Paul Newman American Actor Known for Road to Perdition

American actor Paul Newman was born on 26 January 1925 in Shaker Heights. He passed away on 26 September 2008 at the age of 83. The recorded cause of death is lung cancer. He was known for playing John Patrick Looney, John Rooney in Road to Perdition (2002).

Early life

He studied at Yale School of Drama, Shaker Heights High School and Kenyon College.

Career

Records list The Silver Chalice (1954) as his earliest screen credit. In the 1950s, he appeared in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and The Long, Hot Summer (1958). The 1960s brought Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, as Butch Cassidy). His 1970s credits include The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) and The Sting (1973). During the 1980s, he worked on The Verdict (1982) and The Color of Money (1986).

In all, 70 films and 2 TV series appear in his credits from 1954 to 2015. Drama is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (8), followed by thriller (4) and action (2). His screen work on record ends with The Meerkats in 2008. Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Towering Inferno (1974) has the highest, at $203 million. He is also credited as director on 6 titles, including Rachel, Rachel, and writer on Harry & Son and The Glass Menagerie.

Robert Redford appears in three of his listed titles, including La Classe américaine (1993). Another co-star who recurs in his credits is Bruce Willis (two titles). Martin Scorsese directed two of his titles on record, among them American Masters (1986). Robert Benton is credited as director on two of them, including Nobody's Fool (1994) and Twilight (1998). The records associate him with western film and crime film.

Recognition

Paul Newman received an Academy Honorary Award in 1986. Further recognition came with the Academy Award for Best Actor (1987) for The Color of Money and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1994). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1959 for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. His awards record shows 11 wins and 11 nominations.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Jacqueline Witte (1949 to 1958) and Joanne Woodward (1958 to 2008, widowed). He was the father of Melissa Newman, Nell Newman and Scott Newman, and has 6 children in total.