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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were customers of a grocery store in Beverly Hills where I worked In 1978. One day, I made a delivery to their rented house on Beverly Drive. I was greeted at the door by Mr. Newman who invited me in, and introduced me to Ms. Woodward. They were both so charming and friendly to me, a gawky 18 year old delivering them groceries. I couldn’t believe how blue his eyes were. Almost superhuman. But his demeanor and kindness couldn’t have been more human and down to earth.
I saw Mr. Newman in a play in The Westport Theater in Ct. It is a small theater and I was toward the back but I could see his blue eyes from where I was seated. They were AMAZING........I have blue eyes too but not like his ❤
Paul Newman was a great actor and handsome man, too!...My mom had a huge crush on him when she was younger. I've seen some of his old movies and heard "Somebody Up There Likes Me" like to see that one one of these days! Paul Newman's Foundation, 100% goes to charity, mainly children focused projects. Since 1982, it has raised over $600 million. Good man, great actor! RIP Mr. Newman ⚘️ 🙏
Paul Newman was a hero for my kids for his charity salad sauces. One day I called them to watch a "Paul Newman film". The kids were like: "The sauce guy? He does movies?" I like to think he'd be proud of that. ❤
Paul, I believe may have saved my life. It was a snowing evening near Chicago, as I left the campus of Indiana University NW in Gary, Indiana. Was 18-19 yrs of age a good driver and had prepared my car for the various winter Chicago snow storms, with studded deep traction snow tires. As I drove out of the parking lot it began to drissel globes of wet snow by the time I got to the Interstate Hwy a blast of very cold wind had turned the roads to ice with an inch or two of fresh powder snow. Driving down the entrance ramp hardly able to see through the snow the masses of trucks barreling down the 5 lane highway, my car hit the ice did 5-6 complete spins before hitting the iron guard rails off the passing lane and came to a halt but facing oncoming traffic.. Being a juvenile diabetic with a small amout of emergency candy being stuck there for long was a dangerous option, but conditons gave me no way to re-enter the busy highway. When I saw red backup lights in my reaview mirror inching toward my car, a man got out I rolled down my window and Mr. Blue Eyes locked into mine and said "drive backward follow my tail lights theres is a break a little ways up where you can turn about." As I finally was able to drive toward toward home I heard an anouncer on the radio(WLS?) say the Play with Paul Newman was being delayed do to the weather. What a great human beingto risk his own safety and reponsibility to his work to have help me in a bad situration. Love You Paul Wherever You Are PS always buy you food product.
So very thoughtful and kind. Wasn’t thinking of himself but the other person that he could help. So very nice of you to spend the time to write your story. Hope you are doing well .
I saw Paul Newman in the 70s when I was part of an SCCA racing team pit crew. You completely overlooked the fact that Paul Newman was an in credible race car driver.
@@mr.blackhawk142 Why would you bother? It's not as if people cannot figure it out unless it's such a revelation to you that you feel it's important you share how brilliant you are. Congratulations "meself."
@@Madders23There's no point in trying to make someone feel less-than as if any of us have full command of the English language. I'd be in big trouble schmoozing w/that one, lol!
He and Joanne were at The Wayside Inn in Sudbury mass summer of 75. I busboyed their table in a private area George Washington room. He gave me a twenty for just putting the trey down and winked and said in case waitress cheats ya kid!
I meet Paul Newman when he lived in Westport, CT. He was out shopping on Main St just being a regular Joe. I smiled discreetly, nodded my head and he did the same. He was very handsome.
Cool hand Luke,The Long Hot Summer and several others… My mother adored him and so did I. His charity work as was his humility very humbling and a great sense of spirituality ran through him. He will always be missed ❤😢 Thanks Paul🕊️🦋
I still will re-watch any of Mr Newman's work when it's on TV. I also had a giant poster of him. I had the privilege of meeting him when I was 15. He could not have been nicer.
My brother served Paul Newman on a number of occassions where he worked in CT. Newman was ALWAYS a nice guy. Newman was one of his favorite customers. Everyone had value with him.
Cat on a hot tin roof with Elizabeth Taylor, and Butch Casey and the Sun dance kid ... He was truly a legend in his own right, because the stage became him not he became the stage... 👏👏👏👏👏
This was touching. I performed for Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at the Scott Newman Foundation annual fundraising dinner, I believe at the Beverly Hilton. The master of ceremonies was the beautiful and impeccable, Sidney Poitier, in his later years. It was a solemn yet lovely event. I was in awe.
i met him at nelson ledges in ohio. he was across the path from me and watch me pull off my asbestos shirt only to reveal a halter top, he had miller beer, cold and dripping, i asked if he had another one and he offered it, we got in a debate about his differential and the air drag on the rivets on his car, he had to run at nelsons to qualify for formula car back then, he was nice and couldnt believe a woman knew what a differential was. 50yrs later i ran into a guy that remembered it, he was just a regular guy whos job was acting
What a wonderful story! He truly was just a very down to earth person. I always admired his straight forward character. I enjoyed most of his movies. He was my favorite actor! I grew up watching old movies from the Golden age of Hollywood with my mom & older sister. They don't make actors, or movies, like that anymore! With the exception of a few. I'm an old soul for my age. The thing I liked most about Mr. Newman was how much he gave back to the causes he believed in, & continued by his family today.
@@maureenhansen6979 yep. My bro lived next to him in Westport CT.. when he told my brother the story about the racetrack my brother laughed and said my sister better know what the hell the differential is. Lol. I was clueless for 10 years about it
Paul Newman was one of the greatest American's who ever lived, giving the most charity, in proportion to his wealth, than any other other American in history. He was a political activist for humanist policies, and was married for many decades to his true love Joanne Woodward......also was a great award winning actor.
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I saw Paul Newman in Malibu California in 1974 at a liquor store as he was buying a case of Heineken I was the next customer in line,and said "how's it going",and parked outside in his Porsche looking as beautiful as ever was Johann Woodward.
I have heard newman was one of the few A-list hollywood actors no one ever had anything bad to say about and didn't know about the funny story he took out ads telling people NOT to see his movie the suicide dummy story was also hilarious⚛😀
I wish they would put more of his movies back out so the public can view them again. Janice. My favorite was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kit. Janice
He was an amazing actor and even though he was divorced, he made the best of things. I felt like he was an amazing at acting and playing so really great parts. Cool hand Luke and Butch Cassidy. 😊
Absolutely agree with you. Totally oscar worthy. But they gave it to Gandhi instead and tossed him one several years later for Colour of Money, almost as an after-thought. Fortunately, his self worth was bound up in his family, and not some awards show.
One of my favorite Paul Newman bits is his appearance on "what's my line", because it's all yes-or-no questions asked by a panel, and they couldn't put him in a box. "Are you shall we say, a serious actor, or more of a popular actor?" Grammar forces Paul Newman to say yes. Then it's "Are you an actor on Broadway"? Yes. "Have you performed in any Hollywood roles?" yes. The more questions they asked, the more confused they got. They approached it in an either/or mindset, so they never figured it out. Of American actors, only maybe Brando or Montgomery Clift could have tied the panel into knots like that, except with Newman I can't think of a single category where they weren't screwed. Comedic or serious? You're never going to narrow it down like that. After 20 questions all they'd managed to determine was that he was an American who didn't sing.
It’s impossible to pick just one… The Sting is up there but I gotta say ultimately - Cool Hand Luke is LIT… hands down it’s da bomb… RIP Paul Newman… now you live on forever… thank you for leaving your mark on this world for all generations…
I always thought ‘The Sting’ was a brilliant movie, even though I was quite young when I saw it & didn’t ‘get’ it as much as if I saw it when I was older. Would love to watch it again now. Also ‘Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid’, WHAT a movie that was. And how about Robert Redford, I had such a crush on him & Paul Newman, STILL think they were two of the best actors & SOOO handsome men EVER..!! 🧡
was the passenger while racing paul on westport's back roads as he would look for scott. ran into him in town, and he spoke at our high school about drugs. ran into joanne and kids at the hunt club. was passenger with the skip barber racing school pacing the paul newman stretch at lime rock race track. great memories.
I met him at the incoming baggage area @ the Atlanta airport while waiting for our luggage. The Ladies at the Car rental booths ask me to ask Him for his autograph, and He smiled & said of course, & went over, probably gave the Ladies 20 autographs & pictures with some of them. He was a very nice person, & thanked me for telling him about the Ladies wanting his autographs!! He was there to drive in the Road race, & He could not been nicer to me during our conversation!!!
I grew-up in the 1950s and 1960s, so I'll give my favorite Paul Newman Film as a Double Feature: "Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid" and "The Sting"...
Gosh, so many people here who all have nice stories to tell about him...🥰 I loved to watch his movies, and I think he was one of the best actors I have ever seen! Thanks Mr. Newman! 👍💜✌️
My favorite Newman flicks were Cat On Hot Tin Roof, Exodus, Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Torn Curtain, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, Slap Shot, Absence of Malice, The Color Of Money, The Towering Inferno, Nobody's Fool, Road to Perdition & the Disney/Pixar Cars movies (as Doc Hudson) 😁🚗
You forget A Place in the Sun. One of his best. His character wanted the Lizz Taylor character she played a rich girl he wanted to marry for money. He murdered his pregnant girlfriend played by Shelly Winters. Because he had dumped her pregnant, she threatened to tell Lizz's father.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was my most favorite but I can say I have loved everything he has done in movies. It might also be because I have had a mad crush on him as far back as I can remember as a young girl. And I still do. I love that he and Joann Woodward stayed together until the end and as far as I know there was no scandal between them. And he had a compassionate heart for the young ones. I too wish his movies were out more because I’m truly a fan. I’m sure sorry that I never got to meet him in person.
In Sometimes a Great Notion with impressive cast - Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, he was a very credible Hank Stamper. The tough lumberjack character was a perfect fit for him.
Yes same here, so dramatic at the end when Henry and Jo Ben are both passing away. The part where Hank tries to keep Jo Ben breathing with mouth to mouth 😢
My first exposure to Paul Newman was the movie 'Hud' done in about 1957 or so. I'm now 74 so not so sure? I first saw this dude and I liked his tude. Much like me even back when I was a kid and I had his swagger and stuff and I knew this even back as a young kid! Dean Mountlake Terrace, WA
When I was young and frivolous I dated a guy (very briefly) just because looked incredibly similar to Paul Newman. For the life of me, I couldn't remember this guy's name and referred to him as Paul to my friends.
Many times I met Paul Newman in Westport, Connecticut restaurant (just a few tables away) Paul noticed the massive/king cut prime rib meal I was enjoying. When leaving with his daughter he stopped giving me a thumbs up for finishing. Another meeting was at my friends famous Sea Food Shop with JoAnn in Fairfield and numerous times while at Bob Sharp Nissan while my Nissan ZX was being serviced , his Nissan Sports Car also!. Most favorite time: he stopped at my friends diner (in his white tee shirt, jeans and sunglasses) reading the newspaper and enjoying a hamburger and my owner friends never announced who he was, often sitting next to me enjoying a normal day out without anyone making such a fuss. 🌹Great actor, family man and business owner🌹
Everyone is forgetting "Sweet Bird of Youth" and "The Hustler". His more recent films are great too: "The Verdict", "Nobody's Fool", "The Colour of Money", "The Road to Perdition"... But hey, all of his films that I've seen are good or VERY good (I haven't seen all of them, and certainly the first one)! Something that baffles me completely is how come he never won an Oscar (except for the honorary one)...
So many actors today live such hollow and dissipated lives. You really have to feel sorry for them. They should model Paul Newman, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jon Voight,, Rosalind Russell.Angela Lansbury. Clint Eastwood is humble and nice to people. Mel Gibson is lovely too, and a genius.
I was fishing on a small lake in Westchester Co. NY. (Mahopac) He was walking on water and came up to the boat and said "Drop your line on the other side. you'll catch a big 'un " I did and I did. When I turned to thank him he was gone.But in the boat was a bottle of salad dressing. Good too!. Now we know that's not true.. But he was the kind of guy that if he could have , he would have.
How many men do that, apologize? He must have been a good man. After he lost his son, that must have an open wound. Dean Martin lost his son too, who was a military pilot. He was never the same.
@@maryshanley329. Johnny Carson also lost a son, to suicide. Bing Crosby also lost a son. I’m not a 100 percent on this, but I think it was suicide. From what I’ve read, Bingo wasn’t a good father. Think he had 4 children all together.
I think Bing Crosby lost 2 sons to suicide. As I remember, they were alcoholics. Bing’s wife was an alcoholic and at home. He was trying to manage both roles. Yes, he was strict with his sons. When that occurs, it is usually the way his father raised him. In those days, children in general were taught good behavior. It was just a given. We were just expected to act in such a way. Good manners,etc. In my family, no one raised their voice or threatened us. Bing Crosby may just have been in over his head. Coming home and seeing such an unhealthy atmosphere must have made him too angry. I think alcohol may have been a factor with him also. Some people who drink get terribly nasty. Johnny Carson was one. Paul Newman lost a son from an overdose. That son was from his first marriage. He was a good father. Clint Eastern also raised his children with no drugs or alcohol just a given. He son Scott spoke about his father’s leadership. I think he was quite proud of his dad. It must be very difficult for famous parents to do a good job. When Angela Lansbury’s children got into trouble with drugs, she moved her entire family to Ireland where her mother was born. County Cork. I think she solved the situation.
I think my favorite Paul Newman role was, Cool Hand Luke! I loved him in that role. It was such a unique movie. Also, I loved him in Exodus. Thank you.
My favorite Paul Newman movie is "Absence of Malice", with Sally Field and Wilford Brimley. He's just a taaaad bit slicker than everyone around him, with the quiet patience and perserverance of Pepe le Pew. Very good movie.
Sally Field told a funny story about how surprised Paul was to see a huge crowd waiting to watch a scene about to be filmed and wanted to know if something happened. She turned to him and said something like probably bc they came to see Paul Newman. Duh
Paul Newman Salad Dressing is still available in grocery stores. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that 100% of the Newman Salad Dressing Profits still are used for charity projects.
I loved him in all his movies! Was sorry n sad when he died! I was so impressed by his happy marital life with Joanne Woodward! Every marriage is a roller coaster but to last the way they did especially in Hollywood, was very creditable! I live in India n was always a fan of his , since I watched him in Sundance movie!
Great actor with a very fine family. The Sting and Cool Hand Luke have to be at the top, and let's not forget Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Most of all his name will be remembered for the Hole in the Wall Camp in helping people with cancer. We'll see Paul in the Kingdom.
My favorite Paul Newman movie: The Long, Hot Summer. Because Joanne was so good in it. Great Faulkner novel. Orson Wells was great. Honorable Mention: Cars. Absolutely made Doc Hudson come to life.
The card game scene on the train in 'The Sting' is a must watch for any aspiring actor. When you're a kid and see the end to Butch Cassidy ... the disbelief and shock how it ends.
As Paul Newman took an interest in auto racing and became an accomplished racer himself, he was always very kind and gracious towards other teams in the pits. As is/was Roger Penke and Richard Dean Anderson and several other successful celebrities. A real pleasure to be around despite the competitive nature of the sport. Real gentlemen.
he was a wonderful man a paragon of charity and decency. I did not agree with his politics in the least but could see they were grounded in a genuine concern for his fellow men His donating all proceeds from Newman's own just one form this took. RIP and leave him alone.
My father was confused a lot with Paul. Women would go out of their way to get his attention! Imagine a small girl seeing women chasing her dad! Paul is awesome all the way around!
Ahhh, such a cool, unassuming, handsome male specimen Paul Newman was! He and Gregory Peck were my absolute favorites. I loved Mr. Newman in his countless roles, including one that hasn’t been mentioned yet, I think - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Played a crotchety fellow oh so brilliantly. And I agree with others that aging did so much to increase his hotness~ ~ RIP blue eyes !
The underrated WUSA (1970). Newman walking through the graveyard at its conclusion strikes me as being one of the most powerful sequences in the history of American cinema.
I have two faves with PNewman: The Secret War of Harry Frigg 1968 & Paris Blues 1961. Not that I didn't like the rest of his films! But these films offerred me something special!
Hard to say, so many of his roles were outstanding and played so believably. "The Sting" was a great film but "The Verdict", especially his summation at the end is so good, you get the idea his performance was sprinkled with a little of the regret he felt over his son.
Paul Newman snd Joanne Woodward were always so kind to my nineteen year old self. They were clients at a shop I worked in. I will never forget her wonderful kindness and his blue eyes. Warm open and kind. Lovely couple.
I was fishing on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota around 1980. A man walked out towards me onto his dock from a beautiful mansion. I thought he was going to yell at me to get away from his dock. Instead, he asked if they were biting, and talked fishing with me for a few minutes. Later I told my wife how the guy had the bluest eyes and looked like Paul Newman. We read in the paper later Paul was staying at his place on Minnetonka for some event! What a nice guy! We read later that Paul had several homes around the world, and was paying a butler $20k a year ( a nice salary in 1980) to stay there, and keep it stocked, in case he decided to show up there.
One of my favourite actors of all time along with Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Cool Hand Luke" were my favourite PN films
Favorite Paul Newman Movie? 🤔
Slap Shot the Sting, love all his movies
Has to be my favorite movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid!
Nobody's Fool and The Sting
Cool Hand
not a jewish man and not a great movie unless you like grandstanding@@grandmamoses6977bias much?
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were customers of a grocery store in Beverly Hills where I worked In 1978. One day, I made a delivery to their rented house on Beverly Drive. I was greeted at the door by Mr. Newman who invited me in, and introduced me to Ms. Woodward. They were both so charming and friendly to me, a gawky 18 year old delivering them groceries. I couldn’t believe how blue his eyes were. Almost superhuman. But his demeanor and kindness couldn’t have been more human and down to earth.
Do you understand how lucky you are???😊
What a lovely story . How nice for you to have that memory 😊
I saw Mr. Newman in a play in The Westport Theater in Ct. It is a small theater and I was toward the back but I could see his blue eyes from where I was seated. They were AMAZING........I have blue eyes too but not like his ❤
How nice! Thank you for the story
Loved his eyes!
He was one heck of a humanitarian! I love him for that! We miss you, Pauly!!!
Paul Newman was a great actor and handsome man, too!...My mom had a huge crush on him when she was younger. I've seen some of his old movies and heard "Somebody Up There Likes Me" like to see that one one of these days!
Paul Newman's Foundation, 100% goes to charity, mainly children focused projects. Since 1982, it has raised over $600 million. Good man, great actor! RIP Mr. Newman ⚘️ 🙏
His charity was the largest ever in America in proportion to his wealth.
every woman had a crush on him.
My mother had a big crush on him as well & she had light blue eyes similar to his.
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Paul Newman was a hero for my kids for his charity salad sauces. One day I called them to watch a "Paul Newman film". The kids were like: "The sauce guy? He does movies?" I like to think he'd be proud of that. ❤
THanks for that great laugh! Newman would have roared.
Hilarious!
Paul, I believe may have saved my life. It was a snowing evening near Chicago, as I left the campus of Indiana University NW in Gary, Indiana. Was 18-19 yrs of age a good driver and had prepared my car for the various winter Chicago snow storms, with studded deep traction snow tires. As I drove out of the parking lot it began to drissel globes of wet snow by the time I got to the Interstate Hwy a blast of very cold wind had turned the roads to ice with an inch or two of fresh powder snow. Driving down the entrance ramp hardly able to see through the snow the masses of trucks barreling down the 5 lane highway, my car hit the ice did 5-6 complete spins before hitting the iron guard rails off the passing lane and came to a halt but facing oncoming traffic.. Being a juvenile diabetic with a small amout of emergency candy being stuck there for long was a dangerous option, but conditons gave me no way to re-enter the busy highway. When I saw red backup lights in my reaview mirror inching toward my car, a man got out I rolled down my window and Mr. Blue Eyes locked into mine and said "drive backward follow my tail lights theres is a break a little ways up where you can turn about." As I finally was able to drive toward toward home I heard an anouncer on the radio(WLS?) say the Play with Paul Newman was being delayed do to the weather. What a great human beingto risk his own safety and reponsibility to his work to have help me in a bad situration. Love You Paul Wherever You Are PS always buy you food product.
So very thoughtful and kind. Wasn’t thinking of himself but the other person that he could help. So very nice of you to spend the time to write your story. Hope you are doing well .
That's simply amazing. An actual standup guy off camera as well. I hope God smiled upon him when he passed.
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Wow what a story!! Just shows how kind and down to earth he was!!❤️
I saw Paul Newman in the 70s when I was part of an SCCA racing team pit crew. You completely overlooked the fact that Paul Newman was an in credible race car driver.
in credible? I always thought he was more out credible meself!
@@mr.blackhawk142 Why would you bother? It's not as if people cannot figure it out unless it's such a revelation to you that you feel it's important you share how brilliant you are. Congratulations "meself."
@@isabellind1292they have to be noticed. Sad.
@@Madders23There's no point in trying to make someone feel less-than as if any of us have full command of the English language. I'd be in big trouble schmoozing w/that one, lol!
@@isabellind1292 there’s nothing wrong with your English language. From what I’ve read from mr Blackhawk meself, I would say you far superior. 😁
He and Joanne were at The Wayside Inn in Sudbury mass summer of 75. I busboyed their table in a private area George Washington room. He gave me a twenty for just putting the trey down and winked and said in case waitress cheats ya kid!
That's a great story! Thank you for sharing! :)
Same with me happened, Portland ME, 1980's
I meet Paul Newman when he lived in Westport, CT. He was out shopping on Main St just being a regular Joe. I smiled discreetly, nodded my head and he did the same. He was very handsome.
A sharp guy..
And great actor!
Cool hand Luke,The Long Hot Summer and several others… My mother adored him and so did I. His charity work as was his humility very humbling and a great sense of spirituality ran through him. He will always be missed ❤😢 Thanks Paul🕊️🦋
I still will re-watch any of Mr Newman's work when it's on TV. I also had a giant poster of him. I had the privilege of meeting him when I was 15. He could not have been nicer.
He was a Beautiful man inside and out . I enjoyed everything I ever seen him in
My brother served Paul Newman on a number of occassions where he worked in CT. Newman was ALWAYS a nice guy. Newman was one of his favorite customers. Everyone had value with him.
Cat on a hot tin roof with Elizabeth Taylor, and Butch Casey and the Sun dance kid ... He was truly a legend in his own right, because the stage became him not he became the stage... 👏👏👏👏👏
Two great movies....they don't make stars like these 2 anymore!
Cassidy
A very humble man I’ve seen around town (Westport). He even bartended the annual fundraiser in town. He was one in a million.
I was 11yrs old and I had a poster of him with a cowboy hat and no shirt on. Bad crush❤
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid was eye candy lol
sounds devine
@@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934 AWWWWW, Hubba Hubba. You’ve got my heart racing now…💓💓
Me too! I dragged my friend to Butch Cassidy 4 times! He was handsome and so sexy ❤
This was touching. I performed for Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at the Scott Newman Foundation annual fundraising dinner, I believe at the Beverly Hilton. The master of ceremonies was the beautiful and impeccable, Sidney Poitier, in his later years. It was a solemn yet lovely event. I was in awe.
I met him once at an airport, so down to earth and gorgeous
So loved and admired this handsome brilliant actor.
He was a very special person and a true gentleman.❤❤
i met him at nelson ledges in ohio. he was across the path from me and watch me pull off my asbestos shirt only to reveal a halter top, he had miller beer, cold and dripping, i asked if he had another one and he offered it, we got in a debate about his differential and the air drag on the rivets on his car, he had to run at nelsons to qualify for formula car back then, he was nice and couldnt believe a woman knew what a differential was. 50yrs later i ran into a guy that remembered it, he was just a regular guy whos job was acting
Wow, great story! It's too bad that most people put these otherwise normal actors on pedestals. They just want to enjoy their lives as we all do.
What a wonderful story! He truly was just a very down to earth person. I always admired his straight forward character. I enjoyed most of his movies. He was my favorite actor! I grew up watching old movies from the Golden age of Hollywood with my mom & older sister. They don't make actors, or movies, like that anymore! With the exception of a few. I'm an old soul for my age. The thing I liked most about Mr. Newman was how much he gave back to the causes he believed in, & continued by his family today.
@@maureenhansen6979 yep. My bro lived next to him in Westport CT.. when he told my brother the story about the racetrack my brother laughed and said my sister better know what the hell the differential is. Lol. I was clueless for 10 years about it
@@maureenhansen6979 yep just a normal human being acting was just his job
Paul Newman was one of the greatest American's who ever lived, giving the most charity, in proportion to his wealth, than any other other American in history. He was a political activist for humanist policies, and was married for many decades to his true love Joanne Woodward......also was a great award winning actor.
Both he and his wife appeared to be so 'grounded'!!
And they gave a care about other human beings!!😉
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 What does "grounded" mean?
@@jeanettemarkley7299 Grounded means "down to earth", even, stable, considering oneself no better than others, having a realistic sense of ones own human fallibility.
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Beautiful man. Simply beautiful.
‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ is one of my favorite movies of all time.
He was absolutely gorgeous.
Great movie with Liz and Burl Ives!!!
He cared and it showed in his actions, he did allot of good in life
I saw Paul Newman in Malibu California in 1974 at a liquor store as he was buying a case of Heineken I was the next customer in line,and said "how's it going",and parked outside in his Porsche looking as beautiful as ever was Johann Woodward.
I thought he was even more handsome when he got gray hair❤
RIP. Great actor .
Paul Newman never made a bad movie.
Except he 1 he criticized.😉 .
Paul Newman was a Star with a heart.💜🌟🕊
I have heard newman was one of the few A-list hollywood actors no one ever had anything bad to say about and didn't know about the funny story he took out ads telling people NOT to see his movie the suicide dummy story was also hilarious⚛😀
Oh, all right I had read he took out BIG LARGE ads in the newspapers for folks NOT to see his first movie "The Chalice"
I wish they would put more of his movies back out so the public can view them again. Janice. My favorite was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kit. Janice
Your wish may come true if YT can sell enough ads to ruin an otherwise captivating movie! FYT!
He was an amazing actor and even though he was divorced, he made the best of things. I felt like he was an amazing at acting and playing so really great parts. Cool hand Luke and Butch Cassidy. 😊
he was an amazing at acting ???? gotcha!
The Verdict.He should have won an Academy Award for that.
yes that was a good, one I also liked "Slapshot" where he played an aging hockey player
A great movie!
Absolutely agree with you. Totally oscar worthy. But they gave it to Gandhi instead and tossed him one several years later for Colour of Money, almost as an after-thought. Fortunately, his self worth was bound up in his family, and not some awards show.
My favorite actor
@@skylinerunner1695 Great points, his values were in the right place during his lifetime, thanks and God Bless
Not possible to pick one movie. So talented and such a great human.
The Verdict. Should have had the Oscar for that one.
One of my favorite Paul Newman bits is his appearance on "what's my line", because it's all yes-or-no questions asked by a panel, and they couldn't put him in a box. "Are you shall we say, a serious actor, or more of a popular actor?" Grammar forces Paul Newman to say yes. Then it's "Are you an actor on Broadway"? Yes. "Have you performed in any Hollywood roles?" yes.
The more questions they asked, the more confused they got. They approached it in an either/or mindset, so they never figured it out. Of American actors, only maybe Brando or Montgomery Clift could have tied the panel into knots like that, except with Newman I can't think of a single category where they weren't screwed. Comedic or serious? You're never going to narrow it down like that.
After 20 questions all they'd managed to determine was that he was an American who didn't sing.
It’s impossible to pick just one… The Sting is up there but I gotta say ultimately - Cool Hand Luke is LIT… hands down it’s da bomb… RIP Paul Newman… now you live on forever… thank you for leaving your mark on this world for all generations…
well said. His work and his charities go forward.
I always thought ‘The Sting’ was a brilliant movie, even though I was quite young when I saw it & didn’t ‘get’ it as much as if I saw it when I was older. Would love to watch it again now. Also ‘Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid’, WHAT a movie that was. And how about Robert Redford, I had such a crush on him & Paul Newman, STILL think they were two of the best actors & SOOO handsome men EVER..!! 🧡
WUSA is his most underrated!
The Verdict
'Cool Hand Luke'. My favourite. He was so good.
was the passenger while racing paul on westport's back roads as he would look for scott. ran into him in town, and he spoke at our high school about drugs. ran into joanne and kids at the hunt club. was passenger with the skip barber racing school pacing the paul newman stretch at lime rock race track. great memories.
All his movies were great. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ What a star!! I love Joanne, too!❤❤❤❤❤❤
This was a wonderful bio of my favorite actor and humanitarian ! Thank you!
He had the most beautiful bluest eyes ever.
I met him at the incoming baggage area @ the Atlanta airport while waiting for our luggage. The Ladies at the Car rental booths ask me to ask Him for his autograph, and He smiled & said of course, & went over, probably gave the Ladies 20 autographs & pictures with some of them. He was a very nice person, & thanked me for telling him about the Ladies wanting his autographs!! He was there to drive in the Road race, & He could not been nicer to me during our conversation!!!
I grew-up in the 1950s and 1960s, so I'll give my favorite Paul Newman Film as a Double Feature: "Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid" and "The Sting"...
Gosh, so many people here who all have nice stories to tell about him...🥰 I loved to watch his movies, and I think he was one of the best actors I have ever seen! Thanks Mr. Newman! 👍💜✌️
My favorite Newman flicks were Cat On Hot Tin Roof, Exodus, Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler, Torn Curtain, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Sting, Slap Shot, Absence of Malice, The Color Of Money, The Towering Inferno, Nobody's Fool, Road to Perdition & the Disney/Pixar Cars movies (as Doc Hudson) 😁🚗
You forget A Place in the Sun. One of his best. His character wanted the Lizz Taylor character she played a rich girl he wanted to marry for money. He murdered his pregnant girlfriend played by Shelly Winters. Because he had dumped her pregnant, she threatened to tell Lizz's father.
@@peachygal4153 No. That was Montgomery Clift, not Newman.
…and ‘Harper’.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was my most favorite but I can say I have loved everything he has done in movies. It might also be because I have had a mad crush on him as far back as I can remember as a young girl. And I still do. I love that he and Joann Woodward stayed together until the end and as far as I know there was no scandal between them. And he had a compassionate heart for the young ones. I too wish his movies were out more because I’m truly a fan. I’m sure sorry that I never got to meet him in person.
In Sometimes a Great Notion with impressive cast - Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, he was a very credible Hank Stamper. The tough lumberjack character was a perfect fit for him.
Same movie was released under the title “Never
Give An Inch”. Idk why.
The scene where he tries to save his brother, still sticks with me today. Great acting.
Yes same here, so dramatic at the end when Henry and Jo Ben are both passing away. The part where Hank tries to keep Jo Ben breathing with mouth to mouth 😢
Written by Ken Kesey. Of "One Flew over the Coo Coo's Nest " notoriety
"What is the meaning for this outrage?"
Lmao they don't make lines like that anymore.
My first exposure to Paul Newman was the movie 'Hud' done in about 1957 or so. I'm now 74 so not so sure?
I first saw this dude and I liked his tude. Much like me even back when I was a kid and I had his swagger and stuff and I knew this even back as a young kid!
Dean
Mountlake Terrace, WA
LOVED Paul. So cool, brilliant actor and so down to earth. All the greats have passed but at least we have their films !!
When I was young and frivolous I dated a guy (very briefly) just because looked incredibly similar to Paul Newman. For the life of me, I couldn't remember this guy's name and referred to him as Paul to my friends.
Shaking the tree boss, l’m Shaking
is my favourite line! Loved all he did, they lost the mould when they made him! Loved the salad dressing!
Love love love this man! 🎉
Nothing about his racing?
He loved going fast.
Forever Cool Hand Luke.
Many times I met Paul Newman in Westport, Connecticut restaurant (just a few tables away) Paul noticed the massive/king cut prime rib meal I was enjoying. When leaving with his daughter he stopped giving me a thumbs up for finishing. Another meeting was at my friends famous Sea Food Shop with JoAnn in Fairfield and numerous times while at Bob Sharp Nissan while my Nissan ZX was being serviced , his Nissan Sports Car also!. Most favorite time: he stopped at my friends diner (in his white tee shirt, jeans and sunglasses) reading the newspaper and enjoying a hamburger and my owner friends never announced who he was, often sitting next to me enjoying a normal day out without anyone making such a fuss. 🌹Great actor, family man and business owner🌹
All his movies were great,can’t pick a favorite,he was an amazing actor!
Everyone is forgetting "Sweet Bird of Youth" and "The Hustler". His more recent films are great too: "The Verdict", "Nobody's Fool", "The Colour of Money", "The Road to Perdition"... But hey, all of his films that I've seen are good or VERY good (I haven't seen all of them, and certainly the first one)! Something that baffles me completely is how come he never won an Oscar (except for the honorary one)...
RIP Paul Newman ,my Mother Loved his dreamy Eyes the best movie ever Cool Hand Luke !
My favorite movie he played in was, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
So fine!
Loved almost all his movies…The Long Hot Summer, Butch Cassidy, The Sting, Winning, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof were my favorites
WUSA is underrated!
It's good to be a movie star. But it's GREAT to be a good human being.
Loved this man..❤
So many actors today live such hollow and dissipated lives. You really have to feel sorry for them.
They should model
Paul Newman, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jon Voight,, Rosalind Russell.Angela Lansbury. Clint Eastwood is humble and nice to people.
Mel Gibson is lovely too, and a genius.
He was a great person ! When they made the movie "Sometimes a Great Notion". I was their cocktail waitress. ALL of them were very kind & generous!
I was fishing on a small lake in Westchester Co. NY. (Mahopac) He was walking on water and came up to the boat and said "Drop your line on the other side. you'll catch a big 'un " I did and I did. When I turned to thank him he was gone.But in the boat was a bottle of salad dressing. Good too!. Now we know that's not true.. But he was the kind of guy that if he could have , he would have.
Great stuff on Paul Newman.
I know he loved Joanne but I remember he apologized for his divorce from his first wife
classy
How many men do that, apologize?
He must have been a good man.
After he lost his son, that must have an open wound.
Dean Martin lost his son too, who was a military pilot. He was never the same.
@@maryshanley329. Johnny Carson also lost a son, to suicide. Bing Crosby also lost a son. I’m not a 100 percent on this, but I think it was suicide. From what I’ve read, Bingo wasn’t a good father. Think he had 4 children all together.
I think Bing Crosby lost 2 sons to suicide. As I remember, they were alcoholics.
Bing’s wife was an alcoholic and at home. He was trying to manage both roles.
Yes, he was strict with his sons. When that occurs, it is usually the way his father raised him. In those days, children in general were taught good behavior. It was just a given. We were just expected to act in such a way. Good manners,etc. In my family, no one raised their voice or threatened us.
Bing Crosby may just have been in over his head. Coming home and seeing such an
unhealthy atmosphere must have made him too angry.
I think alcohol may have been a factor with him also.
Some people who drink get terribly nasty. Johnny Carson was one.
Paul Newman lost a son from an overdose. That son was from his first marriage.
He was a good father.
Clint Eastern also raised his children with no drugs or alcohol just a given.
He son Scott spoke about his father’s leadership. I think he was quite proud of his dad.
It must be very difficult for famous parents to do a good job.
When Angela Lansbury’s children got into trouble with drugs, she moved her entire family to Ireland where her mother was born. County Cork.
I think she solved the situation.
They were spewing around while he was still married to Jackie. Neither honorable on either side. However I loved him.
Paul Newman was a gem of a human being and GREAT actor. We loved him.
I think my favorite Paul Newman role was, Cool Hand Luke! I loved him in that role. It was such a unique movie. Also, I loved him in Exodus.
Thank you.
My favorite Paul Newman movie is "Absence of Malice", with Sally Field and Wilford Brimley. He's just a taaaad bit slicker than everyone around him, with the quiet patience and perserverance of Pepe le Pew. Very good movie.
Avery good movie indeed. Cheers for flagging it up here for anyone who missed it.
Sally Field told a funny story about how surprised Paul was to see a huge crowd waiting to watch a scene about to be filmed and wanted to know if something happened. She turned to him and said something like probably bc they came to see Paul Newman. Duh
@@dianemitchell1717 What a great story. Thank you, Diane. 🙂
My favourite Paul Newman movies are “Somebody up there likes me” and “A new kind of love” and “The Verdict” - great vlog thanks for sharing
Multi-talented and good person and handsome. Rip🌹
Paul Newman Salad Dressing is still available in grocery stores. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that 100% of the Newman Salad Dressing Profits still are used for charity projects.
Cat on a hot tin roof with Elizabeth Taylor was my favorite
I loved him in all his movies! Was sorry n sad when he died! I was so impressed by his happy marital life with Joanne Woodward! Every marriage is a roller coaster but to last the way they did especially in Hollywood, was very creditable! I live in India n was always a fan of his , since I watched him in Sundance movie!
Great actor with a very fine family. The Sting and Cool Hand Luke have to be at the top, and let's not forget Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Most of all his name will be remembered for the Hole in the Wall Camp in helping people with cancer. We'll see Paul in the Kingdom.
My favorite Paul Newman movie: The Long, Hot Summer. Because Joanne was so good in it. Great Faulkner novel. Orson Wells was great. Honorable Mention: Cars. Absolutely made Doc Hudson come to life.
He was Hungarian like me! 🇭🇺💪
The card game scene on the train in 'The Sting' is a must watch for any aspiring actor. When you're a kid and see the end to Butch Cassidy ... the disbelief and shock how it ends.
Great, great scene and Shaw was also excellent in that movie!
Agree. Apparently Oliver Reed turned the part down.@@peteshallcross787
As Paul Newman took an interest in auto racing and became an accomplished racer himself, he was always very kind and gracious towards other teams in the pits. As is/was Roger Penke and Richard Dean Anderson and several other successful celebrities. A real pleasure to be around despite the competitive nature of the sport. Real gentlemen.
he was a wonderful man a paragon of charity and decency. I did not agree with his politics in the least but could see they were grounded in a genuine concern for his fellow men His donating all proceeds from Newman's own just one form this took. RIP and leave him alone.
A good man.
He was a humanitarian and I admire that.
All profits from the Newman grocery brands go to charity to this day.
I just adore him, he was so beautiful.
My father was confused a lot with Paul. Women would go out of their way to get his attention! Imagine a small girl seeing women chasing her dad!
Paul is awesome all the way around!
The Hustler!!!!
Ahhh, such a cool, unassuming, handsome male specimen Paul Newman was! He and Gregory Peck were my absolute favorites. I loved Mr. Newman in his countless roles, including one that hasn’t been mentioned yet, I think - The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Played a crotchety fellow oh so brilliantly. And I agree with others that aging did so much to increase his hotness~ ~ RIP blue eyes !
does anyone remember EXODUS 1960? with Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint? I used to watch old movies in growing up in the 60s and 70s.
My favorite too!
The underrated WUSA (1970). Newman walking through the graveyard at its conclusion strikes me as being one of the most powerful sequences in the history of American cinema.
Very much underrated gem of a movie. Cheers for mentioning it here. Hopefully more folks will check it out.
This was excellent, very well done.
The Hustler. Being a wannabe pool player when it came out 60 + years ago I am glad to be able to post this tonight 😊
I have two faves with PNewman: The Secret War of Harry Frigg 1968 & Paris Blues 1961. Not that I didn't like the rest of his films! But these films offerred me something special!
I love Paris Blues. Some of my favorite actors are in it.
Nobody has eyes like that!!!
HUD with Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal is an amazing film.
Slap Shot is my favorite. He reminds me of myself in that movie.
That movie is hilarious
A wonderful film!
Hard to say, so many of his roles were outstanding and played so believably. "The Sting" was a great film but "The Verdict", especially his summation at the end is so good, you get the idea his performance was sprinkled with a little of the regret he felt over his son.
Paul Newman snd Joanne Woodward were always so kind to my nineteen year old self. They were clients at a shop I worked in. I will never forget her wonderful kindness and his blue eyes. Warm open and kind. Lovely couple.
I was fishing on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota around 1980. A man walked out towards me onto his dock from a beautiful mansion. I thought he was going to yell at me to get away from his dock. Instead, he asked if they were biting, and talked fishing with me for a few minutes. Later I told my wife how the guy had the bluest eyes and looked like Paul Newman. We read in the paper later Paul was staying at his place on Minnetonka for some event! What a nice guy! We read later that Paul had several homes around the world, and was paying a butler $20k a year ( a nice salary in 1980) to stay there, and keep it stocked, in case he decided to show up there.
One of my favourite actors of all time along with Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Cool Hand Luke" were my favourite PN films
Good choices!
He was a beautiful man and an amazing actor in every way! ❤
His marriage to Joann Woodward, then his philanthropy, then The Sting first of all, then Cool hand Luke.