Redford

/ (ˈrɛdfəd) /

noun

Robert . born 1936, US film actor and director. His films include (as actor) Barefoot in the Park (1966), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Up Close and Personal (1996) and (as director) Ordinary People (1980), A River Runs Through It (1992), and The Horse Whisperer (1998)

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Words nearby Redford

redfish, red flag, red flash, red flour beetle, redfoot, Redford, red fox, red giant, red goatfish, Redgrave, red grouse

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Example sentences from the Web for Redford

We are talking about Redford one day, an actor Hitch admires.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitch knows damn well that Redford gets pretty much anything he wants.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The difficulty with Mr. Redford is, you see, as I understand it, he gets one million dollars a picture.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About 20 minutes in, a thought occurred to me: Redford could get nominated for this.
Did the Academy Snub Robert Redford Because He’s So Damn Handsome?|Andrew Romano|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By the time the movie was over, I was certain: Redford is going to win Best Actor for this.
Did the Academy Snub Robert Redford Because He’s So Damn Handsome?|Andrew Romano|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I beat him by eight up and seven to play and was marching triumphantly up to the club-house when Redford intercepted me.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914|Various
All this, all that is essential, evidently escapes Mr. Redford.
Plays, Acting and Music|Arthur Symons
This is not signed by Redford; it is only conjecturally his.
Early English Dramatists--Recently Recovered "Lost" Tudor Plays with some others|Various
One may doubt the comic story that Mr Redford mistook the sous for sans.
Our Stage and Its Critics|"E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
No words did Redford speak to his wondering men, except such as were needed to direct the boat.
The Madman and the Pirate|R.M. Ballantyne

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