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Robert Webber

Robert Laman Webber (1924-1989), American character actor born in Santa Ana, California, distinct from the British actor of the same name: Juror 12 in 12 Angry Men, General Denton in The Dirty Dozen, Moonlighting, died of ALS in Malibu.

Robert Wise

Robert Earl Wise (1914–2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor who won Academy Awards for directing West Side Story and The Sound of Music.

Robert Woolsey

Robert Woolsey (1888-1938), American comedian born in Oakland, California; half of the Wheeler and Woolsey comedy team, a former jockey who starred in RKO musical comedies from Rio Rita (1929) to On Again-Off Again (1937).

Robert Wuhl

Robert Wuhl (born 1951, Union Township, New Jersey) is an American actor, comedian, and writer, creator and star of HBO's Arli$$ (1996-2002) and two-time Emmy winner for Billy Crystal's Oscar telecasts, known for Bull Durham and Batman.

Robert Young (actor)

Robert Young (1907-1998), American film, radio, and television actor and producer, known as Jim Anderson in Father Knows Best and as Dr. Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D.; three Emmy Awards.

Robert Z'Dar

Robert Z'Dar (Robert James Zdarsky, 1950-2015), American cult B-movie actor of Lithuanian origin, played Matt Cordell in the Maniac Cop trilogy and Face in Tango & Cash; 121 films, distinctive jaw from cherubism.

Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis, also known as Bob Zemeckis, is an American film director who directed Back to the Future and won an Oscar for Forrest Gump (1994).

Roberta Colindrez

Roberta Colindrez (born 1986, Monterrey, Mexico) is a Mexican-American actress and writer, Fun Home original Broadway cast (Joan), known for I Love Dick, Vida, A League of Their Own (Lupe García), Cassandro, and Cult of Love.

Roberta Leighton (actress)

Roberta Leighton (birth name Roberta Leighton Weimar), American actress born 1953 in Minneapolis; known for Anita in Stripes (1981), Liza Williams in Barracuda, and soap roles Dr. Casey Reed on The Young and the Restless and Ginger Dawson on Days of Our Lives; married to actor Corey Young.

Roberta Shore

Roberta Shore (Roberta Jymme Schourup, born 1943) is an American actress and singer, Betsy Garth on The Virginian, Franceska in Disney's The Shaggy Dog, and Annette's rival Laura; she left Hollywood in 1964 for Utah.

Roberta Taylor

Roberta Taylor (1948–2024), English actress and author, played Irene Raymond in EastEnders (1997–2000) and Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill (2002–2008), with a long Citizens Theatre, Glasgow stage career.

Roberta Wallach

Roberta Wallach (born 1955, New York) is an American stage and screen actress, daughter of Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, Drama Desk nominee for The Model Apartment, with film credits from 1973 to 2018.

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni (born 1952) is an Italian comic actor-director, star of Down by Law and creator of La vita è bella (Life Is Beautiful), which won the 1998 Cannes Grand Prix and three 1999 Oscars including Best Actor.

Roberto Orci

Roberto Orci (Roberto Gaston Orcí, 1973–2025), Mexican-American screenwriter and producer, Alex Kurtzman's partner on Transformers, Star Trek (2009), Fringe, Sleepy Hollow, and Hawaii Five-0; died in Los Angeles of kidney disease at 51.

Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini (1906–1977), Italian film director, father of Italian neorealism with Rome, Open City (1945), Paisà (1946), Germany Year Zero; later Ingrid Bergman films and didactic television history projects; distinct from his composer brother Renzo Rossellini.

Roberts Blossom

Roberts Blossom (1924-2011), American character actor and poet, played Old Man Marley in Home Alone and Ezra Cobb in Deranged, won Obie Awards for off-Broadway theater, and guested on Moonlighting and Northern Exposure.

Robin (character)

Robin is Batman's DC Comics sidekick, debuting April 1940 in Detective Comics #38 (Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Jerry Robinson). The mantle passed through Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, and Damian Wayne, each later adopting identities like Nightwing and Red Hood.

Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian (1976) is a Richard Lester adventure romance, written by James Goldman, starring Sean Connery as an aging Robin Hood and Audrey Hepburn as a Marian now a mother superior, released by Columbia.

Robin and the Hoods

Robin and the Hoods is a 2024 Sky Original British family fantasy film directed by Phil Hawkins, starring Darcey Ewart, Naomie Harris, and Gwendoline Christie, about children saving their wooded play area from a developer.

Robin Askwith

Robin Askwith (born 1950, Southport) is an English actor famous as Timothy Lea in the 1970s Confessions of a... sex comedies; later TV work includes The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Strike and Inside No. 9, plus live one-man shows.

Robin Atkin Downes

Robin Atkin Downes (born 1976) is an English actor and prolific voice actor, MFA from Temple University, known as The Master on The Strain and for voicing the Medic in Team Fortress 2, Kazuhira Miller in Metal Gear, and Travis Touchdown in No More Heroes.

Robin Bhatt

Robin Bhatt (रोबिन भट्ट), born 1946, Indian Hindi-cinema screenwriter, son of Nanabhai Bhatt and half-brother of Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt; writing debut Aashiqui (1990), Filmfare-winning screenplay for Baazigar (1993), around 66 films, Screenwriters' Association president.

Robin Buckley

Robin Buckley is a fictional character from Netflix's Stranger Things, played by Maya Hawke; introduced in season 3 at Scoops Ahoy, the show's first openly gay character, later a Smith College student in the finale.

Robin Byrd

Robin Byrd (Robin Cohen) is a former adult film star and host of The Robin Byrd Show, the New York public access program on Channel J from 1977 to 1998, known for her black crochet bikini, Time Warner free-speech lawsuit, and the 2026 HBO documentary Bang My Box.

Robin de Jesús

Robin de Jesús (born 1984, Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American actor and singer, a three-time Tony nominee for In the Heights, La Cage aux Folles, and The Boys in the Band, and screen actor in Camp and tick, tick... Boom!.

Robin Dearden

Robin Gale Dearden (born 1953, Los Angeles) is an American actress of Magic Mongo, Magnum, P.I., Generations and Breaking Bad, and wife of Bryan Cranston since 1989.

Robin Duke

Robin Duke, Canadian actress, comedian, and writer born 1954 in St. Catharines, Ontario; Second City Toronto mainstage, SCTV Series 3, SNL cast 1981-1984 (Wendy Whiner), later film and voice roles.

Robin Dunne

Robin Dunne (born 1976, Toronto) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for Dr. Will Zimmerman in Syfy's Sanctuary (2008-2011), Sebastian Valmont in Cruel Intentions 2, and numerous Hallmark and Lifetime Christmas movies.

Robin Givens

Robin Givens (Robin Simone Givens, born 1964) is an American actress, director, and producer known for Darlene Merriman on Head of the Class (1986–1991) and her 1988–1989 marriage to boxer Mike Tyson, with later roles in Boomerang, Riverdale, Batwoman, and television directing credits.

Robin Hood (1922 film)

Robin Hood (1922), on-screen title Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, is a silent United Artists adventure directed by Allan Dwan, starring Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, and Sam De Grasse, the era's largest production with a 90-foot castle set.