Directing · b. 1918 · Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

Robert Aldrich

Biography

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Dirty Dozen (1967). Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, the son of Lora Lawson and newspaper publisher Edward Burgess Aldrich. He was a grandson of U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and a cousin of Nelson Rockefeller. He studied economics at the University of Virginia. In 1941, he dropped out of college for a $50-a-week job at RKO Radio Pictures. In doing so, he was also dropped by his family, losing a potential stake ...

Directed
...All the Marbles 1981 The Frisco Kid 1979 The Choirboys 1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 Hustle 1975 The Longest Yard 1974 Emperor of the North 1973 Ulzana's Raid 1972 The Grissom Gang 1971 Too Late the Hero 1970 The Greatest Mother of 'em All 1969 The Killing of Sister George 1968 The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968 The Dirty Dozen 1967 The Flight of the Phoenix 1965 Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964 4 for Texas 1963 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Sodom and Gomorrah 1962 The Last Sunset 1961 Ten Seconds to Hell 1959 The Angry Hills 1959 Attack 1956 Autumn Leaves 1956 The Big Knife 1955 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 Vera Cruz 1954 World for Ransom 1954 Apache 1954 Big Leaguer 1953
Acting
Operation Dirty Dozen Self 2006 Lionpower from MGM Self (uncredited) 1967 The Big Night Ringsider at Fight 1951
Other Credits
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? Producer 1969 The Ride Back Producer 1957 The Steel Trap Production Supervisor 1952 Limelight Assistant Director 1952 The Prowler Assistant Director 1951 New Mexico Assistant Director 1951 M Assistant Director 1951 Force of Evil Assistant Director 1950 Red Light Second Unit First Assistant Director 1949 The Red Pony Assistant Director 1949 Caught Assistant Director 1949 No Minor Vices Assistant Director 1948 So This Is New York Assistant Director 1948 Body and Soul Assistant Director 1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami Assistant Director 1947 Pardon My Past Assistant Director 1945 The Southerner Assistant Director 1945 Gangway for Tomorrow Second Assistant Director 1943 Bombardier Second Assistant Director 1943 The Big Street Second Assistant Director 1942
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