Which actor provided Doc Hudson’s voice in the 2006 film Cars?

Paul Newman provided Doc Hudson’s voice in the 2006 film Cars.

Doc Hudson is the respected physician of Radiator Springs and later is revealed to have been the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, a celebrated race car. His history gives Lightning McQueen an important lesson about fame, disappointment, and community.

Newman’s casting was especially fitting because he had a major connection to automobile racing. He competed as a race-car driver, including in professional events, and co-owned racing teams during his career.

Doc’s character is based on the Hudson Hornet, a real car associated with stock-car racing in the early 1950s. Newman died in 2008, so Doc Hudson does not have a speaking role in Cars 2; the character is honored through memories and archival material.