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70-1256: Autocourse is a series of annuals covering motor racing , and Formula One in particular. The annuals cover a long period of the sport's history, from 1951 to the present day, and, as such, are highly collectable. Vol I 1951/52 1 1951 2 1951 3 1951 4 1952 Vol II 1952/53 1 1952 2 1952 3 1952 4 1953 Vol III 1953/54 1 5/1953 2 7/1953 3 9/1953 4 11/1953 5 1/1954 6 3/1954 Vol IV 1954/55 1 5/1954 2 7-8/1954 3 9-10/1954 4 11-12/1954 5 2/1955 6 4/1955 Vol V 1955/56 1 6/1955 2 8/1955 3 10/1955 4 12/1955 5 2/1956 6 3/1956 Vol VI 1956/57 1 4/1956 2 5/1956 3 6/1956 4 7/1956 5 8/1956 6 9/1956 7 10/1956 8 11/1956 9 12/1956 10 1/1957 11 2/1957 12 3/1957 Vol VII 1957 13 4/1957 14 5/1957 15 6/1957 16 7/1957 17 8/1957 18 9/1957 19 10/1957 20 11/1957 21 12/1957 Vol VIII 1958 22 1/1958 23 2/1958 24 3/1958 25 4/1958 26 5/1958 27 6/1958 28 7/1958 29 8/1958 30 9/1958 31 10/1958 32 11/1958 33 12/1958 Vol IX 1959 34 1/1959 Autocourse & Sporting Motorist 35 2/1959 “ 36 3/1959 “ 37 4/1959 “ 38 5/1959 Sporting Motorist 39 6/1959 “ 40 7/1959 “ 41 8/1959 “ 42 9/1959 “ 43 10/1959 “ 44 11/1959 “ 45 12/1959 “ 1959 Annual 1960 Annual in 2 parts The first edition of Autocourse appeared in 1951, as

140-505: A Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie . In keeping with his strong interest in car racing, he provided the voice of Doc Hudson , a retired anthropomorphic race car, in Cars (2006). This was his final role in a major feature film, as well as his only animated film role. Almost nine years after his death, he received billing as Doc Hudson in Cars 3 (2017), his appearance made through

210-517: A Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 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. Newman's last live-action movie appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the Sam Mendes directed film Road to Perdition (2002) opposite Tom Hanks , Jude Law , and Stanley Tucci . For his performance he

280-413: A screen test with James Dean , directed by Gjon Mili , for East of Eden (1955). Newman was tested for the role of Aron Trask, Dean for the role of Aron's twin brother Cal. Dean won his part, but Newman lost out to Richard Davalos . That same year, as a last-minute replacement for Dean, he co-starred with Eva Marie Saint and Frank Sinatra in a live, color television broadcast of Our Town which

350-727: A stage production of Saint George and the Dragon at the Cleveland Play House . He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and economics from Kenyon College in 1949. After touring with several summer stock companies including the Belfry Players , Newman attended the Yale School of Drama for a year before studying at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg . His first starring Broadway role

420-537: A Hot Tin Roof opposite Elizabeth Taylor . The film was a box-office smash, and Newman garnered his first Academy Award nomination. Also in 1958, Newman starred in The Long, Hot Summer with his future wife Joanne Woodward , with whom he reconnected on the set in 1957 (they had first met in 1953). He won Best Actor at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival for this film. He and Woodward also appeared on screen earlier in 1958 in

490-585: A challenge". When he applied to Kenyon College after the Navy he gave his religion as " Christian Scientist ," but apart from that he did not deny that he was Jewish. He recounted in his posthumous memoirs having a "strong sense of otherness" as a youth because he was half-Jewish. His heritage "got in the way of my sitting at the 'A' table, which was important to me," but he received no instruction on his Jewish heritage. He only knew that "if you were Jewish, some avenues were shut to you," and that "hurt me and my brother

560-401: A cycle of five films over six years, and together they have something to say about the current status of heroism". In 1968, Newman directed Rachel, Rachel starring Woodward and based on Margaret Laurence 's A Jest of God. According to Woodward, Newman didn't like the book and had no intention of directing the film. He changed his mind when Woodward couldn't find any other director. To do

630-517: A deal to sell on the title to Icon Publishing (which was formed by Bryn Williams again with Steve Small who has a long established relationship with the annual from being the Picture Editor). The front cover features a full-scale photograph of that year's F1 championship-winning driver in his car, underneath the distinctive yellow " Autocourse " title. In 1976, a drawing by Michael Turner was also used. In 1994 and 1995, three photos were used on

700-592: A decade long absence, and his first time as the lead of a program. During post-production, Winters said that Newman, who liked what he saw, gave him the idea to add some footage to sell it as a theatrical film worldwide. Upon its release, the documentary generally received good reviews for its directing, pace, photography, music, and human interest stories. In 1972, Newman's vehicles produced by First Artists included Pocket Money and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean . Also that year, Newman directed The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds ,

770-401: A few others. As Autocourse is published before the end of the year, persons who died at the end of the year are listed in next publication, for example the obituary of Clay Regazzoni was in the 2007 edition. There are usually some in-depth articles on various F1 topics; e.g., rule changes. These are usually written by well-known motor racing journalists, for example Nigel Roebuck . This is

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840-465: A great deal." Newman deflected the pain with humor, sometimes doing Yiddish voices "for laughs." He was excluded from a high school fraternity because he was Jewish, and got into a "bloody fight" in the Navy because a sailor used an anti-Semitic slur. A family friend recounted that the "stigma" of being Jewish was strong in Shaker Heights at the time. "Paul didn't seem Jewish at all, but he paid

910-533: A hamburger when you have steak at home?" He also said that he never met anyone who had as much to lose as he did. In his profile on 60 Minutes , he admitted he once left Woodward after a fight, walked around the outside of the house, knocked on the front door and explained to Joanne he had nowhere to go. Newman directed Nell alongside her mother in the films Rachel, Rachel and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds . Newman and Woodward also acted as mentors to Allison Janney . They met her while she

980-556: A percentage of the profits. The film was awarded Best Picture at the Academy Awards. In 1974, Newman co-starred with Steve McQueen in John Guillermin 's disaster film The Towering Inferno . Newman plays an architect stuck in a skyscraper he designed that catches fire. Newman was paid $ 1,000,000 plus a percentage of the gross, and he insisted he do his own stunts. The film was a success and its North American gross

1050-472: A pilot requires." A subsequent test found that he was not colorblind. Boot camp followed, with training as a radioman and rear gunner. He performed poorly as a gunner, and a friend from the service recounted in Newman's posthumous memoir that his friends lied to Navy trainers so he could pass. Qualifying in torpedo bombers in 1944, Aviation Radioman Third Class Newman was sent to Barbers Point, Hawaii . He

1120-494: A quarterly review of motorsport, initially with each article in four languages (English, French, German and Italian). Its aims were "to provide the most complete data obtainable with interesting and authentic information, settle arguments and provide countless hours of interesting study and amusement." In 1957 a change of publisher saw the title change to 'Autocourse - For Motoring Sportsmen' and then as 'Autocourse and Sporting Motorist' until 1959. The first Autocourse in annual form

1190-666: A sporting goods store. His father was Jewish , the son of Simon Newman and Hannah Cohn, Hungarian Jewish and Polish Jewish emigrants, from Hungary and Congress Poland , respectively. Paul's mother was a practitioner of Christian Science . She was born to a Roman Catholic family in Peticse , Zemplén county , in the Kingdom of Hungary , Austro-Hungarian Empire (modern Ptičie , Slovakia ). Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and his elder brother, Arthur. Newman showed an early interest in

1260-472: Is a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist, and has Broadway and screen credits, including a starring role as one of four Beatles fans in I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), and also a small role opposite her father in Slap Shot . She also received an Emmy nomination as co-producer of his telefilm, The Shadow Box . Newman met actress Joanne Woodward in 1953, on the production of Picnic on Broadway. It

1330-405: Is a whole different thing. There are so many variable, the skill demanded is tremendous." Bob Bondurant , Newman's driving instructor who appears in the film, explained that Once Upon a Wheel was a passion project for Newman "because he wanted to learn how to drive", and that he refused projects that would have paid him a much larger salary. The project marked Newman's return to television after

1400-616: Is the longest section of the annual, and contains a report on each Grand Prix in the Formula One season, including qualifying, photos, comprehensive results and sidebars for more in-depth news stories. This consists of the full results table for the season, featuring each driver and accompanied since 1996 by a group photo of all the drivers in one of the Grands Prix. Other statistics are also given, such as overall career details for each driver and their average qualifying position over

1470-583: The Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. The pilot of his aircraft had an earache and was grounded, as was his crew, including Newman. The rest of their squadron flew to the Bunker Hill . Days later, a kamikaze attack on the vessel killed several hundred crewmen and airmen, including other members of his unit. In a 2011 interview, screenwriter Stewart Stern recounted that Newman drew on an incident from his Navy years as an "emotional trigger to express

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1540-610: The Belfry Players in Wisconsin and the Woodstock Players in Woodstock, Illinois . He toured with them for three months and developed his talents. He later attended the Yale School of Drama for one year, before moving to New York City to study under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio . Oscar Levant wrote that Newman initially was hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood, and that Newman had said, "Too close to

1610-663: The Evan S. Connell novel of the same name . In 1994, Newman played alongside Tim Robbins as the character Sidney J. Mussburger in the Coen brothers ' comedy The Hudsucker Proxy which received mixed reviews. Also that year, he acted in Robert Benton 's Nobody's Fool earning yet another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . In 2003, Newman appeared in a Broadway revival of Wilder's Our Town , receiving

1680-581: The Martin Scorsese -directed film The Color of Money , for which he finally received the Academy Award for Best Actor . The film was a commercial success although it received mixed reviews. Newman starred alongside Tom Cruise , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , and John Turturro . In mid-1987, Newman sued Universal Pictures for allegedly failing to properly account for revenues from video distribution of four of his films made for Universal, and Universal owed him at least $ 1 million participation for

1750-729: The Playhouse 90 television play The 80 Yard Run . The couple would go on to make a total of 16 films together. In 1959, Newman starred in The Young Philadelphians , a film that co-starred Barbara Rush , Robert Vaughn and Alexis Smith , and was directed by Vincent Sherman . He also co-starred with Woodward in the film Rally Round the Flag, Boys! . In 1960, he starred in Exodus and co-starred with Woodward in From

1820-663: The SeriousFun Children's Network in 1988 and the Safe Water Network in 2006. Newman was married twice and fathered six children. He was the husband of the actress Joanne Woodward . Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio , and raised in nearby Shaker Heights , the second son of Theresa Garth ( née Fetzer, Fetzko, or Fetsko; Slovak : Terézia Fecková ; 1894–1982) and Arthur Sigmund Newman, Sr. (1893–1950), who ran

1890-935: The Argentinian Film Festival, at the Academy Awards he was nominated. Stanley Kauffmann , writing for The New Republic , praised the principal cast, calling Newman "first-rate". Also that year, he co-starred with Woodward in Paris Blues . In 1963, he starred in Hud and co-starred with Woodward in A New Kind of Love . In 1966, he starred in Torn Curtain and Harper . In 1967, he starred in Martin Ritt 's Hombre . The film received many good reviews. Also that year, he starred in Stuart Rosenberg 's Cool Hand Luke . Newman

1960-544: The Number One driver in the annual the previous year, despite winning the title. The second occasion was in 2023 when the foreword was penned by Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner . This is a page or so of material which summarises the year in motor racing from the editor's point of view. For the 50th anniversary edition in 2000, the publisher, Richard Poulter , also wrote a brief introduction. The annual states that these top ten F1 drivers are "chosen by

2030-652: The Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977), and Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981). He also voiced Doc Hudson in Cars (2006). Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing. He co-founded Newman's Own , a food company which donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2021, these donations totaled over US$ 570 million. Newman continued to found charitable organizations such as

2100-416: The Sundance Kid . Prior to even writing a script, scriptwriter William Goldman talked to Newman about his ideas on approaching the subject matter. Once a script was completed, actor Steve McQueen who read it called Newman suggesting that they star in it together. Newman, assuming he would play the character of Sundance, suggested that they jointly buy the intellectual property to which McQueen hesitated. It

2170-599: The Terrace . In 1961, he starred in Robert Rossen 's The Hustler . The film, which was based on a book of the same name by Walter Tevis , tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson (Newman), who challenges a legendary pool player ( Jackie Gleason ). The film was a critical and financial hit. In the best actor category Newman won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and

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2240-505: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 552442222 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:46:54 GMT Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racing car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He

2310-754: The actor would later acknowledge his disdain for it. In 1956, Newman garnered much attention and acclaim for the role of Rocky Graziano in Robert Wise 's biographical film Somebody Up There Likes Me . That year, he also played the lead in Arnold Laven 's The Rack . In 1957, Newman worked again with director Wise in Until They Sail . Also that year, he acted in Michael Curtiz 's The Helen Morgan Story . In 1958, he starred in Cat on

2380-535: The cake. Also, no place to study." Newman arrived in New York City in 1951 with his first wife, Jackie Witte, taking up residence in the St. George section of Staten Island . He made his Broadway theatre debut in the original production of William Inge 's Picnic with Kim Stanley in 1953. While working on the production, he met Joanne Woodward , an understudy. The two married in 1958. He also appeared in

2450-474: The character's trauma" when acting in the 1956 film The Rack . He said that Newman thought back to an incident in which his best friend was sliced to pieces on an aircraft carrier by a plane's propeller. After the war, Newman completed his Bachelor of Arts in drama and economics at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio , in 1949. Shortly after earning his degree, he joined summer stock companies, including

2520-540: The death of long time editor Alan Henry ) has chosen the Top Ten F1 drivers of each season. In 1991, the Formula One Review was changed into a team-by-team format. In 2000, Autocourse celebrated its 50th anniversary. In 2005, Bryn Williams took on the publishing of the annual with Crash Media Group, who purchased the series from Hazleton Publishing (publishers since 1975). In late 2009, CMG confirmed

2590-484: The editor, taking into account their racing performances and the equipment at their disposal". This has been a feature of Autocourse since 1966. Drivers who do not complete the whole season are not usually eligible to be included in the list, although exceptions have been made. Obituaries of persons involved in motorsport who have died during the past year. The 2008 edition included obituaries for Phil Hill , Ove Andersson , Paul Newman and Jean-Marie Balestre , among

2660-447: The film gained a cult status. Frank Galvin provides Newman with the occasion for one of his great performances. This is the first movie in which Newman has looked a little old, a little tired. There are moments when his face sags and his eyes seem terribly weary...[Newman] gives us old, bone-tired, hung-over, trembling (and heroic) Frank Galvin, and we buy it lock, stock and shot glass. —Roger Ebert (1982) In 1980, Newman directed

2730-479: The film in May 1970. Five weeks after principal photography began, Colla left the project due to "artistic differences over photographic concept", as well as a required throat operation. At the same time, Newman broke his ankle and the production shut down on July 29. As co-executive producer, Newman considered replacing Colla with George Roy Hill, but Hill declined the offer, so when filming resumed two weeks later, Newman

2800-402: The front cover. The interior title page often features the runner-up, or another photograph of note. This has been written by the newly crowned champion since 1963 and is accompanied by their signature. There have been only two exceptions. The first was in 1991, when Nobuhiko Kawamoto , the chief of Honda's F1 engine programme, wrote it instead of Ayrton Senna , after Senna was not acclaimed

2870-491: The home video versions of The Sting , Slap Shot , Winning and Sometimes a Great Notion . The complaint claimed that Universal accounted for the cassette revenues in a way that improperly decreased amounts due to Newman, with the actor wanting a full accounting along with $ 2 million in damages. Also in 1987, Newman directed a screen version of Tennessee Williams ' The Glass Menagerie starring his wife Joanne Woodward , John Malkovich , and Karen Allen . The film

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2940-516: The image of a revered cinematic legend and committed philanthropist", the affair was reportedly denied by a friend of Newman's wife Joanne, who said she was upset by the claim. Levy criticised the tabloid newspaper, the New York Post , which had a long-standing feud with Newman, for focusing on and emphasizing this aspect of his biography. He and Woodward were the subject of a 2022 docuseries by Ethan Hawke , The Last Movie Stars , which

3010-419: The main section of the annual. Before 1991, this consisted of an in-depth analysis of the season as a whole, followed by technical reviews of each team and chassis specifications. From 1991 onwards, the Formula One review was organised in a team-by-team format, with the analysis, specifications, an illustration of each car and photos of the relevant drivers (and team personnel) in a single team's section. This

3080-518: The original Broadway production of The Desperate Hours in 1955. In 1959, he was in the original Broadway production of Sweet Bird of Youth with Geraldine Page and three years later starred with Page in the film version. During this time Newman started acting in television. His first credited role was in a 1952 episode of Tales of Tomorrow entitled "Ice from Space". In the mid-1950s, he appeared twice on CBS 's Appointment with Adventure anthology series . In February 1954, Newman appeared in

3150-624: The project, the pair accepted a deferred payment. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture and won two Golden Globes including Best Director . In 1969, Newman co-starred with Woodward in James Goldstone 's car racing film Winning . It was one of the top grossing film that year in the US reaching the thirteenth position and grossed $ 14,644,335. Also that year, he teamed up with fellow actor Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill for Butch Cassidy and

3220-466: The rights for $ 50,000. The film flopped both commercially and critically. However, Newman later said that it is "the most significant film I've ever made and the best". In 1971, Newman directed and starred in Sometimes a Great Notion based on Ken Kesey 's novel . Although several directors were considered, it was announced that Newman would direct. However, Richard A. Colla was signed to direct

3290-713: The screen version of the Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name . It was in competition at the Cannes Film Festival , and Joanne Woodward won the best actress award. In 1973, Newman reunited with director George Roy Hill and fellow actor Robert Redford in The Sting . The film made over $ 68,000,000 in the North American box office, and was the highest grossing film of 1974. For his participation, Newman received top billing, $ 500,000 and

3360-599: The season. Every year, a review of junior single seater formulae is included (currently F2 , F3 and Formula Three ), as well as reports on the year's international sports car racing , and the American racing scene (comprising NASCAR , IndyCar Series and IMSA SportsCar Championship ). The current annuals are over 300 pages long. Aside from one-off driver and team biographies branded as Autocourse publications, there are also five other annuals: Annual publication Too Many Requests If you report this error to

3430-700: The television screen version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Shadow Box . In 1981, he acted in Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice . He starred in Sidney Lumet 's The Verdict in 1982. The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture , and Newman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . In 1984, Newman starred in and directed Harry & Son . In 1986, twenty-five years after The Hustler , Newman reprised his role of "Fast Eddie" Felson in

3500-571: The theater; his first role was at the age of seven, playing the court jester in a school production of Robin Hood . At age 10, Newman performed at the Cleveland Play House in a production of Saint George and the Dragon , and acted in their Curtain Pullers children's theater program. Graduating from Shaker Heights High School in 1943, he briefly attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio , where he

3570-451: The use of archive recordings. Newman retired from acting in May 2007, saying: "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." He came out of retirement to record narration for the 2007 documentary Dale , about the life of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt , and for the 2008 documentary The Meerkats , his final film role overall. Newman

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3640-520: The window and what is finally left is, if you can make somebody laugh... And he sure does keep me laughing." Newman has attributed their relationship success to "some combination of lust and respect and patience. And determination." They had three daughters: Elinor "Nell" Teresa (b. 1959), Melissa "Lissy" Stewart (b. 1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (b. 1965). Newman was well known for his devotion to his wife and family. When once asked about his reputation for fidelity, he famously quipped, "Why go out for

3710-454: Was $ 55,000,000. In 1975, his third film with First Artists was the Harper sequel The Drowning Pool , in which Woodward appeared. In 1977, he reunited with director Hill in the hockey sport comedy Slap Shot . At the time of its release the film received mixed reviews, many saying that it was "setting a new standard in its use of obscenities". Years later on Home Video and cable showings

3780-658: Was Newman's debut; Woodward was an understudy. Shortly after filming The Long, Hot Summer in 1957, he divorced Witte to marry Woodward. The Newmans moved to East 11th Street in Manhattan, before buying a home and raising their family in Westport, Connecticut . They were one of the first Hollywood movie star couples to choose to raise their families outside California. They remained married for 50 years until his death in 2008. Woodward has said "He's very good looking and very sexy and all of those things, but all of that goes out

3850-504: Was a freshman at Kenyon College during a play which Newman was directing. Film critic Shawn Levy , in his biography Paul Newman: A Life (2009), alleged that Newman had an affair in the late 1960s with divorcée Nancy Bacon, a Hollywood journalist, which lasted one and a half years. In an article in the Irish Independent , which stated also that Levy's claims "caused outrage" and were widely considered "an attempt to sully

3920-427: Was a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder 's stage play. After Dean's death, Newman replaced Dean in the role of a boxer in a television adaptation of Hemingway's story "The Battler", written by A. E. Hotchner, that was broadcast live on October 18, 1955. That performance led to his breakthrough role as Rocky Graziano in the film Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956. The Dean connection had additional resonance. Newman

3990-626: Was a success, grossing over $ 15 million at the box office, and it was fourth highest grossing film of the year. At the Academy Awards it was nominated for Best Picture as well as winning and receiving nominations in other categories. Finally that year, along with Barbra Streisand and Sidney Poitier , Newman formed First Artists Production Company so actors could secure properties and develop movie projects for themselves. In 1970, Newman produced and co-starred with Woodward in Stuart Rosenberg 's WUSA , based on Robert Stone 's novel A Hall of Mirrors . Newman and his partner John Foreman purchased

4060-401: Was assigned to Pacific-based replacement torpedo squadrons VT-98, VT-99, and VT-100, responsible primarily for training replacement combat pilots and aircrewmen, with special emphasis on carrier landings. He later flew as a turret gunner in an Avenger torpedo bomber. As a radioman-gunner, his unit was assigned to the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill , along with other replacements shortly before

4130-484: Was broadcast on HBO Max . The docuseries was based upon tapes compiled by his friend, Stewart Stern , for a memoir that Newman abandoned but which was published in 2022 as The Extraordinary Life of An Ordinary Man. Laura Linney voiced Woodward and George Clooney voiced Newman. While Newman followed the Unitarian Universalist religion as an adult, he called himself a Jew, "because it's more of

4200-608: Was cast as Billy the Kid in The Left Handed Gun which was a role originally earmarked for Dean. Additionally, Dean was originally cast to play the role of Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me ; however, with his death, Newman got the role. Newman's first film for Hollywood was The Silver Chalice (1954), co-starring Italian actress Pier Angeli . The film was a box-office failure, and

4270-463: Was directing. Also that year, Newman hosted David Winters ' made-for-tv documentary Once Upon a Wheel . Winters said that at the time Newman had publicly stated he didn't want to do television and turned it down for this reason until he pitched his vision to him. Newman, a race car enthusiast, said, "The show gives me a chance to get close to a sport I'm crazy about, I love to test a car on my own, to see what I can do, but racing with 25 other guys

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4340-407: Was eventually bought by producer Paul Monash , and Newman was cast as Butch, which created a title change and Redford as Sundance. Newman explained that for the scene where his character performs bicycle tricks a stuntman was hired who left director Hill unsatisfied; Newman had to perform the tricks. Furthermore, Newman explained that it was him and Goldman who developed the musical interlude. The film

4410-635: Was in William Inge 's Picnic in 1953. Newman won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Color of Money (1986). His Oscar-nominated performances were in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Absence of Malice (1981), The Verdict (1982), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Road to Perdition (2002). He also starred in such films as Harper (1966), Butch Cassidy and

4480-516: Was in competition at the Cannes Film Festival . Variety called it "a reverent record" of the Williams play "one watches with a kind of distant dreaminess rather than an intense emotional involvement", and cited the "brilliant performances ... well defined by Newman's direction". In 1990, Newman co-starred with Woodward in the James Ivory film adaptation Mr. and Mrs. Bridge based off

4550-711: Was initiated into the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. Newman served in the United States Navy in World War II , in the Pacific theater . He enrolled in the Navy V-12 pilot training program at Yale University , but was dropped when his colorblindness was discovered. He later recounted that it was "a bit more complicated" than colorblindness. He also "couldn't do the mathematical things that being

4620-593: Was married twice. His first marriage was to Jackie Witte from 1949 to 1958. They had a son, Scott (1950–1978), and two daughters, Susan (born 1953) and Stephanie Kendall (born 1954). Scott, who appeared in films including The Towering Inferno (1974), Breakheart Pass (1975), and the 1977 film Fraternity Row , died in November 1978 from a drug overdose. Newman started the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention in memory of his son. Susan

4690-596: Was nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In 2005, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , considering it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". Critic Roger Ebert wrote, " Luke is the first Newman character to understand himself well enough to tell us to shove off. He's through risking his neck to make us happy. With this film, Newman completes

4760-531: Was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Although he continued to provide voice work for movies, Newman's last live-action appearance was in the 2005 HBO mini-series Empire Falls (based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Richard Russo ), in which he played the dissolute father of the protagonist, Miles Roby, and for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and

4830-423: Was published in 1959 as a paperback. The first hardback annual was 1961/62 which continues to this day. In 1963, Jim Clark started the tradition of the F1 World Champion writing the foreword for the annual, a tradition only broken in 1991, when Senna refused following a dispute over the annual's Top Ten drivers (see below). Starting in 1966, the annual's editor (currently Tony Dodgins, who took over in 2016 after

4900-400: Was the recipient of numerous awards , including an Academy Award , a BAFTA Award , three Golden Globe Awards , a Screen Actors Guild Award , a Primetime Emmy Award , a Silver Bear , a Cannes Film Festival Award , and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award . Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio , a suburb of Cleveland , Newman showed an interest in theater as a child and at age 10 performed in

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