Barefoot in the Park (TV series) "The Odd Couple" (Jerry Paris, Harvey Miller, Bruce Bilson and Garry Marshall among others). Barefoot in the Park (TV series) Barefoot in the Park is an American sitcom that aired in 1970 on ABC. Based on the Neil Simon Broadway play of the same name, the series cast members are predominantly black, making it the first American television sitcom since "Amos 'n' Andy" to have a predominantly black cast (Vito Scotti is the sole major white character). "Barefoot in the Park" had also previously been a 1967 film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. Scoey Mitchell plays Paul Bratter, a
Robert Redford winning four Oscars including Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for Redford. In 1980, he starred in "Brubaker" (1980). He starred in "Out of Africa" (1985), which was an enormous critical and box office success, and won seven Oscars including Best Picture. He released his third film as a director, "A River Runs Through It", in 1992. Redford retired after completing the film "The Old Man & the Gun", which was released in October 2018. He went on to receive Best Director and Best Picture nominations in 1995 for "Quiz Show". He received a second Academy Award—for