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Robert Mandan
Robert Mandan (born Robert Frederic Little, 1932-2018) was an American character actor, best known as Chester Tate on the ABC sitcom Soap (1977-1981) and as James Bradford on Three's a Crowd.
Robert Mark Kamen
Robert Mark Kamen (born 1947, Bronx) is the American screenwriter who created The Karate Kid, wrote The Fifth Element, the Transporter films, and Taken, and owns Kamen Estate Wines in Sonoma.
Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum (1917-1997), American film actor born in Bridgeport, Connecticut; star of film noir classics Out of the Past and The Night of the Hunter, one Oscar nomination for The Story of G.I. Joe, 1948 marijuana jail term.
Robert Montgomery (actor)
Robert Montgomery (1904-1981), born Henry Montgomery Jr., was an MGM leading man, two-time Best Actor Oscar nominee, Screen Actors Guild president, WWII naval commander, director of Lady in the Lake, host of Robert Montgomery Presents, and Eisenhower's television advisor.
Robert Morley
Robert Morley (1908–1992), English actor and playwright, full name Robert Adolph Wilton Morley; Oscar-nominated for Marie Antoinette, co-wrote Edward, My Son, CBE 1957, British Airways spokesman.
Robert Morse
Robert Morse (1931–2022), American actor and singer, two-time Tony winner for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Tru, Emmy winner, and Bertram Cooper on Mad Men.
Robert Newton
Robert Newton (1905-1956), English stage and film actor, played Long John Silver in Disney's Treasure Island (1950); his West Country accent created the stereotypical pirate voice.
Robert Pastorelli
Robert Joseph Pastorelli (1954-2004), American character actor, played house painter Eldin Bernecky on Murphy Brown (1988-1994) and appeared in Dances with Wolves, Eraser, and Michael; died of a heroin overdose in 2004.
Robert Patrick
Robert Patrick (Robert Hammond Patrick, born 1958, Marietta, Georgia) is the American actor who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day; later known for The X-Files' Agent Doggett, The Sopranos, Peacemaker, 1923, and Tulsa King.
Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson (born 1986, London) is an English actor known as Edward Cullen in Twilight ($3.3 billion gross), star of Good Time, The Lighthouse, Tenet, The Batman, Mickey 17, and 2026's The Odyssey and Primetime.
Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo (born 1953) is an American character actor known as the holographic Doctor (EMH) on Star Trek: Voyager, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years, Dr. Richard on China Beach, and Richard Woolsey in the Stargate franchise.
Robert Pine
Robert Pine (Granville Whitelaw Pine, born 1941) is an American character actor, best known as Sgt. Getraer on CHiPs (1977-83), a five-decade TV guest-star veteran, and father of actor Chris Pine.
Robert Powell
Robert Powell (born 1944, Salford) is an English actor known for Jesus of Nazareth (1977), Mahler, Tommy, Richard Hannay, Doomwatch, The Detectives, and extensive narration work.
Robert Preston (actor)
Robert Preston (Robert Preston Meservey, 1918-1987), American stage and screen actor; two-time Tony winner as Harold Hill in The Music Man (1957 Broadway, 1962 film) and Oscar nominee for Toddy in Victor/Victoria (1982).
Robert Prosky
Robert Prosky (Robert Joseph Porzuczek, 1930–2008), American character actor; Arena Stage resident for 23 seasons, Sgt. Jablonski on Hill Street Blues, films Thief, Broadcast News, Mrs. Doubtfire; two Tony nominations.
Robert Pugh
Robert Pugh, also credited as Bob Pugh, is a Welsh actor and writer whose screen career has run since 1976, best known internationally as Craster in HBO's Game of Thrones.
Robert Redford
Robert Redford (1936–2025), American actor, director, and environmentalist; star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Oscar-winning director of Ordinary People, and founder of the Sundance Institute and Film Festival.
Robert Reed
Robert Reed (John Robert Rietz Jr., 1932-1992), American actor, Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch (1969-74) and Kenneth Preston on The Defenders; three Emmy nominations; died of cancer at 59.
Robert Rhodes (actor)
Robert Rhodes (born 1993, London) is an English actor known as Jimmy Jimmy in 28 Years Later and The Bone Temple, Silver Denys in House of the Dragon, and Sonic in The Rapture; Changing Faces UK ambassador.
Robert Ri'chard
Robert Ri'chard (Robert Andrew Richard, born 1983, Los Angeles) is an American actor and producer known for Cousin Skeeter, One on One, Coach Carter, House of Wax, Chocolate City, and Bolden, and a 1998 Daytime Emmy winner.
Robert Ridgely
Robert Ridgely (Robert Ritterbusch, 1931-1997), American character actor and booming-voiced voice artist from Teaneck, New Jersey; voiced Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Thundarr; appeared in Mel Brooks and Jonathan Demme films; final role was Colonel James in Boogie Nights.
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez (born 1968, San Antonio) is the American filmmaker behind El Mariachi, Desperado, Spy Kids, Sin City, and Alita: Battle Angel; he made El Mariachi for $7,000 funded by a medical trial, won Sundance's Audience Award, and co-founded Troublemaker Studios in Austin.
Robert Romanus
Robert Romanus (Bob Romanus, born 1956) is an American actor and musician known for Mike Damone in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Snake on The Facts of Life; brother of actor Richard Romanus, band Poppa's Kitchen.
Robert Rossen
Robert Rossen (1908–1966), American screenwriter-director of Body and Soul, All the King's Men, and The Hustler; Communist Party member, HUAC friendly witness in 1953 who named over fifty people, blacklisted, died at 57. Distinct from Robert Rosen, UCLA dean.
Robert Rusler
Robert Rusler, American actor born 1965 in Fort Wayne, Indiana; known for Weird Science, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Thrashin', Vamp, Shag, and Lieutenant Warren Keffer on Babylon 5.
Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan (1909-1973), American actor of film noir and Westerns; Oscar-nominated for Crossfire (1947); Dartmouth boxer, Marine drill instructor, civil rights and SANE nuclear-policy activist; starred in The Set-Up, The Naked Spur, The Wild Bunch, The Iceman Cometh.
Robert Schenkkan
Robert Schenkkan (born 1953) is an American playwright and screenwriter, Pulitzer winner for The Kentucky Cycle and Tony winner for All the Way; also wrote Hacksaw Ridge and The Pacific.
Robert Schwartzman
Robert Schwartzman (Robert Coppola Schwartzman, Robert Carmine), born 1982, American filmmaker, actor, and Rooney frontman of the Coppola family; directed Dreamland, The Unicorn, The Argument, and The Good Half.
Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), American actor; Tony winner for The Invention of Love; Neil Perry in Dead Poets Society; Dr. James Wilson on House (2004-12); also The Gilded Age.
Robert Shaw (actor)
Robert Shaw, also known as Robert Archibald Shaw, was an English actor and novelist known for Quint in Jaws, Red Grant in From Russia with Love, and Doyle Lonnegan in The Sting.