Newman's Own

Paul Newman, actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast, recently passed away. Here's my tribute, in trivia form:

-Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland)
-He was the son of Theresa and Arthur Samuel Newman. His father was Jewish and his mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Catholic family in the former Austria–Hungary.
-Newman had described himself as Jewish, stating that, "it's more of a challenge".
-Newman made his acting debut at the age of 7, playing the court jester in a school production of Robin Hood.

-Newman's first movie was The Silver Chalice (1954), followed by roles in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)/ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) and The Young Philadelphians (1959).
-Newman appeared in a screen test with James Dean for East of Eden but did not get the role of Aron Trask, for which he was testing.
-That same year Newman would co-star with Eva Marie Saint and Frank Sinatra in a live, color television broadcast of "Our Town".
-Newman would remake this production in 2003, taking on Sinatra's role as the stage manager.


-Newman appeared in such classic films as Exodus (1960), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Harper (1966), Hombre (1967), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969),The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977) and The Verdict (1982)
-Newman's last screen appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the 2002 film Road to Perdition opposite Tom Hanks.
-He continued to provide voice work for films such Doc Hudson, a retired race car in Disney/Pixar's Cars.

-Newman founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, in 1982.
-He established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity.
-As of early 2006, this had resulted in excess of $200 million in donations.
-One beneficiary is the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a residential summer camp for seriously ill children.

-Newman was an avid auto racing enthusiast, and first became interested in motorsports while training for and filming Winning.
Newman's first raced professionally in 1972, in Thompson.
-He was a common competitor in Sports Car Club of America events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning several championships.
-At the age of 70 he became the oldest driver to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race, winning in his class at the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona.

Info from Wikipedia