The Seven Degrees of Paul Newman

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Fredi Washington was in One Mile from Heaven with Claire Trevor.

Claire Trevor was in Key Largo with Edward G. Robinson.

Edward G. Robinson was in The Prize with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:   Emma Thompson

[Classic aficionado]

1

Emma Thompson was in "Much ado about nothing" with Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington was in "Carbon copy" with George Segal.

George Segal was in "Fun with Dick and Jane" (1977) with Jane Fonda.

Jane Fonda was in "Hurry sundown" with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Emma Thompson was in "Dead again" with Andy Garcia.

Andy Garcia was in "The godfather Part III" with Diane Keaton.

Diane Keaton was in "Baby boom" with Sam Wanamaker.

Sam Wanamaker was in "The competition" with Lee Remick.

Lee Remick was in "The long hot summer" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Emma Thompson was in "Sense and sensibility" with Kate Winslet.

Kate Winslet was in "Titanic" (1998) with Billy Zane.

Billy Zane was in "Dead calm" with Nicole Kidman.

Nicole Kidman was in "Far and away" with Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise was in "The color of money" with Paul Newman.

 

4
Emma Thompson was in "Henry V" with Kenneth Branagh.

Kenneth Branagh was in "Othello" (1995) with Irène Jacob.

Irène Jacob was in "U.S. Marshals" with Tommy Lee Jones.

Tommy Lee Jones was in "The Betsy" with Lesley-Anne Down.

Lesley-Anne Down was in "A little night music" with Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor was in "Cat on a hot tin roof" wiith Paul Newman.

 

5

Emma Thompson was in "Primary colors" with Kathy Bates.

Kathy Bates was in "Diabolique" (1996) with Sharon Stone.

Sharon Stone was in "Total recall" (1990) with Rachel Ticotin.
Rachel Ticotin was in "Fort Apache: the Bronx" with Paul Newman.

 

6

Emma Thompson was in "In the name of the father" with Daniel Day-Lewis.

Daniel Day-Lewis was in "Lincoln" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

7

Emma Thompson was in "Junior" with Danny Devito.

Danny Devito was in "Romancing the stone" with Kathleen Turner.

Kathleen Turner was in "Undercover Blues" with Dennis Quaid.

Dennis Quaid was in "Innerspace" with Martin Short.

Martin Short was in "Pure luck" with Danny Glover.

Danny Glover was in "Places in the heart" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

8

Emma Thompson was in "Junior" with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was in "The terminator" with Linda Hamilton.

Linda Hamilton was in "Mr. Destiny" with James Belushi.

James Belushi was in "Only the lonely" with Maureen O'Hara.

Maureen O'Hara was in "Miracle on 34th Street" with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

9

Emma Thompson was in "Nanny McPhee" with Colin Firth.

Colin Firth was in "Valmont" with Henry Thomas.

Henry Thomas was in "E.T." with Dee Wallace Stone.

Dee Wallace Stone was in "10" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

10

Emma Thompson was in "Much ado about nothing" with Robert Sean Leonard.

Robert Sean Leonard was in "Married to it" with Mary Stuart Masterson.

Mary Stuart Masterson was in "Chances are" with Ryan O'Neal.

Ryan O'Neal was in "Paper moon" with Tatum O'Neal.

Tatum O'Neal was in "International Velvet" with Christopher Plummer.

Christopher Plummer was in "The sound of music" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman. 

 

 

 

Next:    Margaret Colin

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Margaret Colin was in Something Wild with Melanie Griffith.

Melanie Griffith was in Nobody's Fool with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:   Cicely Tyson

[Terrence1]

Cicely Tyson was in "The Help" with Allison Janney,

who was in "The Hours" with Meryl Streep,

who was in "Out of Africa" with Robert Redford,

who was in "The Sting" with Newman.

 

Next:   Ray Danton

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Ray Danton was in The Chapman Report with Claire Bloom.

Claire Bloom was in The Outrage with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:   May Robson

[Classic aficionado]

1

May Robson was in "Bringing up Baby" with Cary Grant.

Cary Grant was in "Charade" with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

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2

May Robson was in "Bringing up Baby" with Katharine Hepburn.

Katharine Hepburn was in "Guess who's coming to dinner" with Sidney Poitier.

Sidney Poitier was in "Paris blues" with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:    Marion Nixon   (born in 1904)   [not to be confused with Marnie Nixon]

 

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Marian Nixon was in Strictly Dynamite with Jimmy Durante.

Jimmy Durante was in It Happened in Brooklyn with Peter Lawford.

Peter Lawford was in Exodus with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:   Jack Soo

[GIPPER]

Jack Soo was in "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "TORN CURTAIN" with Paul Newman.

 

Next: Abe Vigoda 

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Abe Vigoda was in The Godfather with James Caan.

James Caan was in Silent Movie with Paul Newman (they both appear as themselves).

 

 

Looks like we've got a "Barney Miller" theme going on here.  LOL  Let's continue with "Barney" himself.

 

 

Next:  Hal Linden

[Classic aficionado]

Hal Linden was in "Out to sea" with Dyan Cannon.
Dyan Cannon was in "End of the innocence" with Renee Taylor.

Renee Taylor was in "Made for each other" (1971) with Joseph Bologna.

Joseph Bologna was in "Blame it on Rio" with Demi Moore.

Demi Moore was in "Mortal thoughts" with Bruce Willis.

Bruce Willis was in "Nobody's fool" (1994) with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:   William Zabka

[LiamCasey]

William Zabka was in The Karate Kid (1984) with Pat Morita.

Pat Morita was in When Time Ran Out... (1980) with Paul Newman.

 

Next: James D'Arcy

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James D'Arcy was in The Trench with Daniel Craig.

Daniel Craig was in Road to Perdition with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:   Jack Oakie

[Terrence1]

Jack Oakie was in "Lover, Come Back" with Rock Hudson,

who was in "Giant" with Elizabeth Taylor,

who was in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Newman.

 

Next:   Maximilian Schell

[Classic aficionado]

1

Maximilian Schell was in "The chosen" with Barry Miller.

Barry Miller was in "Fame" with Irene Cara.

Irene Cara was in "Sparkle" with Mary Alice.

Mary Alice was in "Awakenings" with Robin Williams.

Robin Williams was in "Mrs. Doubtfire" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Maximilian Schell was in "The chosen" with Barry Miller.

Barry Miller was in "Fame" with Anne Meara.

Anne Meara was in "Awakenings" with Julie Kavner.

Julie Kavner was in "This is my life" with Samantha Mathis.

Samantha Mathis was in "Little women" (1994) with Mary Wickes.

Mary Wickes was in "By the light of the silvery moon" with Leon Ames.

Leon Ames was in "From the terrace" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Maximilian Schell was in "The chosen" with Barry Miller.

Barry Miller was in "Fame" with Maureen Teefy.

Maureen Teefy was in "Grease 2" with Eve Arden.
Eve Arden was in "The unfaithful" with Zachary Scott. 

Zachary Scott was in "Mildred Pierce" with Jack Carson.

Jack Carson was in "Cat on a hot tin roof" with Paul Newman.

 

4

Maximilian Schell was in "The chosen" with Rod Steiger.

Rod Steiger was in "The unholy wife" with Diana Dors.

Diana Dors was in "Berserk" with Judy Geeson.

Judy Geeson was in "To Sir with love" with Patricia Routledge.

Patricia Routledge was in "Don't raise the bridge, lower the river" with Jerry Lewis.

Jerry Lewis was in "Artists and models" with Shirley MacLaine.

Shirley MacLaine was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

5

Maximilian Schell was in "Julia" with Vanessa Redgrave.

Vanessa Redgrave was in "Camelot" with Richard Harris.

Richard Harris was in "Tarzan the ape man" (1981) with Bo Derek.

Bo Derek was in "10" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:    Sherilyn Fenn

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Sherilyn Fenn was in Two Moon Junction with Burl Ives.

Burl Ives was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:   Stephen Dillane

[Classic aficionado]

1

Stephen Dillane was in "Hamlet" (1990) with Glenn Close.

Glenn Close was in "The big chill" with Tom Berenger.

Tom Berenger was in "Shoot to kill" with Sidney Poitier.

Sidney Poitier was in "Paris blues" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Stephen Dillane was in "Hamlet" (1990) with Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson was in "Man without a face" with Margaret Whitton.

Margaret Whitton was in "9 1/2 weeks" with Kim Basinger.

Kim Basinger was in "The marrying man" with Elisabeth Shue.

Elisabeth Shue was in "Soapdish" with Sally Field.

Sally Field was in "Absence of malice" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Stephen Dillane was in "Hamlet" (1990) with Helena Bonham-Carter.

Helena Bonham-Carter was in "The wings of the dove" with Alison Elliott.

Alison Elliott was in "The spitfire grill" with Ellen Burstyn.

Ellen Burstyn was in "Alice doesn't live here anymore" with Kris Kristofferson.

Kris Kristofferson was in "A star is born" (1976) with Barbra Streisand.

Barbra Streisand was in "The way we were" with Robert Redford.

Robert Redford was in "The sting" with Paul Newman.

 

4

Stephen Dillane was in "The truth about Charlie" with Thandie Newton.

Thandie Newton was in "Crash" (2004) with Brendan Fraser.

Brendan Fraser was in "School ties" with Chris O'Donnell.

Chris O'Donnell was in "The chamber" with Faye Dunaway.

Faye Dunaway was in "The towering inferno" with Paul Newman.

 

5

Stephen Dillane was in "Two if by sea" with Denis Leary.

Denis Leary was in "The matchmaker" with Janeane Garofalo.

Janeane Garofalo was in "The truth about cats and dogs" with Ben Chaplin.

Ben Chaplin was in "Washington Square" with Albert Finney.

Albert Finney was in "Two for the road" with Audrey Hepburn.

Audrey Hepburn was in "Charade" with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:     Jeff Fahey

[DJBeacon]

Hope I'm doing this right:

 

Jeff  "Olean, NY" Fahey was in "Planet Terror" with Michael Parks

Michael Parks was in "Ffolkes" with James Mason

James Mason was in "The Verdict" with Paul Newman

[Terrence1]

DJ, you did fine on this,.  Now we need another actor to continue.

[DJBeacon]

OK, thanks.

Well as you can imagine, let's try:

 

Whit Bissell

[Paulll]

Whit Bissell:

Roddy McDowall was in Planet of the Apes with Charlton Heston.

Charlton Heston was in The Ten Commandments with Anne Baxter.

Anne Baxter was in I Confess with Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift was in The Misfits with Clark Gable.

Clark Gable was in Gone With the Wind with Vivien Leigh.

Vivien Leigh was in A Streetcar Named Desire with Karl Malden.

Karl Malden was in Birdman of Alcatraz with Whit Bissell.

 

Paul Newman:

Cyd Charisse was in Brigadoon with George Chakiris.

George Chakiris was in West Side Story with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood was in Marjorie Morningstar with Gene Kelly.

Gene Kelly was in Summer Stock with Judy Garland.

Judy Garland was in The Harvey Girls with Angela Lansbury.

Angela Lansbury was in National Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor was in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

NEXT: Why not continue from where the person before you started. I started, Roddy McDowall.

[Classic aficionado]

1

Whit Bissell was in "Warlock" with Henry Fonda.

Henry Fonda was in "War and peace" (1956) with Audrey Hepburn.

Audrey Hepburn was in "Green mansions" with Lee J. Cobb.

Lee J. Cobb was in "The three faces of Eve" with Joanne Woodward.

Joanne Woodward was in "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Whit Bissell was in "Spencer's mountain" with James MacArthur.

James MacArthur was in "Kidnapped" (1960) with Peter Finch.

Peter Finch was in "Lost horizon" (1973) with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

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1

Roddy McDowall was in "Midnight Lace" with Hermione Baddeley.

Hermione Baddeley was in "Mary Poppins" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Roddy McDowall was in "The white cliffs of Dover" with Gladys Cooper.

Gladys Cooper was in "My fair lady" with Wilfrid Hyde-White.

Wilfrid Hyde-White was in "Ada" with Dean Martin.

Dean Martin was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Roddy McDowall was in "How green was my valley" with Sara Allgood.
Sara Allgood was in "The spiral staircase" with Ethel Barrymore.

Ethel Barrymore was in "The farmer's daughter" with Joseph Cotten.

Joseph Cotten was in "Under Capricorn" with Ingrid Bergman.

Ingrid Bergman was in "Autumn sonata" with Liv Ullmann.

Liv Ullmann was in "Lost horizon" (1973) with George Kennedy.

George Kennedy was in "Cool hand Luke" with Paul Newman.

 

 

 

Next:     Errol John

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Errol John was in Buck and the Preacher with Sidney Poitier.

Sidney Poitier was in Paris Blues with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:   John Fiedler 

[Classic aficionado]

1

John Fiedler was in "A raisin in the sun" with Ruby Dee.

Ruby Dee was in "St. Louis Blues" with Eartha Kitt.

Eartha Kitt was in "New Faces" with Alice Ghostley.

Alice Ghostley was in "The graduate" with Katharine Ross.

Katharine Ross was in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" with Paul Newman.

 

2

John Fiedler was in "A raisin in the sun" with Sidney Poitier.

Sidney Poitier was in "Paris blues" with Paul Newman.

 

3

John Fiedler was in "12 angry men" with Henry Fonda.

Henry Fonda was in "Spencer's mountain" with Maureen O'Hara.

Maureen O'Hara was in "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947) with Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood was in "The silver chalice" with Paul Newman.

 

4

John Fiedler was in "12 angry men" with Martin Balsam.

Martin Balsam was in "Summer wishes, winter dreams" with Joanne Woodward.

Joanne Woodward was in "The long hot summer" with Paul Newman.

 

5

John Fiedler was in "12 angry men" with Jack Klugman.

Jack Klugman was in "I could go on singing" with Aline MacMahon.

Aline MacMahon was in "Diamond Head" with Yvette Mimieux.

Yvette Mimieux was in "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" with Laurence Harvey.

Laurence Harvey was in "Two loves" with Shirley MacLaine.

Shirley MacLaine was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

 

Next:      Theresa Russell

[Terrence1]

Theresa Russell was in "Black Widow" with Debra Winger,

who was in "Terms of Endearment" with Shirley MacLaine,

who was in "What a Way to Go" with Newman.

 

Next:  Robert Sterling

[Classic aficionado]

1

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Eleanor Parker.

Eleanor Parker was in "The sound of music" with Julie Andrews.

Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

2

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Mary Astor.

Mary Astor was in "Cass Timberlane" with Lana Turner.

Lana Turner was in "Bachelor in Paradise" with Janis Paige.
Janis Paige was in "Silk stockings" with Cyd Charisse.

Cyd Charisse was in "Something's got to give" (1962, unfinished) with Dean Martin.

Dean Martin was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

3

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Mary Astor.

Mary Astor was in "Cass Timberlane" with Lana Turner.

Lana Turner was in "Bachelor in Paradise" with Janis Paige.
Janis Paige was in "Of human bondage" (1946) with Paul Henreid.

Paul Henreid was in "The madwoman of Chaillot" with Nanette Newman.

Nanette Newman was in "Of human bondage" (1964) with Laurence Harvey.

Laurence Harvey was in "WUSA" with Paul Newman.

 

4

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Jeff Chandler.

Jeff Chandler was in "Jeanne Eagels" with Kim Novak.

Kim Novak was in "Kiss me, stupid" with Dean Martin.

Dean Martin was in "What a way to go" with Paul Newman.

 

5

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Tuesday Weld.

Tuesday Weld was in "Heartbreak Hotel" with David Keith.

David Keith was in "Brubaker" with Robert Redford.

Robert Redford was in "The sting" with Paul Newman.

 

6

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Brett Halsey.

Brett Halsey was in "The best of everything" with Hope Lange.

Hope Lange was in "Peyton Place" with Diane Varsi.

Diane Varsi was in "Ten North Frederick" with Geraldine Fitzgerald.

Geraldine Fitzgerald was in "Arthur" (1981) with Dudley Moore.

Dudley Moore was in "10" with Julie Andrews.
Julie Andrews was in "Torn curtain" with Paul Newman.

 

7

Robert Sterling was in "Return to Peyton Place" with Carol Lynley.

Carol Lynley was in "The cardinal" with Burgess Meredith.
Burgess Meredith was in "Of mice and men" (1939) with Betty Field.

Betty Field was in "Peyton Place" with Lloyd Nolan.

Lloyd Nolan was in "A tree grows in Brooklyn" with Peggy Ann Garner.

Peggy Ann Garner was in "Jane Eyre" (1944) with Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor was in "Cat on a hot tin roof" with Paul Newman.