Biography: life and films
Paul Newman was an American actor and film director. He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA on 26th January 1925 and died in Westport, Connecticut, USA on 26th September 2008, aged 83.His best films as an actor include Robert Rossen's The Hustler (1961), Stuart Rosenberg's Cool Hand Luke (1967), George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973) and John Guillermin's thriller The Towering Inferno (1974), and whose best work as a film director include Rachel, Rachel (1968), Harry and Son (1984) and The Glass Menagerie (1987).
Paul Newman appeared in 64 films, directed 5 films and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Martin Ritt (6 films), Stuart Rosenberg (4), George Roy Hill (3), Sidney Lumet (2), Robert Wise (2), Robert Benton (2), Robert Altman (2), Richard Brooks (2), Mark Robson (2), John Huston (2), James Goldstone (2) and Jack Smight (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (41 films), comedy (11), Thriller (9), Western (8), Documentary (7), Biography (7), romance (6), War (5), history (4), comedy-romance (4), crime-thriller (3) and comedy-drama (3).
Our average rating for Paul Newman over all films is: 3.1
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
The Silver Chalice (1954) [a]
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) [a]
The Rack (1956) [a]
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) [a]
Until They Sail (1957) [a]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) [a]
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) [a]
The Left Handed Gun (1958) [a]
The Long, Hot Summer (1958) [a]
The Young Philadelphians (1959) [a]
Exodus (1960) [a]
From the Terrace (1960) [a]
Paris Blues (1961) [a]
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) [a]
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) [a]
A New Kind of Love (1963) [a]
Hud (1963) [a]
The Prize (1963) [a]
The Outrage (1964) [a]
What a Way to Go! (1964) [a]
Lady L (1965) [a]
Harper (1966) [a]
Cool Hand Luke (1967) [a]
Hombre (1967) [a]
Rachel, Rachel (1968) [d]
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968) [a]
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) [a]
Winning (1969) [a]
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) [a]
The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970) [a]
WUSA (1970) [a]
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) [a,d]
Pocket Money (1972) [a]
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) [d]
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) [a]
The MacKintosh Man (1973) [a]
The Sting (1973) [a]
The Towering Inferno (1974) [a]
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1975) [a]
The Drowning Pool (1975) [a]
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) [a]
Slap Shot (1977) [a]
Quintet (1979) [a]
When Time Ran Out... (1980) [a]
Absence of Malice (1981) [a]
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) [a]
The Verdict (1982) [a]
Harry and Son (1984) [a,d,w]
The Color of Money (1986) [a]
The Glass Menagerie (1987) [d]
Blaze (1989) [a]
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) [a]
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989) [a]
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990) [a]
Nobody's Fool (1994) [a]
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) [a]
All Men Are Liars (1995) [a]
Twilight (1998) [a]
Message in a Bottle (1999) [a]
Super Speedway (2000) [a]
Where the Money Is (2000) [a]
Road to Perdition (2002) [a]
James Dean: Forever Young (2005) [a]
Cars (2006) [a]
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