Robert Lewis
Actor
- Born
- March 16, 1909 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- November 23, 1997 (age 88)
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
Acting9
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1983Montgomery Clift as Self
- 1947Monsieur Verdoux as Maurice Bottello
- 1945The Hidden Eye as Stormvig
- 1945Ziegfeld Follies as Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")
- 1945The Last Installment as Kovak
- 1945Son of Lassie as Sergeant Schmidt
- 1944Dragon Seed as Captain Sato
- 1943Paris After Dark as Col. Pirosh