Robert Redford is Dead to Me

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He was so hot in his prime. RIP.

Fuck. Well, at least we can stop talking about that other guy now.

Really? I thought this happened a while ago.

Aww, damn.

I gasped.

NYT link is paywalled.

So did I, R6, if only because my cousin and I were just talking about him the other night.

He was one of the greats. RIP.

R6 Here ya go.

Buck never would have neglected to write DEAD in all caps!!!

I feel very sad...all my Hollywood peers are dying...suddenly I feel very very old.........

No! I hate this.

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I thought he died in 1999

I’m in my 30s I don’t ever think I saw a movie with him, he wasn’t really around in my lifetime but I do know he’s famous.

But 89 is a solid age to go.

Why did the NY Times use that horrible picture of an ancient Redford at the top of its article? OK to include it later in the story, but it's hardly the way I want to remember him.

This is the real thread.

Rest in peace Robert Redford.

R14, have you seen Ordinary People? He directed it and won an Oscar.

Here he is topping Curved King

Thanks for Ordinary People. Guess we know who TCM will use to close their memorial in December.

“The Sting” was my favorite of his performances. But “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” was a close second. I love those movies. R14, you should check them out.

He was older than I thought. I never really warmed to him as an actor but he chose great material, for the most part. I thought Ordinary People was a masterpiece and the Sundance Festival helped usher in a great era of indie films. He was a true icon. RIP.

I may be the only person in the world who thought he was ideally cast as Gadsby, but I did. And I enjoyed that movie too.

R12, thanks for the non-pay-walled link.

Redford was a REAL one. A true activist. His legacy is one to be lauded and admired.

May he RIP, and may his cantankerous, skeptical nature, live on.

He was pretty liberal. I suppose now we can start threatening the lives and livelihoods of anyone who says anything negative about him?

Yes, please.

This was a surprise.

Well shit.

This sucks. He was, in the whole scheme of things, a man who chose to do valuable things with his life.

RIP.

For such a pretty boy, he had a surprising amount of depth. Not as much as Paul Newman, but still....

I hope Faye releases a statement. She did Three Days of the Condor with him.

He was gorgeous back in the 60s.

Marlee Matlin @MarleeMatlin

Our film, CODA, came to the attention of everyone because of Sundance. And Sundance happened because of Robert Redford. A genius has passed. RIP Robert.

Died in his sleep. No mention of any horrible illness or disease.

Was the ever-adoring Betty White among the first to greet him on the other side?

Who Was the Late Robert Redford’s Wife Sibylle Szaggars?

He had a role in a Twilight Zone episode - Nothing in The Dark - he played 'death' - a really good one.

Being 89 he had a good run and had the means to live a good life.

Has Babs commented yet?

He liked wives with crazy names.

Spouses Lola Van Wagenen ​ ​(m. 1958, divorced)​ Sibylle Szaggars ​ ​(m. 2009)

I guess it should go without saying that Susan Dey will not be issuing a comment.

I turned on my computer at work and checked the news as always and this was the top story. It's weird because I had been thinking of him in recent weeks. He's been out of the public eye like Robert Duvall and my first thought was that he's quietly retired. He was my first leading man heartthrob. 1973 was a big year for me because he had two big films which eventually because iconic (The Sting and The Way We Were). Loved his work ever since.

He did a lot for independent cinema without being a sex pest.

And yet Clint Eastwood still walks among us....

Star Trek legend William Shatner said on X, 'Condolences to the family of Robert Redford.'

Always liked him. Always paid to see his movies when they came out.

But those three warts on his face drove me crazy.

Redford wrote this in 2020.

[quote]The toll it’s taking is almost biblical: fires and floods, a literal plague upon the land, an eruption of hatred that’s being summoned and harnessed, by a leader with no conscience or shame.

[quote]Donald Trump didn’t create all of our divisions as Americans. But he has found every fault line in America and wrenched them wide open.

These two should have procreated.

Imagine how gorgeous their children might have been?

Redford was Brad Pitt before there was a Brad Pitt. I remember when Pitt became a household name, the press kept naming him as Redford's successor.

Redford did give us the Sundance Festival, which was instrumental in popularizing the independent film movement.

[quote] Imagine how gorgeous their children might have been?

Yeah, genetics being as funny as they are, it doesn't always work out like that.

I remember when I was waiting tables in NYC back in 1980. It was a very small boutique restaurant and the bathrooms were in the basement and you had to pass the sink where dishes were being washed to get there. We had several celebrities come there because it was so small and they felt they could be themselves and away from the crowds.

One day Robert Redford came in for lunch. He looked like a strawberry blond Adonis! When I saw him go to the bathroom I immediately went down to wash dishes. When he came out and washed his hands, I asked him "Did you ever have to wash dishes when you were a struggling actor?" He smiled and said, "No, but I drove a lot of cabs". He seemed so nice. Godspeed to you Mr. Redford!

What a body of work! Robert Redford was gifted with physical beauty, intelligence, empathy and a wealth of talent through which to share those attributes with the world.

They don't make them like "Bobby Red Face," (as his young children fondly teased him for his movie star looks) anymore.

Rest in Peace, Charles Robert Redford.

That CNN article penned by RR himself, linked by R44, is worth reading in its entirety.

He was absolutely 100% correct on his assessment of America’s future in 2020, & all of his predictions/hypotheses are on target right now, in 2025.

Something I read linked from the NYT obit, from 1974 -

Redford’s favorite female actresses from his youth: Greer Garson and Susan Hayward. He liked Susan’s loud brassy ways. That made me like Redford!

below is a full stream of Redford in THE CHASE 1966 with a huge 60s cast...Brando, Jane Fonda Angie DIckinson & more

Gorgeous in his prime, he did a lot of TV in the early ‘60s which is all available to stream and worth seeking out. Was a real WASP prince in looks, an Adonis.

But he seemed uneasy being looked at which is weird for a movie star. And cold, there was really no convivial warmth in his screen persona, even when he smiled. Which was never as often as you wanted him to. I always sensed a tremendous ego kept in check with rigorous discipline. He was very ambitious as an actor but very closed and clenched, a private person who was perhaps on the wrong side of the camera. Because I never thought he was especially gifted as an actor. I guess he came to the same conclusion as he transitioned to directing and encouraging other filmmakers.

Rest in peace Bob. And don’t take that rug you’ve been wearing for decades into the pearly gates.

I didn't know his two sons predeceased him. One was 58 years old and died in 2020 of bile duct cancer. The other died a few months after his birth of SIDs. Sad.

I met him in DC when he was filming ATPM…he was short!

Most actors are short, R56, including the great ones.

It’s incredible that he was 89. People will remember the young and middle aged version

I always enjoy the story of him being interviewed by Mike Nichols for The Graduate. On being asked of his experiences as a young man when the beautiful girl he liked with didn’t know he existed, he was like “uh, I don’t know what you mean”. Interview over.

[quote] Who Was the Late Robert Redford’s Wife Sibylle Szaggars?

R30 I remember watching what I think was The View years ago, and Ben Kingsley was asked if he had noticed racism in his career. He said he attended a dinner party where the German wife of a major Hollywood legend whom he idolised peered at him and asked “are you a Jew?”. He replied no, I’m half-Indian. And she exclaimed “that’s even worse!”.

Everyone assumed it was Redford’s wife. For no other reason than he was the only legend people could think of with a German wife. The only non-Jewish legend anyway, it wasn’t going to be German wife of a Jew, like Stanley Kubrick.

It didn’t seem to ring true, Redford seemed too boring and sensible to be married to a racist bitch who makes anti-Semitic cracks to Oscar winners, but you never know, look at the eternally dull Ioan Gruffudd and wacky his ex-wife who has zero emotional regulation.

R56 That was the rumor back when he was hot. If you look up his height you will find 5'9, 6. and 5'10.

People said he did so many westerns because he could wear cowboy boots.

He seems like the last of the Golden Age movie stars.

R57, we’re not short, 6’4” and 6’3”

[quote]R32 Marlee Matlin @MarleeMatlin: Our film, CODA, came to the attention of everyone because of Sundance.

Your film, WHAT??

Redford went to Van Nuys High School with Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale and Natalie Wood. Robert and Natalie would reunite years later on "This Propery is Condemned."

R61, Redford was far removed from the “Golden Age.” He was a superstar in the 1970s, the New Hollywood.

Has Sonia Braga commented? She and Mr. Redford were an item a while back.

R47 is Rumer Willis

If they have Meryl do the tribute at the Oscars I will puke

R68, it will be Meryl, Jane, Barbra, and Glenn. No Faye.

R44, he was a real one

This is the death America should mourn, not a racist podcaster

R54 approx what year or movie did the rug first make an appearance.

One of the last great movie stars, not just a celebrity.

Maybe Mia too.

I had to laugh when Debra winger called him the unnatural.

Streisand probably hasn’t woke up yet, but she’ll be blubbering all over the place today. She sucks up to Redford like crazy all over her autobiography and claims to be a good friend. In show biz, good friend means they talk on the phone once a year.

As a famous public liberal, it’s a pity he couldn’t hold on until Trump is dead and/or out of power.

But since he removed himself from public life a couple of years ago, and the Times obit suggested he was increasingly immobile after a lifetime of tennis and horseback riding — crippling arthritis presumably — I guess as you mentally and emotionally transition out of normal life, you leave political passion behind too, in favor of the bigger picture, the longer view.

Maybe Demi.

Meryl

Here he was in Twilight Zone as Death. Just a gorgeous speciman of man.

I respected him as a human being who did good things with his fame/success, and I appreciated his talent as well. He and Paul Newman were two giants, glorious and mighty in their separate ways.

Rest in Peace, Robert.

[R61], Redford was far removed from the “Golden Age.”

He was playing leads in 1965, which was before the New Hollywood era started by "Bonnie and Clyde."

I wouldn't call that "far removed."

Those comments & tweets in remembrance are authentic & quite touching.

I wish American men understood that who this man was and what he stood for, what he did, what he accomplished, along with his ideals, are the true personification of masculinity.

As handsome as he was, his good looks faded fairly quickly, as he aged, yet he forged on like a REAL man does.

This man is what Americans admire. It’s all true, with zero hyperbole detected.

A man’s man, with tons of empathy to spare.

R71 I’m thinking mid 80s.

R69 And me. Someone needs to look hot.

Watch out, Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges!

I'm sobbing right now. The sadness is too much for me to bear.

"Memories like the corner of my mind. Misty water-colored memories of The Way We Were".

Robert Redford & Don Drysdale we’re teammates on their high school baseball team.

R86 It's LIGHT the CORNERS of my mind.

Turn in your gay card.

Redford's "Perry Mason" episode, "The Case of the Treacherous Toupée" (really!). Do we think Ray or Bill try to get some?

Immobility comes with AGE whether you rode a horse or played tennis or not.

R88, it’s WATER COLOR memories, not colored.

R53 Very insightful post, thanks. I couldn't define Redford's limitations as an actor without sounding reproving which you avoided.

Redford is your Hollywood peer? Who the fuck are you? Beatty? Eastwood?

R53, it seems he was uncomfortable, period, I don’t think it was some fancy acting talent.

I'm glad we're taking such care to make sure these deathless Alan and Marilyn Bergman lyrics are invoked perfectly.

His wig was only 20. RIP.

He did an outstanding job directing A River Runs Through It. One of my favorite movies, ever.

R94, thus he was perfect as the Sundance Kid, who was uncomfortable with everyone but Butch Cassidy, and happiest when Butch allowed him to shoot people.

BTW, younger DLers should check out that movie for its gay overtones, which are substantial. (I mean, who's plausibly interested in Katharine Ross when Paul Newman and Robert Redford are both around?) The 70s was such a fun time.

Ordinary People was his first, and in my opinion, his best directing effort.

His ability to coax such a cold, brittle performance out of America's sweetheart, Mary Tyler Moore, was remarkable, not to mention Timothy Hutton and Donald Sutherland.

And yet Bob Woodward lives on.

This makes me kind of sad, even though he was 89.

This makes me very sad he was my favorite actor. Great in The Candidate and Three Days of the Condor, among others.

His Sundance catalogue online closed a few weeks ago.

I have a poster of him I found at an antique store years ago of a candid of his face. He looks vibrant and beautiful. I believe it’s from the late 70s.

I saw him at Tully’s coffee sitting outside in Bellevue, Wash. over 10 years ago. I believe he was in town for a Democratic fundraiser in Medina.

💔

'All The President's Men' is an all-time favourite of mine, regularly re-watched with pleasure and admiration. As the quotations @ R44 underline, RR was one of the good guys. And how these times need such men. RIP.

I'll never forgive him for what he did to Natalie Wood. She was such a champion of his when he was starting out and would have been just as good as Mary. She deserved and needed that favor at that moment in her life. He had a very cold shitty side to him.

I first noticed him in a smallish film called The Hot Rock.

All the President's Men is super timely

R104 it was strictly a casting decision, and he hit pay dirt with MTM, subverting her MTM show good girl image to everyone. For some reason I can’t picture Natalie Wood in the Beth role anyway. I think Lee Remick, and early contender, would have been great too, but he made the right decision with Mary.

[quote]Redford is your Hollywood peer? Who the fuck are you? Beatty? Eastwood?

Brenda Dickson

Afghanistan bananastand, R105.

Let's get real. Natalie was lousy.

Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty are the last of his A-list peers still living.

R111, what about Dustin Hoffman?

R105, I first saw The Hot Rock about two years ago. I'd never heard of it before but I really enjoyed it. I've seen it a couple of times since, as recently as this summer, and it's a great, underappreciated movie. Redford, George Segal, Paul Sand and Ron Leibman had great chemistry and it was an unexpectedly fun movie. Robert was also very hot in it.

Robert Redford was my favorite actor and my favorite movie is Three Days of the Condor. He made so many great movies, mostly in the late 60s and 70's that have stood the test of time.

R104, Natalie had a warmth that shone through in all her roles. She could never have portrayed the icy Beth Jarrett convincingly.

JLC picked “Downhill Racer” in the Criterion Closet a few weeks ago. It is good, and he makes a beautiful pro skier. RIP

What was the cause? Just old age, or was he ill?

R112, Hoffman, DeNiro and Pacino are of a younger generation than Redford, Eastwood and Nicholson.

R110 Not always.

I usually am not into blond men, but there was something special about Redford. Maybe it was the body hair.

R115 undisclosed so far. But when you’re 89 it can be any number of things. For the last five years or so he’s been out of public life. It really wouldn’t surprise me if we ever know, as private as he was.

As a teen in the '70s i was attracted to his throat of all things. Made me think of a penis

Barbra was found unresponsive this morning in her Ye Olde Ice Cream Parlor. Upon hearing the news, she snuck down to the mall and ate too much Hubba Hubbell (vanilla and latke flavor, one of her favorites ). We will release a statement later today.

Wood was just as good an actress as Moore and would have been great in the role. Wood could be just as icy as Moore. Let's face it. Every single woman has that potential and they would admit it. And Wood could show it on screen I have no doubt.

And anyway Redford was a lousy dramatic actor. Excellent in comedy. But in drama a black hole. He coasted on his great looks.

R122 Wait. Natalie Wood was considered for the role of Beth?

Agree, R15. That will change later today, they always do this.

R122 yet even in dramatic roles, he had the career most actors would envy. I think he could be effective in comedy AND drama, plus he brought tons of charisma to any film he starred in, which counts for a lot. If you look at his IMDb he was in multiple films that captured the zeitgeist of their times. In the 70s he was HUGE.

I thought Redford wanted Carol Burnett for the role of Beth?

[quote]I remember watching what I think was The View years ago, and Ben Kingsley was asked if he had noticed racism in his career. He said he attended a dinner party where the German wife of a major Hollywood legend whom he idolised peered at him and asked “are you a Jew?”. He replied no, I’m half-Indian. And she exclaimed “that’s even worse!”.

[quote]Everyone assumed it was Redford’s wife. For no other reason than he was the only legend people could think of with a German wife. The only non-Jewish legend anyway, it wasn’t going to be German wife of a Jew, like Stanley Kubrick.

I think Redford was very drawn to tough, dominant women. His second wife here sounds this way, and his first wife was incredibly motivated, for the wife (later ex-wife) of a wealthy A-list film star. A friend of my parents worked many years ago with her on one of her activist projects in NYC, and always said she was 'no shrinking violet' and had her hands in every aspect of the project.

R116, Hoffman and Nicholson are the same age (88), Pacino is 85 and DeNiro is 82. They all started acting in the 60s, same are Redford.

R31, that was the SEVENTIES, not the 60s. Why would you say 60s?

Wiki entry for Redford's first wife Lola, who's still alive and kicking. Not an underachiever by any stretch, I'm feel tired just by reading about her busy post-divorce career.

Both of them admirable people, dedicated to working for others. Redford did so much for cinema and aspiring filmmakers.

R118, Redford was a redhead, not a blonde. The blonde you know was Miss Clairol.

Oh, no! Although, was a lot older than I imagined.

r128 beat me to it, was going to post that that group of actors are all roughly the same age. Eastwood is a bit older, in his 90s now, and started out a bit earlier.

[quote] I thought Redford wanted Carol Burnett for the role of Beth?

Bonnie Franklin.

"DAMMIT, Conrad!"

R.I.P Bob

I just didn't get why he couldn't splurge for a better wig in his last twenty years. He had quite a bit of money.

But then I can never understand why zillionaire Tom Cruise can't afford a better wig either.

Wood wanted the role of Beth badly. Supposedly he didn't even return her calls.

He had one of the worst wigs I've seen on a man it was that surprising. It's like he got it on 28th street. Crosby and Astaire had excellent wigs as they got old. Even Elton John's isn't that bad.

I admired him for knowing his limitations as an actor and taking on roles accordingly. He seems to have known his limitations as a public figure, too, and didn't allow us to see him in true decline.

I'll be on Larry King's tonight to talk about this tragic news. It'sh sho shad. May he resht in Peashe.

R137 Well, that was shitty of him.

I'm sure she'd have been good in that role, too.

Goodbye to a beautiful man. RIP.

[quote] Well, that was shitty of him.

Good ol' DL. We're not happy until we can bury a man a second time.

The Mary up thread started it with “I’ll never forgive him!”

Get over it.

I would've like to have seen him nude back in his heyday. I bet his ass was hairy.

No doubt Redford will be the last slide of the In Memorium segment at the 2026 Oscars. No matter who else goes.

The Sting is one of those movies on my “I’ll get around to it eventually” list. Today’s the day. Followed by Brubaker.

R105, it was supposed to be a big hit but bombed and became “smallish.”

How DARE he not have given the part to Natalie Wood, r104! Did he not realize how much she meant to you?

You are right never to forgive him for that.

[quote] No doubt Redford will be the last slide of the In Memorium segment at the 2026 Oscars. No matter who else goes.

What if Barbra dies between now and the Oscars? Or Julie Andrews?

R116, Dustin Hoffman, born in 1937, is a peer of Redford’s.

Was Redford on anyone's 2025 Celebrity Deathwatch list?

I loved watching him run he was fast in The Sting.

Well, R127, Bob loved Susan Hayward in I Want to Live.

I don’t get this Redford was good in comedy. He’s TERRIBLE in comedy unless he’s the straight man, such as in Barefoot in the Park.

MTM was always Robert Redford's first choice for Beth Jarrett. It's not true that Redford refused to return Natalie's calls. He let her know early on that he had chosen someone else. It was his directorial debut and he was under a lot of pressure from the studio, not to mention the pressure of directing for the first time. He felt MTM was Beth Jarret and he was right, MTM nailed it.

Natalie expected him to do her the favor of casting her, even if he felt she wasn't right for the part and was upset when he wouldn't do it. She was bitter and angry and never spoke to Redford again. I don't think that paints Natalie in a great light. She could have been more understanding and supportive of her friend who was under a great deal of pressure to make a hit movie. She should also have respected his decision in choosing his leading lady.

Redford was very sad that they never got the chance to make up, which they probably would have if time had been on their side.

They hadn’t spoken in years, R154. That’s in between the late 1960s and the late 1970s.

She helped put him on the map, no wonder she was pissed. Hollywood is a relationships machine.

What a career. Not just a pretty face by any means. Definitely an actor who sparked the imagination. Played Death in "Twilight Zone," raped by Barbra Streisand in "The Way We Were." I remember listening to an LP of wolf howls that he narrated.

His favorite movie he did was Jeremiah Johnson. It’s a bleak but very good movie.

This became a meme in 1970 before memes.

Now we know who they are.

[quote]She helped put him on the map, no wonder she was pissed.

They also had an affair. The only co-star I've ever heard that Redford was involved with. And, NO, he was not involved with Barbra Streisand.

Inside Daisy Clover

R155. How do you know? They very likely attended the same movie events. They were both very prolific in the seventies. Just because they weren't photographed together doesn't mean they didn't see each other at events once in a while.

R160, They didn't have an affair.

My kid used to go to preschool at the Westport ymca and the class would get kicked out of their mini gym so Paul Newman and Robert Redford could play their regular badminton game. Early 00s.

[quote] I would've like to have seen him nude back in his heyday. I bet his ass was hairy.

I picture him having a small penis, but I picture his balls to be ample, low-hanging and very pink.

R164 I would've stuck around long enough to follow them into the locker room and watch them shower together.

If Butch and Sundance were made today I wonder if it would've included a full-frontal scene of Redford and Newman jumping into a lake together.

R161, This Property is Condemned. I believe Natalie was offered the female lead in Barefoot in the Park but turned it down. The official reason was she wanted time off, but I thought I read somewhere she and Redford didn't want to team up again too soon. If anyone remembers what the actual reason was, please post it here.

RIP. There's a reason the term celebrity has eclipsed the term movie star. So many damn celebrities today yet few are actual movie stars. He was a true movie star.

r160, there have always been rumors about Redford and Streep hooking up on the set of Out of Africa. He's always been on the list of her "leading men" that she got "close" to.

I can’t think of a single Redford as an actor movie I like. I skipped most of them. Of course I like Ordinary People.

Redford was best man at Wood and Richard Gregson's 1969 wedding. Gregson produced "Downhill Racer."

No, never, R169.

I just looked up Robert Duvall. He's 94 yrs old. A year younger than Eastwood. I would be incredibly sad when he goes.

R163, yes they did, look it up. Natalie’s marriage to Gregson was four years later.

I was shocked by his beauty in The Way Were. What a movie star.

p.s. I know it’s DL and all but sometimes the meanness just stuns me i.e. people dropping by this thread to tell us how much they disliked him. Why?

How interesting, R164. Especially since Redford lived nowhere near Westport CT. He flew in just for the “regular” match? Or someone’s pulling your leg?

Glorious Robert Redford

Why can't people say they disliked him if they did? I don;t think anyone on this thread likely was close friends with him or a family member.

[quote]Thanks for Ordinary People. Guess we know who TCM will use to close their memorial in December.

Goddammit, I almost had it!

Wood turned down Barefoot and Bonnie and Clyde because she had just attempted suicide and was taking time off to work with a therapist.

Ann Margret was another contender for Beth.

[quote], Dustin Hoffman, born in 1937, is a peer of Redford’s

Redford originally planned to make Quiz Show back in the 80s for himself and Dustin Hoffman to costar.

Always a star, Robert Redford became an icon appearing opposite Barbra Streisand in 'The Way We Were.' one of the great movies of all time.

After seeing Butch Cassidy as a kid, I mooned around fantasizing about him having a son that I could get together with. Later I preferred Paul Newman, but Redford was such an icon. A few years ago I went down nostalgia lane, rewatching some of the movies and catching some I'd missed. Jeremiah Johnson made a big impression.

R160, perhaps you're confusing Redford with Steve McQueen. Supposedly she and McQueen had an affair on the set of Love with the Proper Stranger. Love with the Proper Stranger and this Property is Condemned were both filmed in black and white a few years apart.

I could just melt.

R180 Natalie Wood would've been perfect for Barefoot in the Park, as she was a dead ringer for the "Cory" character's model -- Neil Simon's first wife, Joan.

Too weak to speak...

Well r172, then I guess I and others were just hallucinating the many gossipy discussions about La Streep and her co-star relations over the years. Both here and elsewhere. Many of which included Redford.

Hello, Gorgeous

[quote] I would've like to have seen him nude back in his heyday. I bet his ass was hairy. [quote] I picture him having a small penis, but I picture his balls to be ample, low-hanging and very pink.

Fags!

Omg, the two of them...

Stunning

She tried hard but he turned her down.

Redford said, "I really had Mary Tyler Moore in mind. And Natalie had requested just a conversation about it, and that was kind of painful. I would love to have done it, but I just didn't see her for that particular role."

Memories

Before 'Ordinary People,' Redford once said he watched Mary Tyler Moore walking alone on the beach in Malibu and knew then he wanted her for the role of Beth.

Redford said Mary was "shit-free."

(By the way, MTM was robbed of the Oscar for her performance.)

Morgan Freeman

Sundance

"Hubbell, your girl is lovely."

Hoffman, DeNiro and Pacino are not considered in the same generation of actor as Redford, Beatty, Nicholson and Eastwood. It's not so much about age, but about the film eras where they became successful.

Hoffman, DeNiro and Pacino were stars during Hollywood's gritty era of the 1970s, where non-traditional actors ruled. Think Midnight Cowboy, Dog Day Afternoon and Taxi Driver.

Redford, Beatty and Eastwood debuted when handsome, traditional actors were the norm. They were newer variations of Cary Grant and john Wayne.

I agree with r196 about MTM being robbed of an Oscar for Ordinary People. I also understand that the studio wanted Redford to play Calvin but he turned it down. Just as well, Sutherland was perfect in the part. “Do you love me?”

I remember at the time that Redford's career took off (early 70's) big-time, Burt Reynolds was also getting hugely popular and Burt was not a fan. He was CLEARLY jealous and would joke about Redford when he was on any of the talk shows. BR disguised his annoyance on the fact that while he was appearing on all of the talk shows, Redford didn't.

I'm sure it was more or maybe a stunt by Burt to make up some stupid rivalry. That said, Redford took the high road and never addressed it.

Redford's final acting role (voice only, over the phone) was a reprisal of his "Bob Woodward" role in the miniseries White House Plumbers (2023).

That miniseries is hilarious, by the way -- highly recommended.

Charisma:

Zero screen chemistry between him and Streep in Out of Africa.

Films from him I have watched and I LIKED are: "The Natural", "Sneakers", "Indecent Proposal", "Up Close & Personal", "The Horse Whisperer", "The Clearing" and "Lions for Lambs".

The ones I saw and HATED them are: "Out of Africa", "The Legend of Bagger Vance" and "The Last Castle".

The ones I'm interested in watching are: "The Chase", "Barefoot in the Park", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Candidate", "The Sting", "The Way We Were", "Three Days of the Condor", "All the President's Men", "The Electric Horseman", "Ordinary People", "Brubaker", "Legal Eagles", "Quiz Show", "An Unfinished Life" and "Truth".

Awwww, what a classic

[quote]In Memorium segment

Oh, dear.

For all of his effort to promote indie films, Redford preferred big studio movies.

I really liked Spy Game.

[quote]Zero screen chemistry between him and Streep in Out of Africa.

Because they were both WASPS and there was no friction between them. They read more like brother and sister than lovers.

You need friction to get true sexual chemistry. That's why Redford and Streisand were electric onscreen together. Two completely different people who grudge fucked each other.

R206, You should add The Hot Rock to your list. It's a fun heist caper, Redford is very good and looks great, and the adorable Paul Sand is in it as well.

Actually r176 he did live near Westport. Weston is a town over

The movies he directed are stronger than Ambien for sleep.

"And on Election Day....aaaaand on Election Day, vote once. Vote T-WICE. For Bill McKay!"

No one can say the French toast scene isn’t action packed!

r54, Bob was an atheist.

Paul Newman and Robert Redford playing ping pong with director George Roy Hill during a break from filming Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

R214, disagree

I love A River Runs Through It

R214 Redford was a master of mood when it came to directing. His style was slow-paced and deliberate and he loved to create an atmosphere. From there, he let the story and acting take over.

R220, His directing style was similar to Robert Benton's.

[quote]Because I never thought he was especially gifted as an actor. I guess he came to the same conclusion as he transitioned to directing and encouraging other filmmakers.

Definitely, R53. He seemed to me a bit of a placeholder as an actor, not notably bad nor notably good, and the Blond Adonis thing is a hard sell for me, so I took more note of him later in his career, starting with Ordinary People.

He realized the value of not sharing an opinion on everything, of not saying yes to everything. In time this turned out to be far the more remarkable thing than his acting career. It's rather rare to see a person famous for doing one thing and having the spotlight on him use his capital to turn the focus to others. He switched things around, devoting his attentions to spotlighting other talent and to championing independent films and filmmakers -- and stuck to his focus for many years. That's a worthy way to spend decades.

The statement from his publicist mentions that family were all around him when he died. That’s lovely, but suggests it wasn’t sudden but was some sort of illness which caused his decline. And given his sense of privacy, I agree we may never know what the exact cause of death was.

OUT OF AFRICA was a smash when it came out, a throwback to lush 1950s movie romances that weren’t being made anymore, and I didn’t know a straight woman who didn’t see it two or three times, including my mother and all my aunts. The scene of Redford washing Streep’s hair was the kind of quiet intimacy with a beautiful man that made women swoon then. Also when he takes her on the plane ride to show her the glories of Africa and they hold hands — that’s the kind of romance that made an impression on women, though perhaps it simply doesn’t to younger viewers now. But it’s true that Redford’s performance in it was petulant and withholding to my eyes, which was the way he saw the part and was maybe appealing to a certain kind of woman. Certainly it was more Streep’s movie than his.

Though I was often dazzled by his masculine beauty onscreen, and he was certainly a real movie star who carried his films, I was never impressed with his acting, which always seemed inhibited to me. But when I saw ALL IS LOST, I was impressed despite myself. He was as restrained as ever but it was really good work from him, an expressive and almost completely silent performance which had something gallant and dignified about it, and I was astonished that he didn’t get an Oscar nomination for it. Clearly he was proud of it, because he lashed out at the distributor for not promoting it, I suspect he was hurt and really gave up as an actor at that point, since his best work ever was met with a shrug.

That's sad. He was one of the good ones, too, both in looks and politics, amongst his peers.

R213, if Redford lived in Weston till the mid-90s as the link says, he wouldn’t have had a regular game with Newman after 2000. I know Weston well. Most of the time movie stars like Redford have multiple properties and didn’t stay anywhere too long. I know Newman was pretty settled in Westport, and had a NYC apartment, but that was it.

R162, Redford didn’t attend Hollywood “events.”

No, R184. This isn’t news, why are you so upset about it?

R200, Redford worked in the 60s, but he was not a star until the 70s. His films may not have been as gritty as Pacino and DeNiro’s, but he was an actor of the 70s. Were you even around in the 70s or does all of this come from some book?

He was very good in All is Lost r223, I agree. The movie was very well done and stayed with me.

I was crying

Did Robert Redford wear a wig?

Up until the very end, his hair was still quite thick and brown, with no gray showing except a bit on his sideburns.

Unconvincing, R211. There was no chemistry because they didn’t click. The End.

The ONLY females Redford had chemistry with were Fonda, Streisand and a bit with Natalie Wood. That has nothing to do with WASPs or whatever, it has to do with the people.

R223, they ALWAYS say said celebrity died surrounded by family. It doesn’t mean anything.

It’s called hair color, R230.

R226. Robert Redford attended the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards in the 1970s, plus his own movie premieres, including the premiere for Jeremiah Johnson at the Cannes Film Festival.

Robert Redford had two major movies in the late sixties that cemented his status as a movie star: Barefoot in the Park in 1967 and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969. He was already a star by the time the 1970s started.

You keep saying that Natalie and Robert had an affair but offer no proof other than gossip. What's your credible source?

R206, start slowly. See Butch Cassidy, The Way We Were and The Sting. In that order. Then three more, The Candidate, Barefoot in the Park and All the Presidents Men.

R226, And so on, etc, etc.

I love this Annie Leibovitz photo. Hot damn. They don't make 'em like they used to.

R233, which Golden Globes and Academy Awards in the 1970s? I watch all of them, he never showed until 1981 for Ordinary People. He attended very few movie premieres, and other than movies his company produced, he rarely SAW movies he appeared in. When he went on Oprah with Streisand, he admitted this - he hadn’t even seen TWWW until recently.

Redford was a name actor who got billing in the late 60s but he wasn’t a STAR until the 1970s, a star people went to see, not a superstar.

You must read the book biography of Redford by Michael Feeny Callan for Natalie Wood info.

r236 So true!

Again, R235, All the Pres Men premiere - his company, Wildwood, produced it.

He did a lot of philanthropic work

Redford never won a non-competitive acting Oscar. He was the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 2002. Although he did receive the 1980 Oscar for directing Ordinary People.

R232. I am familiar with hair color, but his hair in later years looked like a wig.

If for anyone, the flag should be flown at half mast. Seriously.

OMG, I just had a thought/flash about Mel Brooks. Not yet, please. Not yet.

[quote] Did Robert Redford wear a wig? Up until the very end, his hair was still quite thick and brown, with no gray showing except a bit on his sideburns.

Gee, it's so hard to tell if this is his own hair or a wig.

Hair? Who cares? That's a damned good photo, R244.

R233 I think Redford only attended two Oscar events in the years he was given and won them. He wasn’t shown in the audience when he lost to Jack Lemmon for his only acting nomination in 1974, nor when he lost Robert Zemeckis in 1995 for directing. He did attend the globes for his All Is Lost nomination later in his life. But before this, if he wasn’t going to the Oscars, I bet he wasn’t going to the globes.

[quote] Zero screen chemistry between him and Streep in Out of Africa.

[quote] Because they were both WASPS and there was no friction between them.

WASPs absolutely can have sexual chemistry between them onscreen.

Look at William Powell and Myrna Loy, or Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan, or Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.

A nice statement from Bob Woodward, along with some Redford quotes from recent interviews.

Unless I'm interpreting it wrong, Redford was a friend before AtPM, and the one who inspired Woodward to investigate the Watergate break-in.

R237, You watched ALL of the Golden Globes in the 1970s? Several of them were not televised...1970, 71, 72 and 79.

Bye now.

Just as I went through puberty, and saw all of my mates grow thick body hair, I was convinced Redford had a hugh, dense bush due to his ample chest hair and the thickness of the hair on his head. I masturbated to that thought constantly back then.

Another fan of THE HOT ROCK, a quintessentially 1972 indie-style NY movie with a cast of familiar NY-type character actors like George Segal, Zero Mostel, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand and William Redfield.....and Redford, who sticks out like the Hollywood movie star he was. But it's that contrast that makes his performance in it so compelling for me.

Highly recommended for the Redford fans who haven't seen it.

R249, the Golden Globes were syndicated on tape and shown on channel 9 in the New York City area. Perhaps you live in Kansas?

BYE BYE

What a wonderful man we've lost. Rest in Peace, Mr. Redford.

Judy Garland & Warren Beatty visiting Robert Redford & Elizabeth Ashley backstage. The latter two were starring in the original Broadway production of “Barefoot in the Park”. 1963

To quote Scott "Find a Death" Michaels:

Rest, You Piece.

Jane Fonda's comments:

R219 You must be an insomniac.

Is this the closest he came to presenting hole?

Quiz Show was another movie he directed that I really like

One of the last great classics

Men will never look this cool again.

This past summer, I started the thread about the movie 'The Great Gatsby' when I saw it on TCM. I mentioned that I was around 8 or 9 years old the summer it was filmed in Newport, RI. At the time, a new hotel had opened up in Newport, and non-guests could buy a 'pass' to use their swimming pool and patio. So my family did just that. Turns out, most of the cast of TGG was staying there, as well. We 'outsiders' were not allowed to talk to them or approach them in any way.

One day, the cast of TGG came to the hotel earlier than usual (I guess they got done early). Walking around the patio was this gorgeous blond guy with no shirt on and just a pair of tight jeans and sunglasses with a drink in his hand. The most beautiful hairy chest I'd ever seen. It was Redford. I had no idea who he was - just that my mother and aunts and everyone else lounging around the pool went crazy when they saw him (pointing and whispering). He nodded and smiled at everyone as he walked by and gave a few 'hellos' out to the crowd. A true, real gentleman. Mia Farrow arrived shortly after - stunningly beautiful, dressed in a flowing white dress (she looked like an angel). The other cast members were equally kind and gracious and beautiful.

You may have been viewing someone else, R262. Redford’s hair was its natural reddish BROWN during the filming of Gatsby. No blond, not even a hint of blond.

At least he's leaving behind a proud legacy in philanthropy and Sundance. That's more than will ever be said about Clint Eastwood.

Is he the start of a new 3?

R264 Clint damaged his reputation with that stupid Obama/chair speech. I'd prefer to remember him for Gran Torino.

Why hasn't Elizabeth Ashley released a statement yet?

Collars up this fall and winter in tribute to the man.

R261 I think all that sun did a number on his face later on. We used to be told the sun was good for you, healthy even.

He was very good in Brubaker.

R161 with all this talk of Natalie Wood it’s funny that you are the only one to mention Inside Daisy Clover, for which Redford won the Golden Globe for Best Newcomer- Male. It’s also the only film where his character is gay/bi.

“That’s the new lover. I didn’t get his name but he sounds charming. Your husband never could resist a charming boy!”

A lot of actors would not have played a gay or bi character back then

Redford walked that back R271. Soooo embarrassed someone would think he played a gay character.

The novel "Inside Daisy Clover" is a good read, and much sadder and edgier than the movie, which no one was particularly happy with. It was a flop.

R263 Nope - it was Redford.

Didn't Redford sign on for Daisy because the director told him they were cutting the bi reference. If you take that one line out there's no indication he's into men. He just comes off like a charming asshole.

Sorry I can't read the whole thread, but has it been mentioned he played a closeted movie star, "Wade Lewis," in Inside Daisy Clover? (w/ Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Ruth Gordon and Roddy McDowall). One of his best performances. But apparently he asked that it be toned down. Of course he wasn't famous yet.

Oops, I see people did.

It didn't come up. But the book is very good, yeah.

Could be, R276. Redford didn’t want to go into gay/bi territory. The gay stuff in Daisy Clover was added in after filming. Redford had a cow and told everyone and everybody that he didn’t sign in for that kind of shit.

[quote] A true, real gentleman. Mia Farrow arrived shortly after - stunningly beautiful, dressed in a flowing white dress (she looked like an angel).

Mia

is ' bitch.

"As the young star's no-good, vaguely homosexual husband 9one of the most cryptic roles ever written), Robert redford gives the only fresh performance." -- Pauline Kael on INSIDE DAISY CLOVER

From this picture, Robert Redford's father was his look-a-like, and quite hot, too!

I’m dreading the departure of some of our biggest goddesses (three of whom, Meryl, Barbara and Jane) gave nice tributes today. Redford was like 10 times what Timothee Chalamet is. A bonafide movie star and environmentalist. He leaves a great legacy.

[Quote] No doubt Redford will be the last slide of the In Memorium segment at the 2026 Oscars. No matter who else goes.

If there will even BE an “In Memoriam” segment in our fascist future!!!

Redford and one of his daughters.

It's lovely how many candid shirtless photos of him are popping up.

He'll get a solo tribute at the Oscars, if for nothing else than Sundance. Babs will insist on presenting and remind everyone that she's ALSO a director.

Gorgeous…

R252, Again, you watched ALL of the GGs in the 1970s? You might want to rethink that one.

You said that he didn't attend any movie events but there is photographic evidence that he did. He obviously attended some events related to his high-profile movies.

Your first comment on here was, "I thought he died in 1999." I'm going to assume that was supposed to be a joke but anyone who knows anything about Robert Redford would never make a stupid joke like that about an actor who had been active in movies until 2018 or so.

[quote]Because they were both WASPS and there was no friction between them. They read more like brother and sister than lovers.

No, it's because wrong for the role. He was a fine person and a good actor, but not a great one. He actually stopped Out Of Africa from being a great movie rather that a very good one.

I know this is so random, but a handsome man’s sexy bushy reddish-blond sideburns never looked so hot to me as they did on Robert Redford during his 1970s career era did. 🔥

R287, I don’t think they’ve done a solo In Memoriam tribute in a long time, and the last one I remember was wildly undeserved (John Hughes).

That might be a thing that the Oscars have permanently retired.

A couple of comments upthread about how he could be insensitive. Small wonder — I think we’ve all known beautiful people, both men and women.

I get a kick out of beautiful women. They’re so used to getting their own way, they just can’t process it when someone doesn’t do what they want.

Beautiful men have a variant of that. They do whatever they want, without as much consideration for others’ feelings as we non-beautifuls might have.

One such story about Redford: in “ATPM,” the actress Penny Peyser played the beautiful woman who worked for Colson and had lunch with Bernstein on the rooftop restaurant. It’s a small part, but she’s actually really good.

Peyser auditioned well, but when Redford learned she was the daughter of a Republican politician, he vetoed her. She basically begged him for the part, and he only relented when she said her father was a liberal Republican who criticized Nixon.

That story always rubbed me the wrong way.

Oh fuck off R293.

From 92-year-old Tom Skerrit, who acted with Redford in "War Hunt" (1962) and acted for Redford in "A River Runs Through It" (1992):

therealtomskerritt 3h

I am heartbroken to learn of the passing of my dear friend Robert Redford.

We grew up in this industry together - his art and friendship over these many years has profoundly changed my life. The world simply won’t be the same without him.

Sending all my love to Sibylle and his family, and to the millions around the world that he moved with his art. Rest well, friend.

TS

I don’t think they’ve done a solo In Memoriam tribute in a long time

R292 does the one for Gene Hackman this year count?

I like this photo.

President Donald Trump, told of Redford’s passing while speaking to reporters before his visit to the UK, said, “Robert Redford had a series of years where there was nobody better. There was a period of time when he was the hottest. I thought he was great.”

Barbra:

Every day on the set of The Way We Were was exciting, intense and pure joy.

We were such opposites: he was from the world of horses; I was allergic to them! Yet, we kept trying to find out more about each other, just like the characters in the movie.

Bob was charismatic, intelligent, intense, always interesting— and one of the finest actors ever.

The last time I saw him, when he came to lunch, we discussed art and decided to send each other our first drawings.

He was one of a kind and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him.

R246, That was my point, though. The other poster claimed he didn't attend Hollywood events, which is a ridiculously sweeping statement. He didn't attend all of them, but he did attend some and 'Hollywood events' covers a lot of ground.

Tom *Skerritt*

Thank God the mop on his head can finally get some rest, it's been through so much.

Pat Stanley, his Broadway co-star from the 1961 production "Sunday in New York," is still alive at 94. She was nominated for a Tony for this performance, but Jane Fonda got the movie.

Prime Redford!

I'm surprised that this one hasn't been posted it.

^^ Omg

Have we heard from Mia Farrow yet?

'The Great Gatsby' with Mia and Redford was such a great film.

By the way, Mia graced the very first cover of People Magazine in 1974.

Dear Robert Redford, this is just too much. Raindrops keep falling on my head. I think I will have to break down and offer my condolences.

See ya, Hubbell…

They don't make 'em like this anymore...

Your film, WHAT??

for R63

R289 = another new to Datalounge

[quote]Paul Newman and Robert Redford playing ping pong with director George Roy Hill during a break from filming Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

What? He was supposed to look at the two of them with their shirts off AND play ping pong?

A blatant case of cheating on their part.

R293- Who rubbed you the wrong way Redford or the actress?

RR rubs me the wrong way in that situation.

God damn that man was gorgeous!

And he had gravitas. He stuck to his guns, & did so much good in the world. He was intelligent, & genuinely cared about getting other artists up & going.

All of that makes someone INCREDIBLY sexy.

I’m glad he lived how he saw fit.

He was gorgeous in his prime

Jane Alexander

Alexander, who also worked with Redford in “Brubaker,” as well as in the Watergate drama “All the President’s Men,” said in a statement that Redford was nothing less than a giant.

“There is no one I worked with that I admired more than Bob Redford,” she said. “He made ‘All the President’s Men’ possible and approved my being in it, which was the beginning of a long friendship.”

Alexander also pointed to Redford’s work outside Hollywood. “Most of all, he did more for environmental causes than anyone I knew through the Natural Resources Defense Council,” she said. “We bonded on that, a love of the West, and chocolate.”

Elizabeth McGovern

When the Redford-directed “Ordinary People” premiered in 1980 — and went on to win four Oscars — McGovern had few acting credits. But, she recalled in a statement, Redford took a shot on her.

“His intelligence, empathy and understanding, not only as a filmmaker, but also as a person have been difficult to match,” she said. “When we shot ‘Ordinary People,’ he did my scenes on the weekend so that I could attend the Juilliard School during the week. This was the kind of caring person he was. I revered him then; I revere him now.”

Timothy Hutton

Hutton, another “Ordinary People” star who was beginning a career when the film was made — and he would win an Oscar for the role — said in a statement, “To a nineteen-year-old who was just learning to find their way, Robert Redford held quite a light.”

“This is a very big loss to me and all who loved him,” he went on, adding that Redford was a “deeply thoughtful person who moved through every moment with enormous care and piercing perception.”

R138- PLEASE don’t tell me that it was a RATTY Korean Wig .

The film of Barefoot in the Park was a big hit which made him very well known. He was not the straight man though he played a straight laced man. He had a lot of great one liners and nailed them. He and Fonda spend the film volleying and are evenly matched. Then in '69 Butch Cassidy opened and sent him into the strasophere. He was a bit of old Hollywood but mostly new unlike Newman who was a mix. Still his death was a shock. He was such a part of the American landscape you kind of expect these people will live forever. He must have been seriously ill for a little while. If his family was there at his death it was expected.

I was a boy and walked into Butch Cassidy in the middle. Stayed until the end and watched it two more times. You could do that then. And I'm an MGM Broadway musical kind of guy. Couldn't stand TV westerns. I really loved it but haven't seen it since. I guess Newman and Redford were so electric together. And though their beauty is undeniable I never found either one sexually attractive!

Butch Cassidy might have been the first time I heard the word "shit" in a movie - when they jump

You might be right but I wasn't shocked by it. Maybe I had heard it in a previous movie but I can't remember which it might have been. Or maybe it was the times and everyone was using it.

Has Katherine Ross commented?

Where does one find men who look like this today?

A genuine question.

The ones you wish were sex pests are never sex pest.

R311 is R252 scrambling to save face because he doesn't know his ass from his elbow.

Meanwhile here's Robert and Lola attending a fundraiser for senatorial candidate Wayne Owens in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 1974

On the set of The Electric Horseman 1979

R325: There are plenty of beautiful men out there, they keep being made.

There aren’t many in the movies or TV though.

Don't get me wrong r323. I doubt it was the first time the word was said in a movie, only that it was the first time I had witnessed it. I would have 9 or 10.

Michael J Pollard, Lauren Hutton, and Robert Redford posing on motor bike in a scene from the film 'Little Fauss And Big Halsy', 1970.

In London 1973

[quote]he played a straight laced man

Oh, dear.

[quote] 'Little Fauss And Big Halsy', 1970.

That aired many times as a late move in the mid-late '70s. Strange film. Lauren Hutton was there but...

Democratic presidential hopeful Jimmy Carter carries Robert Redford's briefcase to a waiting plane at the local airport after Redford spent the night with the candidate and his family, 1976

He chose his projects very well.

I have a lot of the free streaming apps on my tv. It never fails to amaze me how many films there are with established big stars that are duds. I understand making a movie is always a crap shoot but it seems that Redford was able to dodge that?

I think a lot are made for the paycheck. Especially when you've got a trail of ex wives behind you. Marry once. And then just partner up. Continually marrying is so stupid. Some men are addicted to being married. I don't get it.

MAD Magazine did a movie parody called The Cute Rook - and got several hundred letters asking WTF movie was it supposed to be a parody of.

In the next issue they had to explain it was The Hot Rock......

Nice Rolex product-placement @ R332 to offset the undeniable camp.

I liked that picture of RR's pussy.

I’m a millenial and his death is bittersweet for us too.

We grew up with him as our mothers’ crush and ours too. Saw him mentioned in our sisters’ Sweet Valley High books. We heard the about the debates when Indecent Proposal was released and watched it on cable. Experienced 1990s independent cinema via Sundance.

so nice to see a natural physique

Cary Elwes tribute:

There weren’t that many towering legends that loomed large in our home growing up as a kid but Robert Redford was certainly one of them. The fact that both my father and stepfather held him in such high regard naturally put him on a pedestal for me. Thus began a lifelong study of his talent, his choices as an artist and a lover of the arts. My brother, Cassian, became close with him not only for his involvement with the Sundance Film Festival, Bob’s dream of supporting independent film, but also during the production of “All Is Lost” which my brother produced. When I finally got to meet him he was as warm, engaging and gracious as I had always imagined him to be. To me he is an icon, the likes of which we shall not see again, on or off screen. Our hearts go out to his family, especially Shauna. RIP Bob. Thank you for sharing your art and compassion with the world.

r342, thanks for mentioning his natural physique. That's what's often missing in today's leading men, who are either skinny hairless bean poles like Timothee or roided-out and shaved/plucked robots like....so many of them.

His last public photos were taken in 2021at the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s award ceremony at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

His grandson posted this photo yesterday. It's probably the most recent photo of him available.

That photo at r436 - whoa!

They don't make them like that anymore. Agree with CAA at r283.

Sorry meant r236 ^^

A Life in Photos.

[quote] For such a pretty boy, he had a surprising amount of depth. Not as much as Paul Newman, but still..

In real life, Redford seemed more thoughtful and intelligent. And a talented manager of people and himself. Paul Newman seemed more neurotic.

He retired from acting in part because he was increasingly immobile. Decades of riding horses and playing tennis had wreaked havoc on his body.

Come on, Mia Farrow. Waiting to hear from you.

Mia has gone completely senile in her dotage and will not be issuing any more (coherent) statements.

I think she's still reeling from Woody's latest statement.

Woody Allen has claimed people would be just as outraged if he had married an “air stewardess” as his ex-girlfriend’s daughter...

Dustin Hoffman

Redford's "All The President's Men" co-star Dustin Hoffman issued a statement on Wednesday remembering the actor. The pair starred as opposite each other in the 1976 film as Bob Woodward (Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Hoffman), the reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal.

"Working with Redford on 'All the President’s Men' was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. He was that rare person where what you see is what you get: the decency he projected in his movies was genuine. I’ll miss him," the 88-year-old wrote.

Jamie Lee Curtis

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram, sharing a photo of Redford along with a message.

"A LIFE! FAMILY• ART• TRANSFORMATION • ADVOCACY• CREATION• LEGACY Thank you Robert Redford," she wrote.

Demi

Actress Demi Moore posted a sentimental Instagram tribute to Redford on Tuesday, along with a clip from her and the late actor's romance movie "Indecent Proposal."

"The world has lost an incredible actor, director, husband, father, friend," Moore wrote. "Robert’s legacy will live on forever in so many ways and I will carry the many memories we share close to my heart. What I would do for just one more dance."

Along with the message, Moore posted a clip of her dancing with Redford in the film about an indecent love affair gone wrong.

Mia is bitch.

[quote]I’m a millenial

Oh, dear.

I really don't think that's a wig at r346 (supposedly his last photo).

Not that his hair doesn't look wiggy in other photos.

He cultivated a virtuous persona throughout his career. I don't trust virtuous personas.

IMHO one of the last great movie stars of my generation.

Is he the clubhouse leader to be the Academy Award's final honoree in next year's In Memoriam tribute?

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

Nice jaw line especially in his 30's.

Even more MAD Magazine - spoof of TWWW - "so romantic, like Beauty and the Beast" "Naw, he's not THAT pretty"

Like clockwork, this French cunt "insider" just couldn't help herself...