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Robert Redford: Greatest film roles in pictures

A look back at Robert Redford's film roles, after the 81-year-old announced his retirement from acting.

REX/Shutterstock Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, 1969REX/Shutterstock
Redford played the Sundance Kid in 1969's Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
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Alamy Robert Shaw, Robert Redford, Paul Newman in The Sting, 1973, directed by George Roy HillAlamy
The Sting (1973), with Robert Shaw (left) and Paul Newman (right) won seven Academy Awards, including Best Film.
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REX/Shutterstock Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were, 1973REX/Shutterstock
Redford starred with Barbra Streisand in romantic drama The Way We Were (1973).
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REX/Shutterstock Mia Farrow and Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby, 1974REX/Shutterstock
And with Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby (1974).
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REX/Shutterstock Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman in All The President's Men, 1976REX/Shutterstock
Redford and Dustin Hoffman played reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in All The President's Men (1976), a political thriller about the Watergate scandal.
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REX/Shutterstock Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in The Electric Horseman, 1979REX/Shutterstock
The Electric Horseman (1979) marked the third on-screen collaboration between Redford and Jane Fonda, following The Chase (1966) and Barefoot In The Park (1967).
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REX/Shutterstock Meryl Streep and Robert Redford in Out Of Africa, 1985REX/Shutterstock
Sydney Pollack's Out Of Africa (1985), with Meryl Streep, won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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REX/Shutterstock Robert Redford in All is Lost, 2013REX/Shutterstock
Redford was the sole cast member in All Is Lost (2013), a survival drama about a man lost at sea, which was almost entirely without dialogue.
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REX/Shutterstock Robert Redford and Nick Nolte in A Walk In The Woods, 2015REX/Shutterstock
Comedy drama A Walk In The Woods (2015), with Nick Nolte, was an adaptation of travel writer Bill Bryson's autobiographical book of the same name.
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REX/Shutterstock Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in Our Souls At Night, 2017REX/Shutterstock
Redford and Jane Fonda came together on screen for a fourth time in romantic drama Our Souls At Night (2017).

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