RECENT CREDITS
The Price of Sugar (FILM)  Sep. 26, 2007
Hollywood Hotshots (TV)  Apr. 23, 2007
Late Show With David Letterman (TV)  Jan. 16, 2007
Cars (FILM)  Jun. 9, 2006
Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV)  Apr. 6, 2006


HIGHLIGHTS
Served in the Navy during World War II and wanted to be a pilot, but couldn't due to being color-blind.
Made his Broadway debut in 1953 in Picnic.
Was so embarrassed by his big-screen debut in 1954's The Silver Chalice that he took out an ad in Variety to apologize for the performance.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

The Price of Sugar  2007 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Cars  2006 -Doc Hudson
Voice
Film


Roving Mars  2006 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Road to Perdition  2002 -John Rooney
Actor
Film


Where the Money Is  2000 -Henry Manning
Actor
Film


Message in a Bottle  1999 -Dodge Blake
Actor
Film


Mr. and Mrs. Bridge  1990 -Walter Bridge
Actor
Film


Blaze  1989 -Gov. Earl K. Long
Actor
Film


Fat Man & Little Boy  1989 -Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Actor
Film


Director
Film


Producer
Film


The Color of Money  1986 -Eddie Felson
Actor
Film


Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid  1969 -Butch Cassidy
Actor
Film


Empire Falls   -Max Roby
Actor
TV


Director
TV


Absence of Malice  2003 -Gallagher
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Twilight  1998 -Harry Ross
Actor
Film


Super Speedway  1997 -Narrator
Voice
Film


Nobody's Fool  1994 -Sully
Actor
Film


The Hudsucker Proxy  1994 -Sidney J. Mussburger
Actor
Film


Quintet  1979 -Essex
Actor
Film


Slap Shot  1977 -Reggie Dunlop
Actor
Film


Silent Movie  1976 -Himself
Actor
Film


The Towering Inferno  1974 -Doug Roberts
Actor
Film


The Sting  1973 -Henry Gondorff/Mr. Shaw
Actor
Film


The Mackintosh Man  1973 -Reardon
Actor
Film


The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean  1972 -Judge Roy Bean
Actor
Film


Pocket Money  1972 -Jim Kane
Actor
Film


Producer
Film


Producer
Film


Director, Producer
Film


The Secret War of Harry Frigg  1968 -Harry Frigg
Actor
Film


Hombre  1967 -John Russell
Actor
Film


Cool Hand Luke  1967 -Lucas (Luke) Jackson
Actor
Film


Torn Curtain  1966 -Prof. Michael Armstrong
Actor
Film


Lady L  1966 -Armand
Actor
Film


Harper  1966 -Lew Harper
Actor
Film


What a Way to Go!  1964 -Larry Flint
Actor
Film


The Prize  1963 -Andrew Craig
Actor
Film


A New Kind of Love  1963 -Steve Sherman
Actor
Film


Hud  1963 -Hud Bannon
Actor
Film


Adventures of a Young Man  1962 -Ad Francis
Actor
Film


Sweet Bird of Youth  1962 -Chance Wayne
Actor
Film


Paris Blues  1961 -Ram Bowen
Actor
Film


The Hustler  1961 -"Fast" Eddie Felson
Actor
Film


From the Terrace  1960 -Alfred Eaton
Actor
Film


Exodus  1960 -Ari Ben Canaan
Actor
Film


Rally 'round the Flag, Boys!  1958 -Harry Bannerman
Actor
Film


The Left-Handed Gun  1958 -William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
Actor
Film


The Long, Hot Summer  1958 -Ben Quick
Actor
Film


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  1958 -Brick Pollitt
Actor
Film


The Helen Morgan Story  1957 -Larry
Actor
Film


Somebody Up There Likes Me  1956 -Rocky Graziano
Actor
Film


The Silver Chalice  1954 -Basil
Actor
Film


Director
Film


The Rack   -Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
Actor
Film


The Outrage   -Juan Carrasco
Actor
Film


Sometimes a Great Notion   -Hank Stamper
Director, Actor
Film


The Drowning Pool   -Harper
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


D-Day   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Bang the Drum Slowly   -Henry Wiggen
Actor
Film


A Year Toward Tomorrow   -Narrator
Actor
Film


Harry and Son   -Harry
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


When Time Ran Out   -Hank Anderson
Actor
Film


Until They Sail   -Capt. Jack Harding
Actor
Film


Tried by Fire   -Narrator
Voice
Film


The Verdict   -Frank Galvin
Actor
Film


The Young Philadelphians   -Tony Lawrence
Actor
Film


Winning   -Capua
Actor
Film


WUSA   -Rheinhardt
Producer, Actor
Film




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Highlights

Served in the Navy during World War II and wanted to be a pilot, but couldn't due to being color-blind.
Made his Broadway debut in 1953 in Picnic.
Was so embarrassed by his big-screen debut in 1954's The Silver Chalice that he took out an ad in Variety to apologize for the performance.
His roles of boxer Rocky Graziano in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and Billy the Kid in The Left Handed Gun (1958) were originally to be played by James Dean. Newman took over the ro
Received an honorary Oscar in 1985 and a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1993. Was nominated six times for the Best Actor Oscar before winning for The Color of Money (1986).


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