Legendary Actor Paul Newman Dies at 83

Hollywood Walk of Famer  

Paul Newman CancerPaul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, race car driver, racing team owner and humanitarian. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards. He 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 Indy Car racing. He was also the founder of Newman’s Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million. Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut after a battle with lung cancer.

Illness and death
Newman was scheduled to make his professional directorial stage 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, was quoted in the media as saying 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. In August, Newman reportedly had finished chemotherapy and had told his family he wished to die at home. His daughter, Nell, is poised to take over Newman’s Own.

Paul Newman died of lung cancer on September 26, 2008 aged 83 at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut. He was surrounded by his family and close friends

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Paul Newman Filmography, awards, and nominations 

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  
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 and 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

 

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