While Paul Newman's movies gave him swooning fans and numerous awards, including an Oscar for 1986's The Color of Money, it was his ability to make — and give away — a fortune that made him ...

With roles as varied as pool shark “Fast” Eddie Felson in 1961’s The Hustler (and 1986’s The Color of Money) and alcoholic ...

By contrast, Paul ... the “young man” himself was part of the problem: Even in his early successes, such as The Long, Hot Summer or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, both from 1958, Newman had a certain ...