RIP Robert Redford

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[cliftonparksufan]

As a kid growing up, the first film I remember him in was Butch Cassidy, which is still a great movie. I can honestly say that I've seen everyone of his movies since, and most of the ones prior to Butch. Lots of great classics. Definitely, one of my favorite actors of all time. He lived a great, long life.

 

[upperdeck]

quite a list

Barefoot in the park
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Downhill Race
Tell them Willie boy was here
Jeremiah Johnson
The Candidate
the way we were
The Sting
the Great Waldo Pepper
Three Days of the Condor
All the Presidents men
A bridge too far
Brubaker
The Natural
out of Africa
legal eagles
Sneakers
A river runs thru it
the last castle
spy game
all is lost
captain America
the old man and the gun
avenger's endgame

thats a crazy good list

All is Lost was really good for a 75 yr old.

 

[Dcuse]

quite a list

Barefoot in the park
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Downhill Race
Tell them Willie boy was here
Jeremiah Johnson
The Candidate
the way we were
The Sting
the Great Waldo Pepper
Three Days of the Condor
All the Presidents men
A bridge too far
Brubaker
The Natural
out of Africa
legal eagles
Sneakers
A river runs thru it
the last castle
spy game
all is lost
captain America
the old man and the gun
avenger's endgame

thats a crazy good list

All is Lost was really good for a 75 yr old.

His best was the one he directed...Ordinary People.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

Barefoot in the Park—definitely my favorite.

 

[RF2044]

Great director, as well.

And he has been in some MEMORABLE films -- action, comedy, a few that were all-time greats.

Obviously, just a tremendous talent.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

He placed the money on Lucky Dan.

 

[CuseLegacy]

In 1962 a very young Redford appeared in one of his first starring roles in a Twighlight Zone episode, "Nothing in the Dark".
He plays Death. Great episode.

 

[orange79]

quite a list

Barefoot in the park
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid
Downhill Race
Tell them Willie boy was here
Jeremiah Johnson
The Candidate
the way we were
The Sting
the Great Waldo Pepper
Three Days of the Condor
All the Presidents men
A bridge too far
Brubaker
The Natural
out of Africa
legal eagles
Sneakers
A river runs thru it
the last castle
spy game
all is lost
captain America
the old man and the gun
avenger's endgame

thats a crazy good list

All is Lost was really good for a 75 yr old.

 

[Eric15]

As a kid growing up, the first film I remember him in was Butch Cassidy, which is still a great movie.

The evolution of Butch Cassidy’s reputation is interesting. When it originally came out, it got terrible reviews from critics, but then ultimately ended up on the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.

 

[cusefan88]

I'm a Millennial so Spy Game is what I know him best for. Fantastic movie.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I'm a Millennial so Spy Game is what I know him best for. Fantastic movie.

Do yourself a favor and go back and watch some of his older ones. Lots of great classics and lots of genres. So many are so different so its hard to pick one favorite, but gun to my head, it would be "All the President's Men". Number Two might be "The Sting", but picking favorites is like picking your favorite child.

 

[pfister1]

He was definitely The Natural, but All Is not Lost, Ordinary People like us can remember The Way We Were when He Was Barefoot in the Park with All The President’s Men and that may ease The Sting.

 

[cusefan88]

Do yourself a favor and go back and watch some of his older ones. Lots of great classics and lots of genres. So many are so different so its hard to pick one favorite, but gun to my head, it would be "All the President's Men". Number Two might be "The Sting", but picking favorites is like picking your favorite child.

Will put those both on the docket. Thank you!

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I wore out a VHS of The Natural as a kid.

Watched it a few years ago. It still holds up. But the stuff that happens in the movie is way weirder than it seems while you're watching it.

 

[br801]

As a kid growing up, the first film I remember him in was Butch Cassidy, which is still a great movie. I can honestly say that I've seen everyone of his movies since, and most of the ones prior to Butch. Lots of great classics. Definitely, one of my favorite actors of all time. He lived a great, long life.

That was one of the first movies I remember seeing in a theater as a kid. He was great in it. I vividly recall the song, as it was all over the radio at the time. Young br801 also remembers thinking Katharine Ross was quite pretty. She's still around, still married to Sam Elliott.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Geez. This was over 40 years ago...

 

[OrangeXtreme]

That was one of the first movies I remember seeing in a theater as a kid. He was great in it. I vividly recall the song, as it was all over the radio at the time. Young br801 also remembers thinking Katharine Ross was quite pretty. She's still around, still married to Sam Elliott.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

That was one of the first movies I remember seeing in a theater as a kid. He was great in it. I vividly recall the song, as it was all over the radio at the time. Young br801 also remembers thinking Katharine Ross was quite pretty. She's still around, still married to Sam Elliott.

 

[cuseattle]

A life well lived, and a public life lived gracefully.

 

[Newhouser]

I think he also did an appearance on Perry Mason and Route 66 before becoming the screen legend that quite frankly we may never see the likes of again. I guess DiCaprio is close but the volume of excellent films Redford was in is sort of staggering.

 

[Cheriehoop]

I think he also did an appearance on Perry Mason and Route 66 before becoming the screen legend that quite frankly we may never see the likes of again. I guess DiCaprio is close but the volume of excellent films Redford was in is sort of staggering.

Just saw him the other day in a Perry Mason rerun.He was 23 years old in it. Lots of stars and character actors ended up on that show. “The case of the treacherous toupee”. Some of the names of those Perry Mason episodes were pretty creative too. My grandmother’s favorite show as a kid growing up, I watch it when I see it on now and it brings back fun memories of my grandmother.

 

[M2MPrinciples]

I've only seen Butch Cassidy and ATPM. One of the remembrances I read yesterday mentioned that he wanted to play Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate but the director told him that audiences wouldn't buy him as a mopey dweeb. Sounds like even though people knew him as a classic leading man he only felt but so comfortable with that descriptor. Sounds like if he were 30 years younger he'd be Brad Pitt.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I've only seen Butch Cassidy and ATPM. One of the remembrances I read yesterday mentioned that he wanted to play Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate but the director told him that audiences wouldn't buy him as a mopey dweeb. Sounds like even though people knew him as a classic leading man he only felt but so comfortable with that descriptor. Sounds like if he were 30 years younger he'd be Brad Pitt.

 

[RF2044]

I wore out a VHS of The Natural as a kid.

Watched it a few years ago. It still holds up. But the stuff that happens in the movie is way weirder than it seems while you're watching it.

Such a great film.

Even better book.