- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 4, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Columbus, Georgia, USA
- Died
- December 4, 1995
Robert Parrish
Robert R. Parrish (born 4 January 1916, Columbus, Georgia – 4 December 1995, Southampton, New York) was an American actor, film editor, film director, and writer. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body and Soul. Parrish was the son of factory cashier Gordon R. Parrish and Laura R. Parrish. In the mid-1920s, the family moved from Georgia to Los Angeles and Parrish and his sisters Beverly and Helen began obtaining work as actors soon thereafter. Parrish made his film debut in the 1927 Our Gang short Olympic Games. (Their mother, Laura R. Parrish, was an actress as well and appeared in a few films of the 1940s.) He appeared in the anti-war classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and Charles Chaplin's City Lights (1931), and in several films for John Ford. Ford then enlisted him as an assistant editor in 1936 on Mary of Scotland, and as a sound editor o…
Filmography
tvSodankylä Forever
2010 · Self
tvThe Twilight Zone
2002 · Director
movieHollywood Blues
1993 · Self - director
movieBlue Bayou
1990 · Tony
movieMississippi Blues
1984 · Director
movieThe Marseille Contract
1974 · Director
movieA Town Called Bastard
1971 · Director
movieDoppelgänger
1969 · Director
movieDuffy
1968 · Director
movieCasino Royale
1967 · Director
movieThe Bobo
1967 · Director
movieUp from the Beach
1965 · Director
movieIn the French Style
1963 · Director, Producer
movieThe Wonderful Country
1959 · Director
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Director
tvJohnny Staccato
1959 · Director
movieSaddle the Wind
1958 · Director
movieFire Down Below
1957 · Director
movieLucy Gallant
1955 · Director
movieThe Purple Plain
1954 · Director
movieRough Shoot
1953 · Director
movieMy Pal Gus
1952 · Director
movieAssignment: Paris
1952 · Director
movieThe San Francisco Story
1952 · Director
movieThe Mob
1951 · Director
movieCry Danger
1951 · Director
movieNo Sad Songs for Me
1950 · Editorial Consultant
movieAll the King's Men
1949 · Editorial Consultant
movieCaught
1949 · Editor
movieNo Minor Vices
1948 · Editor
movieA Double Life
1947 · Editor
movieBody and Soul
1947 · Editor
movieThat Justice Be Done
1945 · Editor
movieDecember 7th
1943 · Editor
movieUndercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943 · Editor
movieThe Battle of Midway
1942 · Editor
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Sound Effects Editor, Negative Cutter
movieStagecoach
1939 · Sound Effects Editor
movieMr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938 · 2nd Sophomore
movieHistory Is Made at Night
1937
movieSteamboat Round the Bend
1935 · Boy
movieThe Informer
1935 · Young Soldier (uncredited), Assistant Editor
movieDoctor Bull
1933 · Teenager
movieThe Miracle Man
1932
movieCity Lights
1931 · Newsboy (uncredited)
movieScandal Sheet
1931 · Copy Boy
movieThe Right to Love
1930 · Willie
movieUp the River
1930 · Boy (uncredited)
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Schoolboy (uncredited)
movieAnna Christie
1930 · Boy at Coney Island (uncredited)
movieRiley the Cop
1928 · Boy
movieSunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Boy (uncredited)