Robert Redford: Hollywood's Golden Boy - The Sunday Story

Robert Redford: Hollywood's Golden Boy - The Sunday Story

Author: The Times September 21, 2025 Duration: 28:21

With his looks, charisma and string of hits, Robert Redford, who died this week, was the face of Hollywood cinema in the 1970's. But he was so much more than a pretty face, and quickly moved into directing and producing awards winning films, before pivoting to focus on what really mattered to him: the Sundance Film Festival, to support independent film. Despite his huge public profile, Robert Redford remained an elusive, unknowable and very private man. 


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Guest: Anna Temkin, deputy obituaries editor for The Times, Ed Potton, arts commissioning editor for The Times.

Host: Rosie Wright 

Producer: Shabnam Grewal

Read more: Robert Redford obituary: elusive legend of the big screen

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  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ClippTM & © Fox (1969) Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation;
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