# Who was better looking, Paul Newman or Robert Redford? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [June 11, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315 "2023-06-11T03:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315/81 "2024-11-16T21:14:38Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Redford has the edge in looks, and he appears to have a more sincere nature. Newman always has a bit of a sneer and condescending attitude So, uh, Redford is to Newman as Moore is to Connery? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315/82 "2024-11-16T21:21:32Z")
I always liked Paul Newman’s [story about a letter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka-aSG4Jg9I) he got from a man saying that he liked Newman’s salad dressing. Then he said something to the effect of “My girlfriend says you’re also an actor. Do you have any movies on VHS?” Newman had it framed because it kept him humble. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315/83 "2024-11-16T23:58:47Z")
Newman was the one with the brains and the personality and the self-awareness. Redford… well, he’s just Ken. ---
**Author:** ![Cwturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cwturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cwturner)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315/84 "2024-11-17T02:03:49Z")
I skipped to the end here, so forgive me if this has been mentioned, but I think that I just heard very recently that John Krazinski (The Office) was voted sexiest man alive? Not a traditional looker. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315/85 "2024-11-17T06:34:09Z")
Always wished it had been Paul Newman instead of Robert Vaughn in the Magnificent Seven (and Lee Marvin instead of Brad Dexter) The best role Robert Redford ever filled was that movie where Willem Dafoe takes him out in the woods and shoots him. Most everything else he ever did never allowed there to be a downside to being Golden Boy. Of course that’s all just my opinion. But as for The Sting, a well dressed man would wear a homburg with a tuxedo, never a fedora. Now that’s a fact. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315/86 "2024-11-17T12:17:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I would rather wake up next to Redford. Compared to him, Newman is just dead to me. ISWYDT [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-better-looking-paul-newman-or-robert-redford/985315.md?page=4)