- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 9, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
- Died
- December 5, 1983
Robert Aldrich
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 in Chase Bank he would have inherited. It's been said that "No American film director was born as wealthy as Aldrich—and then so thoroughly cut off from family money." He quickly rose in film production as an assistant director, and worked with Jean Renoir, Abraham Polonsky, Robert Rossen, Joseph L…
Filmography
movieOperation Dirty Dozen
2006 · Self
movie...All the Marbles
1981 · Director
movieThe Frisco Kid
1979 · Director
movieThe Choirboys
1977 · Director
movieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Director
movieHustle
1975 · Director, Producer
movieThe Longest Yard
1974 · Director
movieEmperor of the North
1973 · Director
movieUlzana's Raid
1972 · Director
movieThe Grissom Gang
1971 · Director, Producer
movieToo Late the Hero
1970 · Screenplay, Director, Story, Producer
movieThe Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969 · Director
movieWhat Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969 · Producer
movieThe Killing of Sister George
1968 · Director, Producer
movieThe Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Director, Producer
movieThe Dirty Dozen
1967 · Director
movieLionpower from MGM
1967 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Director, Producer
movieHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Director, Producer
movie4 for Texas
1963 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Director, Producer
movieSodom and Gomorrah
1962 · Director
movieThe Last Sunset
1961 · Director
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959 · Director
Hotel de Paree
tvHotel de Paree
1959 · Director
movieThe Angry Hills
1959 · Director
movieTen Seconds to Hell
1959 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Garment Jungle
1957 · Director
movieThe Ride Back
1957 · Producer
movieAttack
1956 · Director, Producer
movieAutumn Leaves
1956 · Director
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Big Knife
1955 · Director, Producer
movieKiss Me Deadly
1955 · Director, Producer
movieVera Cruz
1954 · Director
movieApache
1954 · Director
movieWorld for Ransom
1954 · Director, Producer
movieBig Leaguer
1953 · Director
movieThe Steel Trap
1952 · Production Supervisor
movieLimelight
1952 · Assistant Director
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Director
The Doctor
tvThe Doctor
1952 · Creator
movieThe First Time
1952 · Associate Producer
tvChina Smith
1952 · Director
movieThe Big Night
1951 · Ringsider at Fight
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Director
movieThe Prowler
1951 · Assistant Director
movieNew Mexico
1951 · Assistant Director
movieM
1951 · Assistant Director
movieForce of Evil
1950 · Assistant Director
movieRed Light
1949 · Second Unit First Assistant Director
movieThe Red Pony
1949 · Assistant Director
movieCaught
1949 · Assistant Director
movieNo Minor Vices
1948 · Assistant Director
movieSo This Is New York
1948 · Assistant Director
movieBody and Soul
1947 · Assistant Director
movieThe Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947 · Assistant Director
moviePardon My Past
1945 · Assistant Director
movieThe Southerner
1945 · Assistant Director
movieGangway for Tomorrow
1943 · Second Assistant Director
movieBombardier
1943 · Second Assistant Director
movieThe Big Street
1942 · Second Assistant Director
movieThe Falcon Takes Over
1942 · Second Assistant Director
movieJoan of Paris
1942 · Second Assistant Director