Column: Redford personified drama as both actor and director

Column: Redford personified drama as both actor and director

Few in the performing arts reached the heights of success as had Robert Redford (who died this past week at the age of 89). Starting with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (the 1969 film directed by George Roy Hill and co-starring Paul Newman), every movie Redford acted in was a hit. Speaking of Paul Newman (who also co-starred with Redford in the 1973 movie “The Sting” and directed as well by George Roy Hill), there was a public perception o…