'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr Throughout his six decades in entertainment, Robert Redford reached the status of Hollywood legend with films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men and Out of Africa. He seemingly tackled every genre, from comedy to romance to western to thrillers to, yes, even superhero films. Redford died on Tuesday at the age of 89. Below, The Hollywood Reporter has compiled some of his notable onscreen (and behind-the-camera) offerings. Tall Story (1960) Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Every actor has to start somewhere. For Robert Redford, that meant an uncredited role as a basketball player in the 1960 romantic comedy Tall Story, which also served as a satirical look at how colleges were in truth marriage factories. The main leads were Anthony Perkins and Jane Fonda in her feature film debut. The movie failed to wow audiences and critics but led to a long and prolific friendship between Redford and Fonda, both off- and onscreen. 'Barefoot in the Park' (1967) Image Credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images Redford became a bonafide leading man when co-starring opposite Fonda again in 1967's Barefoot in the Park, the movie adaptation of Neil Simon's Broadway play exploring the more comical side of the cultural revolution of the 1960s. Redford's character is an uptight lawyer who marries a free-spirited young woman perfectly content with life in their five-floor New York City walk-up apartment (the same can't be said for her new spouse). The pic was a commercial hit, earning $30 million at the box office against a $5 million budget, not adjusted for inflation. 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1969) Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection Robert Redford and Paul Newman's seminal Western about two outlaws on the run was the top-grossing film of 1969 on its way to earning a slew of top Oscar nominations, including for best picture and best director (George Roy Hill). Wins included best song for the iconic tune "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head." The film was of profound personal importance to Redford - he used his character's name, the Sundance Kid, when coming up with the name for the Sundance Film Festival. 'Downhill Racer' (1969) Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection With Redford's star status on the rise, Paramount Pictures chief Robert Evans enticed him to appear in two movies directed by Roman Polanski: Rosemary's Baby and skiing sports drama Downhill Racer. Ultimately, Polanski walked away from Downhill Racer, while Redford put the brakes on starring in Rosemary's Baby. Evans was none too happy, but Redford was determined make Downhill Racer and ultimately hit the slopes with director Michael Ritchie. The 1969 film may have stumbled at the box office - it didn't help that it opened only a month after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - but it did earn praise from Roger Ebert, who called it "the best movie ever made about sports - without really being about sports at all." 'Jeremiah Johnson' (1972) Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection Long before Leonado DiCaprio starred in The Revenant, Redford likewise starred as a rugged mountain man trying to survive the wilderness in the 19th century frontier epic Jeremiah Johnson. It was the first Hollywood Western to play at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as marking Redford's second time working with director Sydney Pollack after 1966's This Property is Condemned (the two had first met as actors on the set of the 1962 Korean War film, The Hunt, which was Redford's first credited film acting role). The duo insisted that Jeremiah Johnson be filmed on location in Utah, Redford's adopted home state. When terrible weather struck, Pollack even mortgaged his home to supplement the budget after Warner Bros. insisted that the cast and crew return to L.A. and use the backlot. 'The Candidate' (1972) Image Credit: Courtesy of Everett Collection The political dramedy was among a number of films Redford made throughout his career - whether as a director or actor or both - that touched upon the intersection of politics and corruption. He always said the film, which was directed by Downhill Racer's Michael Ritchie - was a labor of love in telling the tale of an idealistic young man and son of a former Democratic governor who is persuaded by a determined campaign manager (Peter Boyle) that he can win a California senatorial race by telling the truth. Things, of course, don't go exactly as planned, and the protagonist is slowly compromised. The film earned Jeremy Larner an Oscar for best screenplay. 'The Way We Were' (1973) Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection For certain generations, T