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Robert Aldrich

American film director (1918-1983) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 65

Robert Burgess Aldrich was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. An iconoclastic and maverick auteur working in many genres during the Golden Age of Hollywood, he directed mainly films noir, war movies, westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones.

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1983Died5 December 19831979The Frisco KidFilm, Director1975HustleFilm, Director, Producer1973Emperor of the NorthFilm, Director1972Ulzana's RaidFilm, Director1970Too Late the HeroFilm, Director, Writer1968The Killing of Sister GeorgeFilm, Director, Producer1965The Flight of the PhoenixFilm, Director, Producer19634 for TexasFilm, Director, Writer1961The Last SunsetFilm, Director1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries, DirectorHotel de PareeSeries, 1959DirectorTen Seconds to HellFilm, 1959Director, Writer1956Silver Bear for Best DirectorAwardCinépanoramaSeries, 1956AttackFilm, 1956Director, Producer1954ApacheFilm, Director1952China SmithSeries, DirectorFour Star PlayhouseSeries, 1952DirectorThe DoctorSeries, 1952Creator1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, DirectorThe Big NightFilm, 1951Ringsider at Fight1918Born9 August 1918

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Known for

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  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
  • The Dirty Dozen 1967
  • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964
  • The Flight of the Phoenix 1965
  • Kiss Me Deadly 1955

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Filmography 36

82 credits on file

Television 7

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Silver Bear for Best Director1956

About this person

His most notable credits include Vera Cruz (1954), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), Autumn Leaves (1956), Attack (1956), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and The Longest Yard (1974).

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1983 · aged 65

In the same film or series as Robert

Joan CrawfordAlso in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)Vera-EllenAlso in Big Leaguer (1953)Cliff RobertsonAlso in Autumn Leaves (1956)John Drew BarrymoreAlso in The Big Night (1951)Elisha Cook Jr.Also in Emperor of the North (1973)Scott WilsonAlso in The Grissom Gang (1971)