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Paul Newman’s Milestones
| 1943 - 1946 | Dropped from flight training (because he was color blind) and spent WWII as a US Naval Reserve radio operator |
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| 1950 | Managed the family sporting goods business after his father's death |
| 1952 | TV-acting debut, "Kraft Television Theatre" |
| 1953 | Broadway theater debut in William Inge's "Picnic"; met future wife Joanne Woodward who was an understudy |
| 1954 | Film acting debut, "The Silver Chalice" |
| 1955 | Returned to Broadway in the thriller "The Desperate Hours" |
| 1956 | Breakout role as boxer Rocky Graziano in Robert Wise's "Somebody Up There Likes Me" |
| 1958 | Delivered sensational perfomance as Brick in Richard Brooks' adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; earned first Oscar nomination as Best Actor |
| 1958 | First film opposite Joanne Woodward, "The Long Hot Summer"; first collaboration with director Martin Ritt |
| 1959 | Returned to the stage playing Chance Wayne in Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth" |
| 1961 | Portrayed 'Fast' Eddie Felson opposite Jackie Gleason's 'Minnesota Fats' in Robert Rossen's "The Hustler"; earned second Best Actor Oscar nomination |
| 1962 | Reprised role in the film adaptation of "Sweet Bird of Youth"; second collaboration with director Brooks; earned third Oscar nomination |
| 1963 | Earned fourth Oscar nod for portraying the title role in Martin Ritt's "Hud" |
| 1964 | Last stage appearance for nearly four decades, the Off-Broadway play "Baby Wants a Kiss" |
| 1966 | Had title role of "Harper" a private eye |
| 1966 | Only collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, "Torn Curtain" |
| 1967 | Sixth and final collaboration with director Ritt, "Hombre" |
| 1967 | Starred in Stuart Rosenberg's "Cool Hand Luke" as hardboiled egg-eating convict; earned fifth Oscar nomination |
| 1968 | Feature directing and producing debut, "Rachel, Rachel"; earned an Oscar nomination for directing |
| 1969 | Co-founded First Artists Production Company Ltd with Sidney Poitier, Steve McQueen, Barbra Streisand and others |
| 1969 | First film opposite Robert Redford, George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
| 1971 | Directed (also co-executive produced and starred in) the screen version of Ken Kesey's novel "Sometimes a Great Notion" |
| 1973 | Reunited with Redford and director Hill for the Oscar-winning caper movie "The Sting" |
| 1975 | Reprised role as private eye Lew Harper in "The Drowning Pool" |
| 1976 | Played Buffalo Bill in Robert Altman's "Buffalo Bill and the Indians" |
| 1977 | Third and final film with George Roy Hill, the hockey comedy-drama "Slap Shot" |
| 1979 | Again collaborated with Robert Altman on "Quintet" |
| 1979 | TV directing debut, "The Shadow Box" (starring Woodward); received an Emmy nomination for directing |
| 1981 | Received first Oscar nomination in 14 years (since 1967) for "Absence of Malice" |
| 1982 | Portrayed a Boston lawyer who's hit bottom in Sidney Lumet's "The Verdict"; earned sixth Oscar nomination for acting |
| 1984 | Debut as co-screenwriter on "Harry and Son" |
| 1986 | Returned to the screen as 'Fast' Eddie Felson in Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money"; won first Oscar for Best Actor |
| 1987 | Directed an adaptation of Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" featuring Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, and James Naughton |
| 1987 | Signed a three-year non-exclusive agreement with Walt Disney Pictures (January) |
| 1990 | Acted opposite Woodward in the Merchant-Ivory production "Mr & Mrs Bridge" |
| 1994 | Played the lead in "Nobody's Fool" adapted and directed by Robert Benton; earned seventh Oscar nomination |
| 1994 | Starred as the villain of the Coen Brothers' extravagent "The Hudsucker Proxy" |
| 1998 | Reteamed with Benton (director and co-screenwriter) for "Twilight" |
| 1999 | Made rare stage appearance in "Love Letters" alongside Joanne Woodward |
| 1999 | Portrayed Kevin Costner's father in "Message in a Bottle" |
| 2000 | Returned to the stage after more than four decades to co-star with Woodard in "Ancestral Voices" |
| 2002 | Co-starred with Tom Hanks in Sam Mendes' "The Road to Perdition"; earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations |
| 2003 | Cast as the Stage Manager in the Showtime adaptation of "Our Town"; earned Emmy and SAG nominations |
| 2005 | Starred (also executived produced) in the HBO mini-series "Empire Falls" (lensed 2002); adapted and directed by Robert Benton |
| 2006 | Voiced Doc Hudson in the Pixar animated feature "Cars" |
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