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[[Image:Paul Newman.jpg|thumb|200px|Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke]]
 
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{{otheruses4|the American actor and race team owner|the Derbyshire cricketer|Paul Newman (cricketer)}}
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{{Infobox actor
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| name = Paul Newman
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| image = Paul Newman in Carnation, Washington June 2007 cropped.jpg
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| imagesize = 200px
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| caption = in 2007
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| birthname = Paul Leonard Newman
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| birthdate = {{birth date|mf=yes|1925|1|26}}
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| birthplace = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], [[U.S.]]
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| deathdate = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2008|9|26|1925|1|16}}
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| deathplace = [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]], [[Connecticut]], [[U.S.]]
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| yearsactive = 1952 - 2008
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| spouse = Jackie Witte (1949–1958) (divorced)<br />[[Joanne Woodward]] (1958–2008)
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| academyawards = '''[[Academy Honorary Award]]'''<br />1985 Lifetime Achievement<br />'''[[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]'''<br />1986 ''[[The Color of Money]]''<br />'''[[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]]'''<br />1994 Outstanding Contributions to Humanitarian Causes
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| baftaawards = '''[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]'''<br />1961 ''[[The Hustler (film)|The Hustler]]''
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| emmyawards = '''[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie]]'''<br />2005 ''[[Empire Falls (miniseries)|Empire Falls]]''
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| goldenglobeawards = '''[[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor|Most Promising Newcomer - Male]]'''<br />1956 ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' ; ''[[The Rack]]''<br />'''[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture|Best Director - Motion Picture]]'''<br />1968 ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''<br />'''[[Cecil B. DeMille Award]]'''<br />1984 Lifetime Achievement<br />'''[[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television|Best Supporting Actor - Series, Miniseries or TV Movie]]'''<br />2005 ''Empire Falls''
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| sagawards = '''[[Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award|Life Achievement Award]]'''<br />1986 Lifetime Achievement<br />'''[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie|Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie]]'''<br />2005 ''Empire Falls''
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| awards = '''[[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)]]'''<br />1958 ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]''<br />'''[[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|NBR Award for Best Actor]]'''<br />1986 ''The Color of Money''<br />'''[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|NSFC Award for Best Actor]]'''<br />1994 ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]''<br />'''[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|NYFCC Award for Best Director]]'''<br />1968 ''Rachel, Rachel''<br />'''[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|NYFCC Award for Best Actor]]'''<br />1994 ''Nobody's Fool''<br />'''[[Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|PFCS Award for Best Supporting Actor]]'''<br />2002 ''[[Road to Perdition]]''<br />'''[[Silver Bear for Best Actor]]'''<br />1994 ''Nobody's Fool''<br />'''[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] - Motion Picture'''<br />[[Hollywood Blvd|7060 Hollywood Blvd]]
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'''Paul Leonard Newman''' (born [[January 26]], [[1925]]) is an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] winning [[United States|American]] [[actor]] and [[film director]].
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'''Paul Leonard Newman''' (January 26, 1925;September 26, 2008) was an [[Academy Award]]&ndash;winning and seven-time Academy Award&ndash;nominated [[United States|American]] [[actor]], [[film director]], [[entrepreneur]], [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] and [[auto racing]] enthusiast.  He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 [[Martin Scorsese]] film ''[[The Color of Money]]'', three [[Golden Globe| Golden Globe Awards]], a [[BAFTA Award]], a [[Screen Actors Guild| Screen Actors Guild Award]], a [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival Award]], an [[Emmy Award|Emmy award]], and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in [[Sports Car Club of America]] road racing, and his race teams won several championships in [[open wheel racing|open wheel]] [[Champ Car|IndyCar]] racing.  
  
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==Family Background==
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Newman was a co-founder of [[Newman's Own]], a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of October 2008, these donations had exceeded US $250 million.
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Newman was born in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]], near [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], to Theresa Fetzko (a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[Catholic]], who became a [[Christian Scientist]]) and Arthur S. Newman, a successful [[sport|sporting]] goods store owner, who was born in the [[U.S.]] to a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Jewish]] father, Simon Newman, and a [[Poles|Polish]] [[Jewish]] mother, Hannah Cohn. Paul has a brother, Arthur Newman.
 
  
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==Marriages==
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On September 26, 2008, Newman died at his longtime home in [[Westport, Connecticut]], of complications arising from [[lung cancer]].
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He has married twice:
 
  
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1) [[Jackie Witte]] ([[1949]]-[[1958]]) by whom he had a son, Scott Newman, who died in [[1978]], and two daughters, [[Susan Kendall Newman]] and [[Stephanie Newman]]. Susan is a stage actress and [[philanthropist]].
 
  
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2) [[Joanne Woodward]] on [[29 January]] [[1958]]. They have three daughters: [[Melissa Newman]], [[Nell Potts]] and [[Clea Newman]].
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==Early life==
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Newman was born in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]] (a suburb of [[Cleveland]]), the son of Theresa ([[married and maiden names|née]] Fetzer or Fetsko; [[Slovak language|Slovak]]: Terézia Fecková) and Arthur Samuel Newman, who ran a profitable sporting goods store. Newman's father was [[Jew]]ish, the son of immigrants from [[Poland]] and [[Hungary]];<ref name=gen/> Newman's mother, who practiced [[Christian Science]], was born to a [[Slovak people|Slovak]] [[Catholic]] family at [[Ptičie]] (formerly Peticse) in the former [[Austria–Hungary]] (now in [[Slovakia]]). Newman had described himself as Jewish, stating that, "it's more of a challenge". Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and his brother Arthur (who later became a producer and production manager).
  
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==Career==
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Newman showed an early interest in the theater, which his mother encouraged. At the age of seven, he made his acting debut, playing the court jester in a school production of ''Robin Hood''. Graduating from [[Shaker Heights High School]] in 1943, he briefly attended [[Ohio University]] in [[Athens, Ohio]], where he was initiated into the [[Phi Kappa Tau]] fraternity.
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Newman served in the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in [[World War II]], in the [[Pacific Theater of Operations|Pacific theater]]. Prior to entering the service, he attended [[Ohio University]] in [[Athens, OH]].  He completed his degree at [[Kenyon College]] after the war and later studied acting at [[Yale University]].  While he was attending graduate school at Yale, he became a successful stage actor on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. His first [[film|movie]], ''[[The Silver Chalice]]'' ([[1954]]) has been described by Newman as the "[[List of movies that have been considered among the worst ever|worst movie]] of the entire [[1950s]] decade," but he rebounded with a series of acclaimed roles.  
 
  
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With his piercing blue eyes and handsome chiseled features he could have been just a romantic leading man but he wanted much more than that. Newman was one of the few actors who successfully made the transition from [[1950s]] to the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]] cinema. His rebellious [[persona]] translated well to a subsequent [[generation]].
 
  
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==Academy Awards==
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===Military service===
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Newman has been nominated for an [[Academy Award]] nine times as an actor, in addition to the producer nomination he received for ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''. Of his acting nominations, he won once, for his leading role on ''[[The Color of Money]]'' in [[1986 in film|1986]]. That award came a year after he won an [[Academy Honorary Award|honorary Oscar]] for his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances."
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Newman served in the [[United States Navy|Navy]] in [[World War II]] in the [[Pacific Theater of Operations|Pacific theater]]. He was sent instead to boot camp and then on to further training as a radioman and gunner. Qualifying as a rear-seat radioman and gunner in torpedo bombers, in 1944 Aviation Radioman Third Class Newman was sent to Barber's Point, Hawaii, and was subsequently assigned to Pacific-based replacement torpedo squadrons (VT-98, VT-99, and VT-100). These torpedo squadrons were responsible primarily for training replacement pilots and combat air crewmen, placing particular importance on carrier landings. He later flew from aircraft carriers as a tail gunner in the [[TBF Avenger|Avenger]] torpedo bomber. As a radioman/gunner, he served aboard the ''[[USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)|USS Bunker Hill]]'' during the [[battle of okinawa|battle for Okinawa]] in the spring of 1945. He was ordered to the ship with a draft of replacements shortly before the attack but, by a fluke of war, was held back because his pilot had an ear infection. The rest of his detail died.
  
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Paul has directed his wife, [[Joanne Woodward]], in several films, such as the [[1968 film]] ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]'', a film for which he was [[Academy Award for Best Picture|nominated for an Oscar]] as producer, and the 1987 adaptation of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''.
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After the war, he completed his degree at [[Kenyon College]] in Gambier, Ohio, graduating in 1949. Newman later studied Drama at [[Yale University]], graduating in 1954, and under [[Lee Strasberg]] at the [[Actors' Studio]] in [[New York City]].
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Oscar Levant wrote that Newman was initially hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood: "Too close to the cake," he reported him saying, "Also, no place to study."
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==Film career==
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Newman made his [[Broadway theater]] debut in the original production of [[William Inge]]'s ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' with [[Kim Stanley]]. He later appeared in the original Broadway productions of ''[[The Desperate Hours (play)|The Desperate Hours]]'' and ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' with [[Geraldine Page]]. He would later star in the film version of ''Sweet Bird of Youth'', which also starred Page.
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His first [[film|movie]] was ''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]'' (1954), followed by acclaimed roles in ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' (1956), as boxer [[Rocky Graziano]]; ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1958), opposite [[Elizabeth Taylor]]; and ''[[The Young Philadelphians]]'' (1959), with [[Barbara Rush]] and [[Robert Vaughn]].
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Newman appeared in a screen test with [[James Dean]] for ''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]'' (1955). Newman was testing for the role of Aron Trask; Dean was testing for the role of Aron's fraternal twin brother, Cal Trask. Dean won the part of Cal, while the role Newman was up for went to [[Richard Davalos]]. The same year Newman would co-star with [[Eva Marie Saint]] and [[Frank Sinatra]] in a live&nbsp;—and [[color]]&nbsp;—television broadcast of the [[Thornton Wilder]] stage play ''[[Our Town]]''. In 2003 [[Newman]] would act in a remake of ''Our Town'', taking on Sinatra's role as the stage manager.
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===Major films===
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Newman was one of the few actors who successfully made the transition from 1950s cinema to that of the 1960s and 1970s. His rebellious persona translated well to a subsequent generation. Newman starred in ''[[Exodus (film)|Exodus]]'' (1960), ''[[The Hustler (film)|The Hustler]]'' (1961), ''[[Hud (film)|Hud]]'' (1963), ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]'' (1966), ''[[Hombre]]'' (1967),  ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967), ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974), ''[[Slap Shot (film)|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).
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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 (film)|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 (miniseries)|Empire Falls]]'', but did not have any scenes together.
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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).
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Twenty-five 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.
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===Last works===
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In 2003, he appeared in a [[Broadway theatre]] revival of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s ''[[Our Town]]'', receiving his first [[Tony Award]] nomination for his performance. [[PBS]] and the cable network [[Showtime]] aired a taping of the production, and Newman was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie.
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His last screen appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the 2002 film ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' opposite [[Tom Hanks]], although he continued to provide voice work for films. In keeping with his strong interest in car racing, he provided the voice of [[List of Cars characters#Doc Hudson|Doc Hudson]], a retired race car in [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]/[[Pixar]]'s ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''. Similarly, he served as narrator for the 2007 film ''[[Dale (film)|Dale]]'', about the life of the legendary [[NASCAR]] driver [[Dale Earnhardt]], which  turned out to be Newman's final film performance in any form.
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===Retirement from acting===
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Newman announced that he would entirely retire from acting on May 25, 2007. He told US broadcaster ABC that he did not feel he could continue acting on the level that he would want to. "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me."
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==Philanthropy==
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With writer [[A.E. Hotchner]], Newman founded [[Newman's Own]], a line of [[food]] products, in 1982. The brand started with [[vinaigrette|salad dressing]], and has expanded to include [[pasta]] sauce, [[lemonade]], [[popcorn]], [[salsa (sauce)|salsa]], and wine, among other things. Newman established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to [[charitable organization|charity]]. As of early 2006, the franchise has resulted in excess of $250 million in donations. He co-wrote a [[memoir]] about the subject with Hotchner, ''Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good''. Among other awards, Newman's Own co-sponsors the [[PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award]], a $25,000 reward designed to recognize those who protect the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] as it applies to the written word. His daughter, [[Nell Newman]], took the helm of the company with his death.
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One beneficiary of his [[philanthropy]] is the [[Hole in the Wall Gang Camp]], a [[summer camp|residential summer camp]] for seriously ill children, which is located in [[Ashford, Connecticut|Ashford]], [[Connecticut]]. Newman cofounded the camp in 1988; it was named after the gang in his film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969). Newman's college fraternity, [[Phi Kappa Tau]], adopted "Hole in the Wall" as their "national philanthropy" in 1995.  One camp has expanded to become several Hole in the Wall Camps in the U.S., Ireland, France and Israel. The camp serves 13,000 children every year, free of charge.<ref name="faq"/>
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In June 1999 Newman donated $250,000 to [[Catholic Relief Services]] in aid refugees in [[Kosovo]].
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On June 1, 2007, [[Kenyon College]] announced that Newman had donated $10 million to the school to establish a scholarship fund as part of the college's current $230 million fund-raising campaign. Newman and Woodward were honorary co-chairs of a previous campaign.
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Paul Newman was one of the founders of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a membership organization of CEOs and corporate chairpersons committed to raising the level and quality of global corporate philanthropy. Founded in 1999 by Newman and a few leading CEOs, CECP has grown to include more than 175 members and, through annual executive convenings, extensive benchmarking research, and best practice publications, leads the business community in developing sustainable and strategic community partnerships through philanthropy.
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==Marriages and family==
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Newman was married twice. His first marriage to Jackie Witte lasted from 1949 to 1958. Together they had a son, Scott (1950), and two daughters, Susan Kendall (1953) and Stephanie. Scott Newman, who died in November 1978 from an accidental [[drug overdose]], appeared in the films ''[[Breakheart Pass (1975 film)|Breakheart Pass]]'',  ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' and the 1977 film ''[[Fraternity Row (Film)|Fraternity Row]]''. Paul Newman started the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention in memory of his son.
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Susan is a documentary filmmaker and [[philanthropist]] and has Broadway and screen credits, including a starring role as one of four Beatles fans in 1978's ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]''. She also received an Emmy nomination as co-producer of his telefilm, ''The Shadow Box''. Newman had two grandsons.
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Newman married actress [[Joanne Woodward]] on February 2, 1958. They had three daughters: [[Nell Newman|Elinor "Nell" Teresa]] (1959), Melissa "Lissy" Stewart (1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (1965). Newman directed Elinor (stage name Nell Potts) in the central role alongside her mother in the film ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]''.
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[[Image:Paul newman menomonee falls wisconsin mcarthy eugene rally.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Newman at a political rally for [[Eugene McCarthy]] in 1968.]]
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Newman lived away from the Hollywood environment. He made his home quietly in [[Westport, Connecticut]], and was devoted to his wife and family. When asked about infidelity, he quipped, "Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?"
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==Political activism==
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For his strong support of [[Eugene McCarthy]] in [[United States presidential election, 1968|1968]] (and effective use of television commercials in California), Newman was 19th on [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Nixon's Enemies List|enemies list]].
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Consistent with his work for [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] causes, Newman publicly supported [[Ned Lamont]]'s candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary against Senator [[Joe Lieberman]], and was even rumored as a candidate himself until Lamont emerged as a credible alternative. He had donated to [[Christopher Dodd|Chris Dodd]]'s presidential campaign.
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Newman was also a vocal supporter of [[LGBT rights|gay rights]] and, in particular, [[same-sex marriage]].
  
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He was also nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his lead role in a [[2003 in television|2003 production]] of ''[[Our Town]]''.
 
  
 
==Auto racing==
 
==Auto racing==
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He first became interested in the sport ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while filming ''[[Winning (film)|Winning]]'', a [[1968 in film|1968 film]], despite the fact that he is [[color-blind]].   
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Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in [[motorsports]] ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while training for and filming ''[[Winning]]'', a [[1969 in film|1969 film]].  Newman's first professional event was in 1972, in [[Thompson, Connecticut]], and he was a common competitor in [[Sports Car Club of America]] events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships.  He later drove in the [[1979 24 Hours of Le Mans]] in Dick Barbour's [[Porsche 935]] and finished the race in second place.
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Newman's first professional event was in [[1972 in sports|1972]], in [[Thompson, Connecticut]]. He ran the [[24 hours of Le Mans]] once in [[1979]] and finished second in a [[Porsche 935]] of [[Dick Barbour]] thanks to the driving skills of German team mate [[Rolf Stommelen]].
 
  
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At the age of 70, he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] in [[1995 in sports|1995]]. Newman told an [[Associated Press]] journalist in March 2005 that he'll "probably race for another year".
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From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, he drove for the Bob Sharp Racing team, racing mainly [[Datsun]]s (later rebranded as [[Nissan Motors|Nissans]]) in the [[Trans-Am Series]]. He became heavily associated with the brand during the '80s, even appearing in commercials for them.  At the age of 70 he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 [[24 Hours of Daytona]].  Among his final experiences in racing was competing in the [[Baja 1000]] in 2004 and the 24 Hours of Daytona once again in 2005.
  
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Also, Newman co-founded [[Newman/Haas Racing]] with [[Carl Haas]], a [[Champcars|CART]] Championship [[auto racing]] team, in [[1983 in sports|1983]].
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Newman initially owned his own racing team, which competed in the [[Can-Am]] series, but later co-founded [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]] with [[Carl Haas]], a [[Champ Car]] team, in 1983. The 1996 racing season was chronicled in the [[IMAX]] film ''[[Super Speedway]]'', which Newman narrated.  He was also a partner in the [[Atlantic Championship]] team [[Newman Wachs Racing]].  Newman also owned a car [[NASCAR Sprint Cup|NASCAR Winston Cup]] before selling it to [[Penske Racing]], where it now serves as the #12 car.
  
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==Philanthropy==
 
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Newman founded ''[[Newman's Own]]'', a line of [[food]] products, in [[1982]].  The brand started with [[vinaigrette|salad dressing]], and has expanded to include [[pasta]] sauce, [[lemonade]], [[popcorn]], and [[salsa (sauce)|salsa]], among other things. Newman donates the proceeds, after taxes, to [[charity]].  As of early 2005, the franchise has resulted in $175 million in donations.  He co-wrote a [[memoir]] about the subject, ''[[Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good]]'' (ISBN 0385508026).
 
  
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One beneficiary of his [[philanthropy]] is the [[Hole in the Wall Gang Camp]], a [[summer camp|residential summer camp]] for seriously ill children, which is located between [[Ashford, Connecticut|Ashford]] and [[Eastford, Connecticut|Eastford]] in [[Connecticut]]. Newman cofounded the camp in [[1986]]; it was named after the gang in his film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' [[(1969)]]. Newman's college fraternity, [[Phi Kappa Tau]], adopted "Hole in the Wall" as their "national philanthropy" in 1995. One camp has expanded to become several [[Hole in the Wall Camp]]s in the U.S., Ireland, France and Israel.
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==Illness and death==
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Newman was scheduled to make his professional stage directing debut with the [[Westport Country Playhouse]]'s 2008 production of [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'', but he stepped down on May 23, 2008, citing health issues.
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In June 2008 it was widely reported that Newman, a former [[chain smoker]], had been diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] and was receiving treatment at [[Sloan-Kettering]] hospital in [[New York City]]. Photographs taken of Newman in May and June showed him looking gaunt. Writer [[A.E. Hotchner]], who partnered with Newman to start [[Newman's Own]] salad dressing company in the 1980s, told the Associated Press that Newman told him about the disease about 18 months ago. Newman's spokesman told the press that the star is "doing nicely," but neither confirmed nor denied that he had cancer.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7447668.stm "Newman says he is 'doing nicely'"]. - [[BBC]] - BBC.com. - June 11, 2008.</ref> In August, Newman reportedly had finished [[chemotherapy]] and told his family he wished to die at home. He did so on September 26, 2008, aged 83, surrounded by his family and close friends. His remains were subsequently [[cremated]] after a private funeral service near his home in Westport.
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==Filmography, awards, and nominations==
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===As actor===
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|[[1954 in film|1954]]
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|''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]''
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|rowspan="2" |[[1956 in film|1956]]
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|''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]''
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|[[Rocky Graziano]]
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|''[[The Rack (film)|The Rack]]''
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|Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr.
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|rowspan="2" |[[1957 in film|1957]]
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|''[[The Helen Morgan Story]]''
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|Larry Maddux
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|''[[Until They Sail]]''
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|Capt. Jack Harding
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|rowspan="4" |[[1958 in film|1958]]
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|''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]''
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|Ben Quick
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|''[[The Left Handed Gun]]''
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|[[Billy the Kid]]
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|''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]''
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|Brick Pollitt
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|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
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|''[[Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (film)|Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!]]''
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|Harry Bannerman
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|[[1959 in film|1959]]
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|''[[The Young Philadelphians]]''
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|Anthony Judson Lawrence
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|''[[From the Terrace]]''
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|David Alfred Eaton
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|''[[Exodus (film)|Exodus]]''
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|Ari Ben Canaan
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|rowspan="2" |[[1961 in film|1961]]
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|''[[The Hustler (film)|The Hustler]]''
 +
|Eddie Felson
 +
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]<br/>Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Paris Blues]]''
 +
|Ram Bowen
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1962 in film|1962]]
 +
|''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]''
 +
|Chance Wayne
 +
|Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man]]''
 +
|Ad Francis, 'The Battler'
 +
|Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture]]
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="3" |[[1963 in film|1963]]
 +
|''[[Hud (film)|Hud]]''
 +
|Hud Bannon
 +
|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|''[[A New Kind of Love]]''
 +
|Steve Sherman
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[The Prize (film)|The Prize]]''
 +
|Andrew Craig
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1964 in film|1964]]
 +
|''[[What a Way to Go!]]''
 +
|Larry Flint
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[The Outrage]]''
 +
|Juan Carrasco
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1965 in film|1965]]
 +
|''[[Lady L]]''
 +
|Armand Denis
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1966 in film|1966]]
 +
|''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]''
 +
|Lew Harper
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Torn Curtain]]''
 +
|Prof. Michael Armstrong
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1967 in film|1967]]
 +
|''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]]''
 +
|John Russell
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''
 +
|Luke Jackson
 +
|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[1968 in film|1968]]
 +
|''[[The Secret War of Harry Frigg]]''
 +
|Pvt. Harry Frigg
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1969 in film|1969]]
 +
|''[[Winning]]''
 +
|Frank Capua
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
 +
|[[Butch Cassidy]]
 +
|Nominated - [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[1970 in film|1970]]
 +
|''[[WUSA (film)|WUSA]]''
 +
|Rheinhardt
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1971 in film|1971]]
 +
|''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]''
 +
|Hank Stamper
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Once Upon a Wheel (1971 TV program)]]''
 +
|Himself
 +
|Winner: World Television Festival Award,  
 +
Winner: Best International Sports Documentary
 +
|-
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1972 in film|1972]]
 +
|''[[Pocket Money]]''
 +
|Jim Kane
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]''
 +
|[[Roy Bean|Judge Roy Bean]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1973 in film|1973]]
 +
|''[[The Mackintosh Man]]''
 +
|Joseph Rearden
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[The Sting]]''
 +
|Henry Gondorff
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1974 in film|1974]]
 +
|''[[The Towering Inferno]]''
 +
|Doug Roberts
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1975 in film|1975]]
 +
|''[[The Drowning Pool (film)|The Drowning Pool]]''
 +
|Lew Harper
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1976 in film|1976]]
 +
|''[[Buffalo Bill and the Indians]]''
 +
|[[William F. Cody|William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1977 in film|1977]]
 +
|''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]''
 +
|Reggie "Reg" Dunlop
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1979 in film|1979]]
 +
|''[[Quintet (film)|Quintet]]''
 +
|Essex
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1980 in film|1980]]
 +
|''[[When Time Ran Out]]...''
 +
|Hank Anderson
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1981 in film|1981]]
 +
|''[[Fort Apache the Bronx]]''
 +
|Murphy
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Absence of Malice]]''
 +
|Michael Colin Gallagher
 +
|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1982 in film|1982]]
 +
|''[[Come Along with Me]]''
 +
|
 +
|TV
 +
|-
 +
|''[[The Verdict]]''
 +
|Frank Galvin
 +
|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[1984 in film|1984]]
 +
|''[[Harry & Son]]''
 +
|Harry Keach
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1986 in film|1986]]
 +
|''[[The Color of Money]]''
 +
|Fast Eddie Felson
 +
|[[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1989 in film|1989]]
 +
|''[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]''
 +
|[[Leslie R. Groves|Gen. Leslie R. Groves]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Blaze (film)|Blaze]]''
 +
|[[Earl K. Long|Gov. Earl K. Long]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1990 in film|1990]]
 +
|''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge]]''
 +
|Walter Bridge
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1993 in film|1993]]
 +
|''[[La Classe américaine]]''
 +
|Dave
 +
|in redubbed archive footage only
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[1994 in film|1994]]
 +
|''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''
 +
|Sidney J. Mussburger
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]''
 +
|Donald J. "Sully" Sullivan
 +
|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[1998 in film|1998]]
 +
|''[[Twilight (1998 film)|Twilight]]''
 +
|Harry Ross
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[1999 in film|1999]]
 +
|''[[Message in a Bottle (film)|Message in a Bottle]]''
 +
|Dodge Blake
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[2000 in film|2000]]
 +
|''[[Where the Money Is]]''
 +
|Henry Manning
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|[[2002 in film|2002]]
 +
|''[[Road to Perdition]]''
 +
|John Rooney
 +
|Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]<br/>Nominated - [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]<br/>Nominated - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[2003 in film|2003]]
 +
|''[[Our Town (2003 film)|Our Town]]''
 +
|Stage Manager
 +
|Nominated - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie|Emmy Award]]
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan="2" |[[2005 in film|2005]]
 +
|''[[Empire Falls (miniseries)|Empire Falls]]''
 +
|Max Roby
 +
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie|Emmy Award]]; [[Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television|Golden Globe]]
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D]]''
 +
|Dave Scott
 +
|voice
 +
|-
 +
|[[2006 in film|2006]]
 +
|''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]''
 +
|[[Doc Hudson]]
 +
|voice
 +
|-
 +
|[[2007 in film|2007]]
 +
|''[[Dale (film)|Dale]]''
 +
|Narrator
 +
|voice
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===As director or producer===
 +
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 +
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
 +
! Year
 +
! Title
 +
! Other notes
 +
|-
 +
|1968
 +
|''[[Rachel, Rachel]]''
 +
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture]]<br/>Nominated - [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]<br/>[[New York Film Critics Circle Award]] (best director)<ref name=Bernstein>{{cite news|author=Bernstein, Adam|title=Academy-Award Winning Actor Paul Newman Dies at 83|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/27/AR2008092701222.html|date=September 27, 2008|work=The Washington Post|publisher=The Washington Post Company|accessdate=2008-09-27}}</ref>
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan=2|1969
 +
|''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
 +
|Co-executive producer (uncredited)
 +
|-
 +
|''[[Winning]]''
 +
|Co-executive producer (uncredited)
 +
|-
 +
|1970
 +
|''[[WUSA (film)|WUSA]]''
 +
|Co-producer
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan=2|1971
 +
|''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (1971 film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]''
 +
|Director and co-executive producer
 +
|-
 +
|''[[They Might Be Giants (film)|They Might Be Giants]]''
 +
|producer
 +
|-
 +
|rowspan=2|1972
 +
|''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]''
 +
|Director and producer
 +
|-
 +
|''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]''
 +
|Co-executive producer (uncredited)
 +
|-
 +
|1980
 +
|''[[The Shadow Box]]''
 +
|Nominated - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special|Emmy Award for Best Director for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special]]
 +
|-
 +
|1984
 +
|''[[Harry & Son]]''
 +
|Director and producer
 +
|-
 +
|1984
 +
|''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
|2005
 +
|''[[Empire Falls (miniseries)|Empire Falls]]''
 +
|Producer, Nominated: [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries]]
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==Additional awards and honors==
 +
===Academy Awards===
 +
 
 +
'''Honorary Award'''
 +
* For his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances" (1986)
 +
 
 +
'''Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award'''
 +
* For his charity work (1994)
 +
 
 +
===Golden Globe Awards===
 +
'''New Star of the Year&nbsp;— Actor'''
 +
* ''[[The Silver Chalice]] (1957)
 +
 
 +
'''Henrietta Award'''
 +
*World Film Favorite&nbsp;— Male (1964; 1966)
 +
 
 +
'''Cecil B. DeMille Award'''
 +
* Lifetime Achievement (1984)
 +
 
 +
===Other===
 +
Newman won [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' and the Silver Bear at the [[Berlin Film Festival]] for ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]''.
 +
 
 +
In 1968, Newman was named "Man of the Year" by [[Harvard University]]'s performance group, the [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]].
 +
 
 +
[[Newman Day]] has been celebrated at [[Kenyon College]], [[Bates College]], [[Princeton University]], and other American colleges since the 1970s.
 +
 
 +
==Published work==
 +
* Newman, Paul and A. E. Hotchner. ''Newman's Own Cookbook''. Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0684848325.
 +
* Newman, Paul and A. E. Hotchner. ''Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good''. Doubleday Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0385508026.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==See also==
 +
* [[Newman Day]]
 +
 
 +
==References==
 +
===Notes===
 +
{{reflist|2}}
 +
 
 +
===Bibliography===
 +
* Lax, Eric. ''Paul Newman: a Biography''. Turner Publishing, Incorporated, 1999. ISBN 1-57036-286-6.
 +
* Morella, Joe and Edward Z. Epsteiny. ''Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward''. Delacorte Press, 1988. ISBN 0440500044.
 +
* O'Brien, Daniel. ''Paul Newman''. Faber & Faber, Limited, 2005. ISBN 057121987X.
 +
* Oumano, Elena. ''Paul Newman''. St. Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0-517-05934-7.
 +
* Quirk, Lawrence J. ''The Films of Paul Newman''. Taylor Pub., 1986. ISBN 0-8065-0385-8.
 +
* Thomson, Kenneth. ''The Films of Paul Newman''. 1978. ISBN 0-912616-87-3.
 +
 
 +
===Further reading===
 +
 
 +
{{refbegin}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Dherbier  |first=Yann-Brice    |coauthors= and Verlhac, Pierre-Henri
 +
|title=Paul Newman: A Life in Pictures 
 +
|year=2006 
 +
|publisher=Chronicle Books
 +
|location=San Francisco, CA
 +
|isbn=9780811857260
 +
|oclc=71146543}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Godfrey  |first=Lionel
 +
|title= Paul Newman, Superstar: A Critical Biography
 +
|year= 1979, &copy;1978 
 +
|publisher=St. Martin's Press
 +
|location=New York, NY
 +
|isbn=9780312598198
 +
|oclc=4739913}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Hamblett  |first=Charles
 +
|title=Paul Newman 
 +
|year=1975 
 +
|publisher=H. Regnery
 +
|location=Chicago, IL
 +
|isbn=9780809282364
 +
|oclc=1646636}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Landry  |first=J. C.  
 +
|title=Paul Newman 
 +
|year=1983
 +
|publisher=McGraw-Hill
 +
|location=New York, NY
 +
|isbn=9780070361898
 +
|oclc=9556372}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Lax  |first=Eric
 +
|title= Newman: Paul Newman, A Celebration
 +
|year=1996 
 +
|publisher=Pavilion
 +
|location=London, UK
 +
|isbn=9781857937305
 +
|oclc=37355715}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Lax  |first=Eric
 +
|title=Paul Newman: A Biography 
 +
|year=1996 
 +
|publisher= Turner Pub.
 +
|location=Atlanta, GA
 +
|isbn=9781570362866
 +
|oclc=33667112}}
 +
 
 +
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Morella  |first=Joe    |coauthors= and Epstein, Edward Z.
 +
|title=Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
 +
|year=1988 
 +
|publisher= Delacorte Press
 +
|location=New York, NY
 +
|isbn=9780440500049
 +
|oclc=18016049}}
  
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==Miscellaneous==
+
*{{cite book
−
For his strong support of [[Eugene McCarthy]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1968|1968]] (and effective use of television commercials in California), Newman was 19th on [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[Nixon's Enemies List|enemies list]]. He has said that this is one of his life's proudest achievements.
+
|last=Netter  |first=Susan
 +
|title=Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 
 +
|year=1989 
 +
|publisher=Piatkus
 +
|location=London, England
 +
|isbn=9780861888696
 +
|oclc=19778734}}
  
−
In recent years, students at [[Bates College]] and [[Princeton University]] have marked a day (called "[[Newman Day]]" at Bates, "[[Newman's Day]]" at Princeton) during which students try to drink 24 beers in 24 hours while continuing with their regular activities. The newfound tradition has been held in January at Bates since the early [[1990s]], and on [[April 24]] at Princeton since the late 1990s. The event is named after Newman for unknown reasons, though most often cited are a comment attributed to him ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.") and a well-known egg-eating contest in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' ([[1967]]). Through his attorney, Newman has asked both universities to end the tradition, a request they have difficulty honouring since the event has no official campus sponsor.  Newman personally wrote a letter to his alma mater Kenyon College in 2005 to encourage community service instead of binge drinking.
+
*{{cite book
 +
|last=O'Brien |first=Daniel
 +
|title=Paul Newman  
 +
|year=2004
 +
|publisher=Faber
 +
|location=London, UK
 +
|isbn=9780571219865
 +
|oclc=56658601}}
  
−
Newman lives in [[Connecticut]] most of the year. He also lives in the small town of Golden Beach, Florida.
+
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Oumano  |first=Elena
 +
|title=Paul Newman
 +
|year=1989
 +
|publisher=St. Martin's Press
 +
|location=New York, NY
 +
|isbn=9780312026271
 +
|oclc=18558929}}
  
−
Paul was the visual inspiration for [[Hal Jordan]], the second [[Green Lantern]] of [[DC Comics]] introduced in the 1960s (Silver Age).
+
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Quirk  |first= Lawrence J.
 +
|title=The Films of Paul Newman 
 +
|year=1971 
 +
|publisher=Citadel Press 
 +
|location=New York, NY
 +
|isbn=0806502239
 +
|oclc=171115}}
  
−
Newman's height is 5'9".
+
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Quirk  |first= Lawrence J.
 +
|title=Paul Newman
 +
|year=1996 
 +
|publisher=Taylor Pub. Co.  
 +
|location=Dallas, TX
 +
|isbn=9780878339624
 +
|oclc=35884602}}
  
−
Made "Top 10 stars of the year", 14 times between 1963-1986.
+
*{{cite book
 +
|last=Stern  |first=Stewart
 +
|title=No Tricks in My Pocket: Paul Newman Directs 
 +
|year=1989 
 +
|publisher=Grove Press
 +
|location=New York, NY
 +
|isbn=9780802111203
 +
|oclc=18780705}}
  
−
==Filmography (as actor)==
+
{{refend}}
−
* ''[[The Silver Chalice]]'' (1954)
 
−
* ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' (1956)
 
−
* ''[[The Rack]]'' (1956)
 
−
* ''[[The Helen Morgan Story]]'' (1957)
 
−
* ''[[Until They Sail]]'' (1957)
 
−
* ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958)
 
−
* ''[[The Left Handed Gun]]'' (1958)
 
−
* ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1958)
 
−
* ''[[Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!]]'' (1958)
 
−
* ''[[The Young Philadelphians]]'' (1959)
 
−
[[Image:Exodus.png|thumb|Paul Newman in an advertisement for the movie Exodus.]]
 
−
* ''[[Exodus (film)|Exodus]]'' (1960)
 
−
* ''[[From the Terrace]]'' (1960)
 
−
* ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961)
 
−
* ''[[Paris Blues]]'' (1961)
 
−
* ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1962)
 
−
* ''[[Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man]]'' (1962)
 
−
* ''[[Hud (film)|Hud]]'' (1963)
 
−
* ''[[A New Kind of Love]]'' (1963)
 
−
* ''[[The Prize]]'' (1963)
 
−
* ''[[What a Way to Go!]]'' (1964)
 
−
* ''[[The Outrage]]'' (1964)
 
−
* ''[[Lady L]]'' (1965)
 
−
* ''[[A Year Toward Tomorrow]]'' (1966) (short subject)
 
−
* ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]'' (1966)
 
−
* ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' (1966)
 
−
* ''[[Luke]]'' (1967) (short subject)
 
−
* ''[[Hombre]]'' (1967)
 
−
* ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967)
 
−
* ''[[Once Upon a Wheel]]'' (1968) (documentary)
 
−
* ''[[The Private War of Harry Frigg]]'' (1968) or "Secret War of ..."
 
−
* ''[[Winning (film)|Winning]]'' (1969)
 
−
* ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969)
 
−
* ''[[The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid']]'' (1970) (documentary)
 
−
* ''[[King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis]]'' (1970) (documentary)
 
−
* ''[[WUSA (film)|WUSA]]'' (1970)
 
−
* ''[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]'' (1971)
 
−
* ''[[Pocket Money]]'' (1972)
 
−
* ''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]'' (1972)
 
−
* ''[[The Mackintosh Man]]'' (1973)
 
−
* ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973)
 
−
* ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974)
 
−
* ''[[McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter]]'' (1975) (documentary)
 
−
* ''[[The Drowning Pool (film)|The Drowning Pool]]'' (1975)
 
−
* ''[[Silent Movie]]'' (1976) (cameo)
 
−
* ''[[Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson]]'' (1976)
 
−
* ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'' (1977)
 
−
* ''[[Quintet]]'' (1979)
 
−
* ''[[When Time Ran Out...]]'' (1980)
 
−
* ''[[Fort Apache the Bronx]]'' (1981)
 
−
* ''[[Absence of Malice]]'' (1981)
 
−
* ''[[The Verdict]]'' (1982)
 
−
* ''[[Harry and Son]]'' (1984)
 
−
* ''[[The Color of Money]]'' (1986)
 
−
* ''[[John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick]]'' (1989) (documentary)
 
−
* ''[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]'' (1989)
 
−
* ''[[Blaze]]'' (1989)
 
−
* ''[[Mr. & Mrs. Bridge]]'' (1990)
 
−
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994)
 
−
* ''[[Nobody's Fool]]'' (1994)
 
−
* ''[[Super Speedway]]'' (1997) (documentary)
 
−
* ''[[Twilight (film)|Twilight]]'' (1998)
 
−
* ''[[Message in a Bottle (film)|Message in a Bottle]]'' (1999)
 
−
* ''[[Where the Money Is]]'' (2000)
 
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Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke

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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925;September 26, 2008) was an Academy Award–winning and seven-time Academy Award–nominated American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.

Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of October 2008, these donations had exceeded US $250 million.

On September 26, 2008, Newman died at his longtime home in Westport, Connecticut, of complications arising from lung cancer.


Early life

Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland), the son of Theresa (née Fetzer or Fetsko; Slovak: Terézia Fecková) and Arthur Samuel Newman, who ran a profitable sporting goods store. Newman's father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Poland and Hungary;[1] Newman's mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Catholic family at Ptičie (formerly Peticse) in the former Austria–Hungary (now in Slovakia). Newman had described himself as Jewish, stating that, "it's more of a challenge". Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and his brother Arthur (who later became a producer and production manager).

Newman showed an early interest in the theater, which his mother encouraged. At the age of seven, he made his acting debut, playing the court jester in a school production of Robin Hood. Graduating from Shaker Heights High School in 1943, he briefly attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he was initiated into the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.


Military service

Newman served in the Navy in World War II in the Pacific theater. He was sent instead to boot camp and then on to further training as a radioman and gunner. Qualifying as a rear-seat radioman and gunner in torpedo bombers, in 1944 Aviation Radioman Third Class Newman was sent to Barber's Point, Hawaii, and was subsequently assigned to Pacific-based replacement torpedo squadrons (VT-98, VT-99, and VT-100). These torpedo squadrons were responsible primarily for training replacement pilots and combat air crewmen, placing particular importance on carrier landings. He later flew from aircraft carriers as a tail gunner in the Avenger torpedo bomber. As a radioman/gunner, he served aboard the USS Bunker Hill during the battle for Okinawa in the spring of 1945. He was ordered to the ship with a draft of replacements shortly before the attack but, by a fluke of war, was held back because his pilot had an ear infection. The rest of his detail died.

After the war, he completed his degree at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, graduating in 1949. Newman later studied Drama at Yale University, graduating in 1954, and under Lee Strasberg at the Actors' Studio in New York City.

Oscar Levant wrote that Newman was initially hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood: "Too close to the cake," he reported him saying, "Also, no place to study."

Film career

Newman made his Broadway theater debut in the original production of William Inge's Picnic with Kim Stanley. He later appeared in the original Broadway productions of The Desperate Hours and Sweet Bird of Youth with Geraldine Page. He would later star in the film version of Sweet Bird of Youth, which also starred Page.

His first movie was The Silver Chalice (1954), followed by acclaimed roles in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), as boxer Rocky Graziano; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), opposite Elizabeth Taylor; and The Young Philadelphians (1959), with Barbara Rush and Robert Vaughn.

Newman appeared in a screen test with James Dean for East of Eden (1955). Newman was testing for the role of Aron Trask; Dean was testing for the role of Aron's fraternal twin brother, Cal Trask. Dean won the part of Cal, while the role Newman was up for went to Richard Davalos. The same year Newman would co-star with Eva Marie Saint and Frank Sinatra in a live —and color —television broadcast of the Thornton Wilder stage play Our Town. In 2003 Newman would act in a remake of Our Town, taking on Sinatra's role as the stage manager.


Major films

Newman was one of the few actors who successfully made the transition from 1950s cinema to that of the 1960s and 1970s. His rebellious persona translated well to a subsequent generation. 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).

Twenty-five 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.


Last works

In 2003, he appeared in a Broadway theatre revival of Thornton Wilder's Our Town, receiving his first Tony Award nomination for his performance. PBS and the cable network Showtime aired a taping of the production, and Newman was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie.

His last screen appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the 2002 film Road to Perdition opposite Tom Hanks, although he continued to provide voice work for films. In keeping with his strong interest in car racing, he provided the voice of Doc Hudson, a retired race car in Disney/Pixar's Cars. Similarly, he served as narrator for the 2007 film Dale, about the life of the legendary NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, which turned out to be Newman's final film performance in any form.


Retirement from acting

Newman announced that he would entirely retire from acting on May 25, 2007. He told US broadcaster ABC that he did not feel he could continue acting on the level that he would want to. "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me."


Philanthropy

With writer A.E. Hotchner, Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982. The brand started with salad dressing, and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, salsa, and wine, among other things. Newman established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity. As of early 2006, the franchise has resulted in excess of $250 million in donations. He co-wrote a memoir about the subject with Hotchner, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good. Among other awards, Newman's Own co-sponsors the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award, a $25,000 reward designed to recognize those who protect the First Amendment as it applies to the written word. His daughter, Nell Newman, took the helm of the company with his death.

One beneficiary of his philanthropy is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a residential summer camp for seriously ill children, which is located in Ashford, Connecticut. Newman cofounded the camp in 1988; it was named after the gang in his film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Newman's college fraternity, Phi Kappa Tau, adopted "Hole in the Wall" as their "national philanthropy" in 1995. One camp has expanded to become several Hole in the Wall Camps in the U.S., Ireland, France and Israel. The camp serves 13,000 children every year, free of charge.[2]

In June 1999 Newman donated $250,000 to Catholic Relief Services in aid refugees in Kosovo.

On June 1, 2007, Kenyon College announced that Newman had donated $10 million to the school to establish a scholarship fund as part of the college's current $230 million fund-raising campaign. Newman and Woodward were honorary co-chairs of a previous campaign.

Paul Newman was one of the founders of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a membership organization of CEOs and corporate chairpersons committed to raising the level and quality of global corporate philanthropy. Founded in 1999 by Newman and a few leading CEOs, CECP has grown to include more than 175 members and, through annual executive convenings, extensive benchmarking research, and best practice publications, leads the business community in developing sustainable and strategic community partnerships through philanthropy.


Marriages and family

Newman was married twice. His first marriage to Jackie Witte lasted from 1949 to 1958. Together they had a son, Scott (1950), and two daughters, Susan Kendall (1953) and Stephanie. Scott Newman, who died in November 1978 from an accidental drug overdose, appeared in the films Breakheart Pass, The Towering Inferno and the 1977 film Fraternity Row. Paul Newman started the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention in memory of his son.

Susan is a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist and has Broadway and screen credits, including a starring role as one of four Beatles fans in 1978's I Wanna Hold Your Hand. She also received an Emmy nomination as co-producer of his telefilm, The Shadow Box. Newman had two grandsons.

Newman married actress Joanne Woodward on February 2, 1958. They had three daughters: Elinor "Nell" Teresa (1959), Melissa "Lissy" Stewart (1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (1965). Newman directed Elinor (stage name Nell Potts) in the central role alongside her mother in the film The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.

Newman at a political rally for Eugene McCarthy in 1968.

Newman lived away from the Hollywood environment. He made his home quietly in Westport, Connecticut, and was devoted to his wife and family. When asked about infidelity, he quipped, "Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?"


Political activism

For his strong support of Eugene McCarthy in 1968 (and effective use of television commercials in California), Newman was 19th on Richard Nixon's enemies list.

Consistent with his work for liberal causes, Newman publicly supported Ned Lamont's candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary against Senator Joe Lieberman, and was even rumored as a candidate himself until Lamont emerged as a credible alternative. He had donated to Chris Dodd's presidential campaign.

Newman was also a vocal supporter of gay rights and, in particular, same-sex marriage.


Auto racing

Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in motorsports ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while training for and filming Winning, a 1969 film. Newman's first professional event was in 1972, in Thompson, Connecticut, and he was a common competitor in Sports Car Club of America events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships. He later drove in the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans in Dick Barbour's Porsche 935 and finished the race in second place.


24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years1979
TeamsDick Barbour Racing
Best finish2nd (1979)
Class wins1 (1979)


From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, he drove for the Bob Sharp Racing team, racing mainly Datsuns (later rebranded as Nissans) in the Trans-Am Series. He became heavily associated with the brand during the '80s, even appearing in commercials for them. At the age of 70 he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona. Among his final experiences in racing was competing in the Baja 1000 in 2004 and the 24 Hours of Daytona once again in 2005.

Newman initially owned his own racing team, which competed in the Can-Am series, but later co-founded Newman/Haas Racing with Carl Haas, a Champ Car team, in 1983. The 1996 racing season was chronicled in the IMAX film Super Speedway, which Newman narrated. He was also a partner in the Atlantic Championship team Newman Wachs Racing. Newman also owned a car NASCAR Winston Cup before selling it to Penske Racing, where it now serves as the #12 car.


Illness and death

Newman was scheduled to make his professional stage directing debut with the Westport Country Playhouse's 2008 production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, but he stepped down on May 23, 2008, citing health issues.

In June 2008 it was widely reported that Newman, a former chain smoker, had been diagnosed with lung cancer and was receiving treatment at Sloan-Kettering hospital in New York City. Photographs taken of Newman in May and June showed him looking gaunt. Writer A.E. Hotchner, who partnered with Newman to start Newman's Own salad dressing company in the 1980s, told the Associated Press that Newman told him about the disease about 18 months ago. Newman's spokesman told the press that the star is "doing nicely," but neither confirmed nor denied that he had cancer.[3] In August, Newman reportedly had finished chemotherapy and told his family he wished to die at home. He did so on September 26, 2008, aged 83, surrounded by his family and close friends. His remains were subsequently cremated after a private funeral service near his home in Westport.


Filmography, awards, and nominations

As actor

Year Title Role Other notes
1954 The Silver Chalice Basil
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Rocky Graziano
The Rack Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr.
1957 The Helen Morgan Story Larry Maddux
Until They Sail Capt. Jack Harding
1958 The Long, Hot Summer Ben Quick
The Left Handed Gun Billy the Kid
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick Pollitt Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! Harry Bannerman
1959 The Young Philadelphians Anthony Judson Lawrence
1960 From the Terrace David Alfred Eaton
Exodus Ari Ben Canaan
1961 The Hustler Eddie Felson BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Paris Blues Ram Bowen
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth Chance Wayne Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man Ad Francis, 'The Battler' Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
1963 Hud Hud Bannon Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
A New Kind of Love Steve Sherman
The Prize Andrew Craig
1964 What a Way to Go! Larry Flint
The Outrage Juan Carrasco
1965 Lady L Armand Denis
1966 Harper Lew Harper
Torn Curtain Prof. Michael Armstrong
1967 Hombre John Russell
Cool Hand Luke Luke Jackson Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg Pvt. Harry Frigg
1969 Winning Frank Capua
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1970 WUSA Rheinhardt
1971 Sometimes a Great Notion Hank Stamper
Once Upon a Wheel (1971 TV program) Himself Winner: World Television Festival Award,

Winner: Best International Sports Documentary

1972 Pocket Money Jim Kane
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Judge Roy Bean
1973 The Mackintosh Man Joseph Rearden
The Sting Henry Gondorff
1974 The Towering Inferno Doug Roberts
1975 The Drowning Pool Lew Harper
1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody
1977 Slap Shot Reggie "Reg" Dunlop
1979 Quintet Essex
1980 When Time Ran Out... Hank Anderson
1981 Fort Apache the Bronx Murphy
Absence of Malice Michael Colin Gallagher Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
1982 Come Along with Me TV
The Verdict Frank Galvin Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1984 Harry & Son Harry Keach
1986 The Color of Money Fast Eddie Felson Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1989 Fat Man and Little Boy Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Blaze Gov. Earl K. Long
1990 Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Walter Bridge
1993 La Classe américaine Dave in redubbed archive footage only
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Sidney J. Mussburger
Nobody's Fool Donald J. "Sully" Sullivan Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1998 Twilight Harry Ross
1999 Message in a Bottle Dodge Blake
2000 Where the Money Is Henry Manning
2002 Road to Perdition John Rooney Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
2003 Our Town Stage Manager Nominated - Emmy Award
2005 Empire Falls Max Roby Emmy Award; Golden Globe
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Dave Scott voice
2006 Cars Doc Hudson voice
2007 Dale Narrator voice

As director or producer

Year Title Other notes
1968 Rachel, Rachel Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
New York Film Critics Circle Award (best director)[4]
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Co-executive producer (uncredited)
Winning Co-executive producer (uncredited)
1970 WUSA Co-producer
1971 Sometimes a Great Notion Director and co-executive producer
They Might Be Giants producer
1972 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Director and producer
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Co-executive producer (uncredited)
1980 The Shadow Box Nominated - Emmy Award for Best Director for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
1984 Harry & Son Director and producer
1984 The Glass Menagerie
2005 Empire Falls Producer, Nominated: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries

Additional awards and honors

Academy Awards

Honorary Award

  • For his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances" (1986)

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

  • For his charity work (1994)

Golden Globe Awards

New Star of the Year — Actor

Henrietta Award

  • World Film Favorite — Male (1964; 1966)

Cecil B. DeMille Award

  • Lifetime Achievement (1984)

Other

Newman won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for The Long, Hot Summer and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Nobody's Fool.

In 1968, Newman was named "Man of the Year" by Harvard University's performance group, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Newman Day has been celebrated at Kenyon College, Bates College, Princeton University, and other American colleges since the 1970s.

Published work

  • Newman, Paul and A. E. Hotchner. Newman's Own Cookbook. Simon & Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0684848325.
  • Newman, Paul and A. E. Hotchner. Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good. Doubleday Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0385508026.


See also

References

Notes

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Bibliography

  • Lax, Eric. Paul Newman: a Biography. Turner Publishing, Incorporated, 1999. ISBN 1-57036-286-6.
  • Morella, Joe and Edward Z. Epsteiny. Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Delacorte Press, 1988. ISBN 0440500044.
  • O'Brien, Daniel. Paul Newman. Faber & Faber, Limited, 2005. ISBN 057121987X.
  • Oumano, Elena. Paul Newman. St. Martin's Press, 1990. ISBN 0-517-05934-7.
  • Quirk, Lawrence J. The Films of Paul Newman. Taylor Pub., 1986. ISBN 0-8065-0385-8.
  • Thomson, Kenneth. The Films of Paul Newman. 1978. ISBN 0-912616-87-3.

Further reading

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
John Kitzmiller
for Peace Valley 		Award for Best Actor - Cannes Film Festival
1958
for The Long, Hot Summer 		Succeeded by
Bradford Dillman, Dean Stockwell and Orson Welles
for Compulsion
Preceded by
Jack Lemmon
for The Apartment 		BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1961
for The Hustler 		Succeeded by
Burt Lancaster
for Birdman of Alcatraz
Preceded by
Mike Nichols
for The Graduate 		Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture
1969
for Rachel, Rachel 		Succeeded by
Charles Jarrott
for Anne of the Thousand Days
Preceded by
Laurence Olivier 		Cecil B. DeMille Award
1984 		Succeeded by
Elizabeth Taylor
Preceded by
James Stewart, The National Endowment for the Arts 		Academy Honorary Award
1986
with Alex North 		Succeeded by
Ralph Bellamy
Preceded by
William Hurt
for Kiss of the Spider Woman 		Academy Award for Best Actor
1986
for The Color of Money 		Succeeded by
Michael Douglas
for Wall Street
Preceded by
Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor 		Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
1993 		Succeeded by
Quincy Jones
Preceded by
Tom Hanks
Philadelphia 		Silver Bear for Best Actor - Berlin Film Festival
1995
for Nobody's Fool 		Succeeded by
Sean Penn
Dead Man Walking
Preceded by
Jeffrey Wright
for Angels in America 		Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie
2005
for Empire Falls 		Succeeded by
Jeremy Irons
for Elizabeth I
Preceded by
Geoffrey Rush
for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 		Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Movie
2005
for Empire Falls 		Succeeded by
Jeremy Irons
for Elizabeth I
Preceded by
William Shatner
for Boston Legal 		Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
2006
for Empire Falls 		Succeeded by
Jeremy Irons
for Elizabeth I

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  3. ↑ "Newman says he is 'doing nicely'". - BBC - BBC.com. - June 11, 2008.
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