Robert Redford dead: Oscar winner and ‘Barefoot in the Park’ icon was 89

nypost.com ^ | Sep. 16, 2025 | Samantha Ibrahim and Tracy Swartz

[V_TWIN]

Robert Redford — a two-time Oscar winner who charmed audiences with “The Way We Were” and “Barefoot in the Park,” directed the complex dramas “Ordinary People” and “Quiz Show,” and founded the Sundance Institute to promote independent storytelling — has died. He was 89.

The Hollywood icon passed away early Tuesday morning at his home in Utah, Rogers & Cowan PMK chief executive Cindi Berger told the New York Times.

Berger said that Redford died in his sleep. No cause of death was given.

[Jemian]

Well, this stings.

[RetiredArmy]

Cause of death at age 89 unknown? How about age?

[Jolla]

Good actor, thanks for the memories.

[Flavious_Maximus]

I remember an Twilight Zone episode where he played the Grim Reaper (death) and was trying to get an old woman out of her apartment to meet him.

He finally met the real Grim Reaper.

[KobraKai]

The rare Democrat who was not also a terrible human being. He actually made really good movies that appeal to anyone, besides the obvious leftist leaning flicks in his filmography.

Jeremiah Johnson is an all timer, and one of his modern movies I think people should watch is All Is Lost, which is another man vs. nature ordeal

[fhayek]

Redford was once up for the part of Ben in The Graduate (the role eventually played by Dustin Hoffman). The director, Mike Nichols, at the audition, instructed Redford to think of a time when he had been rejected by a girl when he was reading the part.

Redford couldn't draw on that experience, because it had never happened to him.

[OttawaFreeper]

Agreed. Jeremiah Johnson and The Natural are my favorites with him. Not to forget The Sting as well.

[equaviator]

The cheerleaders from my old school are all in mourning. I admired the guy for how he had them wrapped around his finger from 3,000 miles away. RIP

[kosciusko51]

The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Three Days of the Condor are some of my favorites. But he had many good movies.

RIP

[Hatteras]

My favorite Redford movies were...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jeremiah Johnson
The Sting

Flipping through channels the other night, I came across the beginning of The Sting. Watched it all the way through again.

[sushiman]

I remember him from a 1961 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents . This : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508340/

[PGalt]

Condolences to family and friends of Robert Redford.

[frogjerk]

Excellent Actor and seemed like a really great guy. RIP

[Huskrrrr]

Every woman in my high school graduation class is probably weeping now. I remember the Sting and my reaction to the ending. I was completely fooled. Redford seemed like a decent chap away from the camera.

[cgbg]

One of his lesser known movies was The Spy Game.

He was brilliant in that one.

[circlecity]

Because of his good looks and popularity I think Redford never got the credit he deserved as an actor.

[PROCON]

Big lefty but great actor.

I saw him first in Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid in 1969, my HS graduation year.

Other favorites of his are The Natural & 3 Days of the Condor.

[Liz]

So handsome.........sigh.

[GreenHornet]

I remember an early role on The Untouchables where he played a guy starting up his own bootlegging operation. He tried to go into business with Frank Nitti, who tolerated him for a while. Elliot Ness told Nitti that Redford had his eye on his chair. It didn’t end well for Redford’s character.