Paul Newman

Paul Newman
Background information
Born	Paul Leonard Newman January 26, 1925 Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
Died	September 26, 2008 (aged 83) Westport, Connecticut, United States
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, activist
Years active	1949-2007
Family information
Spouse	Jackie Witte (1949-1958) Joanne Woodward (1958-2008; his death)
Children	Allan, Stephanie, Susan, Elinor, Melissa, and Clair

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and activist. He was best known for his film roles as Doug Roberts in The Towering Inferno, Luke Jackson in Cool Hand Luke, Henry "Shaw" Gondorff in The Sting, and Frank Galvin in The Verdict, as well as the titular characters in The Hustler, Hud, Harper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.

For Disney, he voiced Doc Hudson in the 2006 Pixar film Cars, the role having been his final one, although he did reprise this role in the 2006 video game of the same name and Mater and the Ghost Light. Unused recordings of Newman originally recorded for Cars were also used for Doc Hudson in Cars 3. Additionally, he played Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money, which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Disney Role

Doc Hudson
(Cars, Cars: The Video Game, Mater and the Ghostlight, and Cars 3)

Gallery

Paul Newman behind the scenes of Cars.

Trivia

• He was originally considered for the role of Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. However, Bob Hoskins ended up being cast in that role.
• Newman was once considered, along with Jim Carrey as Buzz Lightyear, to voice Woody in Toy Story. However, he turned down the offer and Tom Hanks was cast instead. However, Newman later went on to voice Doc Hudson in Cars, which was his final role before his death.