche brulÃ©e "..... - patrickU 08:03:09 09/27/08 (0)

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