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MADRID.- Actor, director, guionista, productor, los ojos más azules de la historia del cine ha fallecido a los 83 años de edad de un cáncer de pulmón, según ha anunciado Vincenzo Manes, presidente de su fundación italiana Dynamo Camp di Limestre.
El pasado mes de agosto Newman tomó la decisión de abandonar el hospital en el que se encontraba para pasar las últimas semanas de vida en su casa.
Casado desde hace más de 40 años con la actriz Joanne Woodward, y entregado a causas humanitarias, el actor abandonó el mundo del cine en 2007, poco antes de anunciar su enfermedad.
"Lo he estado haciendo (actuar) durante 50 años. Ya basta", dijo Newman a la cadena estadounidense ABC. La última película en la que apareció el actor fue en 'Camino a la perdición', en 2002, junto a Tom Hanks y dirigida por Sam Mendes. Después, en 2006, le puso voz a uno de los coches protagonistas de la película de dibujos animados 'Cars', Doc Hudson, de los estudios Pixar.
Ganador del Oscar por 'El Color del dinero' en 1985, la trayectoria de Newman ha sido reconocida con 36 premios y 47 nominaciones en toda su carrera.
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006) (V) (voice) .... Doc Hudson
Cars (2006) (VG) (voice) .... Doc Hudson
Cars (2006) (voice) .... Doc Hudson
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) (voice) .... Dave Scott
Empire Falls (2005) (TV) .... Max Roby
Our Town (2003) (TV) .... Stage Manager
"Freedom: A History of Us" .... Justice Earl Warren / ... (2 episodes, 2003)
- Democracy and Struggles (2003) TV episode .... Justice Earl Warren
- Safe for Democracy (2003) TV episode .... Woodrow Wilson
Road to Perdition (2002) .... John Rooney
Where the Money Is (2000) .... Henry Manning
... aka Heißer Coup, Ein (Germany)
... aka Where the Money is - Ein heißer Coup (Germany: DVD box title)
Message in a Bottle (1999) .... Dodge Blake
Twilight (1998) .... Harry Ross
Nobody's Fool (1994) .... Sully Sullivan
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) .... Sidney J. Mussburger
... aka Hudsucker - Der große Sprung (Germany)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) .... Walter Bridge
Blaze (1989) .... Gov. Earl K. Long
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) .... Gen. Leslie R. Groves
... aka Shadow Makers (UK)
The Color of Money (1986) .... Fast Eddie Felson
Harry & Son (1984) .... Harry Keach
The Verdict (1982) .... Frank Galvin
Come Along with Me (1982) (TV)
Absence of Malice (1981) .... Michael Colin Gallagher
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981) .... Murphy
When Time Ran Out... (1980) .... Hank Anderson
... aka The Day the World Ended (Philippines: English title) (USA: video title)
... aka Earth's Final Fury (USA: TV title)
Quintet (1979) .... Essex
Slap Shot (1977) .... Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
"Great Performances: Dance in America" .... Narrator (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Dance in America (USA: short title)
- American Ballet Theatre (1976) TV episode .... Narrator
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) .... The Star/William F. Cody
... aka Buffalo Bill and the Indians
The Drowning Pool (1975) .... Lew Harper
The Towering Inferno (1974) .... Doug Roberts
The Sting (1973) .... Henry Gondorff
The MacKintosh Man (1973) .... Joseph Rearden
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) .... Judge Roy Bean
Pocket Money (1972) .... Jim Kane
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) .... Hank Stamper
... aka Never Give an Inch (UK)
WUSA (1970) .... Rheinhardt
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) .... Butch Cassidy
Winning (1969) .... Frank Capua
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968) .... Pvt. Harry Frigg
Cool Hand Luke (1967) .... Luke
Hombre (1967) .... John Russell
Torn Curtain (1966) .... Professor Michael Armstrong
Harper (1966) .... Lew Harper
... aka The Moving Target (UK)
Lady L (1965) .... Armand Denis
The Outrage (1964) .... Juan Carrasco
What a Way to Go! (1964) .... Larry Flint
The Prize (1963) .... Andrew Craig
A New Kind of Love (1963) .... Steve Sherman
Hud (1963) .... Hud Bannon
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962) .... The Battler
... aka Adventures of a Young Man (UK)
... aka Ernest Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (USA: complete title)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) .... Chance Wayne
Paris Blues (1961) .... Ram Bowen
The Hustler (1961) .... Eddie Felson
... aka Robert Rossen's The Hustler (USA: complete title)
Exodus (1960) .... Ari Ben Canaan
From the Terrace (1960) .... David Alfred Eaton
The Young Philadelphians (1959) .... Anthony Judson Lawrence/Narrator
... aka The City Jungle (UK)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) .... Harry Bannerman
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) .... Brick Pollitt
The Left Handed Gun (1958) .... Billy The Kid
The Long, Hot Summer (1958) .... Ben Quick
"Playhouse 90" .... Christian Darling (1 episode, 1958)
- The 80 Yard Run (1958) TV episode .... Christian Darling
Until They Sail (1957) .... Capt. Jack Harding
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) .... Larry Maddux
... aka Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
... aka Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
"The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" .... Charlie Correlli / ... (2 episodes, 1956)
- The Rag Jungle (1956) TV episode .... Charlie Correlli
- The Army Game (1956) TV episode .... Danny Scott
The Rack (1956) .... Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr.
"The United States Steel Hour" .... Giorgio / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1956)
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- Bang the Drum Slowly (1956) TV episode .... Henry Wiggen
- The Five Fathers of Pepi (1956) TV episode .... Giorgio
- The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham (1954) TV episode .... Tom Corey
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) .... Rocky
"Playwrights '56" .... The Battler (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Pontiac Playwrights '56 (USA)
... aka The Playwright Hour
- The Battler (1955) TV episode .... The Battler
"Producers' Showcase" .... George Gibbs (1 episode, 1955)
- Our Town (1955) TV episode .... George Gibbs
"The Philco Television Playhouse" .... Billy the Kid (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Arena Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka Repertory Theatre (USA: new title)
... aka The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (USA: new title)
- The Death of Billy the Kid (1955) TV episode .... Billy the Kid
"Appointment with Adventure" .... Mack (2 episodes, 1955)
- Honeymoon in Spain (1955) TV episode
- Five in Judgment (1955) TV episode .... Mack
The Silver Chalice (1954) .... Basil
"Danger" (1 episode, 1954)
- Knife in the Dark (1954) TV episode
"Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1 episode, 1954)
- The Contender (1954) TV episode
"Goodyear Television Playhouse" (2 episodes, 1954)
... aka Goodyear Playhouse (USA: new title)
- Thunder of Silence (1954) TV episode
- Guilty Is the Stranger (1954) TV episode
"The Mask" (1 episode, 1954)
- The Party Night (1954) TV episode
"The Joe Palooka Story" .... Fight Spectator (1 episode, 1954)
- The Big Blow-Off (1954) TV episode (uncredited) .... Fight Spectator
"The Web" .... Alex (4 episodes, 1952-1953)
- The Leech (1953) TV episode .... Alex
- One for the Road (1953) TV episode .... Alex
- The Bells of Damon (1953) TV episode .... Alex
- Deadlock (1952) TV episode .... Alex
"You Are There" .... Nathan Hale / ... (3 episodes, 1953)
- The Fate of Nathan Hale (September 22, 1776) (1953) TV episode .... Nathan Hale
- The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.) (1953) TV episode .... Plato
- The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.) (1953) TV episode
"The Aldrich Family" (1949) TV series .... Occasional Cast Member (1952-53)
"Suspense" .... Capt. Radetski (1 episode, 1952)
- Woman in Love (1952) TV episode .... Capt. Radetski
"Tales of Tomorrow" .... Sergeant Wilson (1 episode, 1952)
- Ice from Space (1952) TV episode .... Sergeant Wilson