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McQueen's first film role under Elkins' management was a bit part in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), directed by Robert Wise and starring Paul Newman. McQueen was subsequently hired for the films The Blob (his first leading role), Never Love a Stranger , and The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959).
Additionally, Paul Newman's son, Scott, played the acrophobic fireman afraid to rappel down the elevator shaft. Lead actors Steve McQueen and Paul Newman were each paid $1 million. [21] Although famed for his dancing and singing in musical movies, Fred Astaire received his only Oscar nomination for this film. [22]
First Artists was a production company that operated from 1969 to 1980. Designed to give movie stars more creative control over their productions, the initial actors who formed First Artists were Paul Newman, Barbra Streisand, and Sidney Poitier; later joined by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman.
For all of us big Paul Newman fans, it came as thrilling news last week that Knopf will be publishing the Hollywood icon’s unfinished memoir next fall, largely based on his own oral history ...
After those weeks of recovery, McQueen was back on set shooting the film's stars Saoirse Ronan, newcomer Elliott Heffernan (who plays Ronan's onscreen son), Harris Dickinson, and Paul Weller. "I ...
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racing car driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He 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 ...
“Paul Walker has been compared to a modern-day Steve McQueen, who lived his passion for racing in every aspect of his life,” chairman and CEO of the auction company, Barrett-Jackson, Craig ...
Both Steve McQueen and Paul Newman turned down the role. [7] McQueen refused to make another "cop movie" after Bullitt (1968). Believing the character was too "right-wing" for him, Newman suggested that the film would be a good vehicle for Eastwood. [11] [15]