Robert Redford about his blond male stereotype image and turned down roles in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate". Redford found the niche he was looking for in George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), scripted by William Goldman, in which he was paired for the first time with Paul Newman. The film was a huge success and made him a major bankable star, cementing his screen image as an intelligent, reliable, sometimes sardonic good guy. Redford suffered through a few films that did not achieve box office success during this time, including "Downhill Racer" (1969); "Tell
Oscar W. Newman 1, 1913 to January 1, 1919. He ran for re-election in 1918, and lost . Newman remained in Columbus in 1919, and opened a private practice. He was assigned by U.S. District Court Judge Benson W. Hough as a special commissioner to review filings in a utility rate case in Columbus. Newman died after suffering a heart attack at the Columbus Athletic Club on February 19, 1928. Funeral services were at his home in Columbus, with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth. Oscar W. Newman Oscar W. Newman (April 14, 1867 – February 19, 1928) was a jurist from Portsmouth,