Biography
Robert Lewis (1909 β 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.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 10
self 2
Director 2
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
Movie
Self
Montgomery Clift (1983)
Movie
Director
Anything Goes (1956)
Movie
Maurice Bottello - Verdoux's Friend
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
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1
Stormvig
The Hidden Eye (1945)
Movie
Director
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Movie
Kovak
The Last Installment (1945)
Movie
Sergeant Schmidt
Son of Lassie (1945)
Movie
5
Captain Sato
Dragon Seed (1944)
Movie
6
Col. Pirosh
Paris After Dark (1943)
Movie
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1945
1945
1989
1989
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1909-03-16
Deathday1997-11-23 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRobert "Bobby" Lewis
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