Paul Newman Overview

Paul Newman is one of those modern actors whose longevity is only equaled by his versatility. Newman overcame his matinee-idol looks and used those camera-adoring features to carve out a career for himself as one of the greatest actors of his time. Born in Cleveland to a Jewish father and Catholic mother, Newman served in the Pacific theater of war as a radioman with the Navy Air Corps in WWII. After the war, he enrolled in college in Ohio to study economics but found the theater instead. A... See All