Bob Woodward Remembers Robert Redford [View all]

Mr. Woodward said Mr. Redford, who portrayed him in the classic 1976 film “All the President’s Men,” was a “genuine, a noble and principled force for good.”

One of Robert Redford’s most indelible screen roles was Bob Woodward, the hungry young Washington Post reporter in pursuit of one of the biggest stories of his generation: the Watergate scandal that consumed the administration of President Richard M. Nixon.

In Mr. Redford’s hands, Mr. Woodward became known to generations of movie fans in the 1976 film “All the President’s Men” as a swashbuckling truth teller, immortalizing an era when the public had a greater affinity for the news business.

Mr. Redford, 89, died Tuesday morning at his home in Utah. In a statement to The New York Times, Mr. Woodward remembered Mr. Redford as “genuine, a noble and principled force for good who fought successfully to find and communicate the truth.”

“I loved him, and admired him — for his friendship, his fiery independence, and the way he used any platform he had to help make the world better, fairer, brighter for others,” Mr. Woodward wrote.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/business/media/bob-woodward-robert-redford.html