Robert Lewis
March 16, 1909 (115 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Robert Lewis (1909 – 1997) was an American actor, director, teacher, author and founder of the Actors Studio in New York in 1947. In addition to his accomplishments on Broadway and in Hollywood, Lewis' greatest and longest lasting contribution to American theater may be the role he played as one of the foremost acting and directing teachers of his day. He was an early proponent of the Stanislavski System of acting technique and a founding member of New York's revolutionary Group Theatre in the 1930s. In the 1970s, he was the Head of the Yale School of Drama Acting and Directing Departments.
Known For
Credits
- 1989 · Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1983 · Montgomery Clift as Self
- 1947 · Monsieur Verdoux as Maurice Bottello
- 1945 · The Hidden Eye as Stormvig
- 1945 · Ziegfeld Follies as Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")
- 1945 · The Last Installment as Kovak
- 1945 · Son of Lassie as Sergeant Schmidt
- 1944 · Dragon Seed as Captain Sato
- 1943 · Paris After Dark as Col. Pirosh