You know most of the movies. "Tell Them Willie Boy is Here". "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid". "The Sting". "All The President's Men". "The Way We Were". "Jeremiah Johnson". "The Natural". "The Candidate".
That just scratches the surface of a 60 year acting career for Robert Redford, who passed away earlier this week at 89. A triple threat as an actor, producer, and director, Redford was very much a part of the fabric of Hollywood for six decades, his last film being a cameo in "Avengers: Endgame" in 2019.
As with most actors of his generation, Redford started off in television, appearing on such shows as Tate, The Deputy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The New Breed. It was "Butch Cassidy", released in 1969, that made him a superstar, paired with Paul Newman. The two would team again four years later for "The Sting". Redford also proved he could do comedy, in films such as "Indecent Proposal". "The Way We Were", co-starring Barbra Streisand, was partially shot in Saratoga, and garnered quite a bit of media attention, which might explain in part why local news anchor Ernie Tetrault merited a quick cameo in 1992's "Sneakers", in which Redford co-starred with Ben Kingsley, James Earl Jones, and Dan Aykroyd.
Amazingly, Redford's appearance on The New Breed was left off his Wikipedia page. Here's "Lady Killer":
Rest in peace.
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