# 5020 - 2015 First-Class Forever Stamp - Paul Newman
U.S. # 5020
2015 49¢ Paul Newman
First-Class Mail
Happy Birthday Paul Newman
Newman enjoyed acting as a child, first appearing on stage at age seven as a court jester in Robin Hood. He also did a play when he was 10 with the Cleveland Play House.
Newman went on briefly attend Ohio University before joining the Navy in World War II. He served as a radioman-gunner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill. After the war, Newman earned his bachelors in drama and economics from Kenyon College. He went on to attend Yale Drama School for a year before going to New York to study under Lee Strasberg.
Over his long career, Newman starred in and directed a number of notable films. These included Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), and The Color of Money (1986). He also provided the voice of Doc Hudson in Disney/Pixar’s Cars (2006). Newman was one of just four actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award in five different decades. In all, he won one Academy Award, three Golden Globes, and one Emmy.
U.S. # 5020
2015 49¢ Paul Newman
First-Class Mail
Happy Birthday Paul Newman
Newman enjoyed acting as a child, first appearing on stage at age seven as a court jester in Robin Hood. He also did a play when he was 10 with the Cleveland Play House.
Newman went on briefly attend Ohio University before joining the Navy in World War II. He served as a radioman-gunner aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill. After the war, Newman earned his bachelors in drama and economics from Kenyon College. He went on to attend Yale Drama School for a year before going to New York to study under Lee Strasberg.
Over his long career, Newman starred in and directed a number of notable films. These included Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), and The Color of Money (1986). He also provided the voice of Doc Hudson in Disney/Pixar’s Cars (2006). Newman was one of just four actors to have been nominated for an Academy Award in five different decades. In all, he won one Academy Award, three Golden Globes, and one Emmy.