Robert Symonds
Born: 1926-12-01 in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 2007-08-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Symonds was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, the son of Nellie (née Barry) and Walter Stout Symonds. He married Elizabeth Janel Kaderli in 1952 and had three children; Victoria, Barry, and Rebecca. He and Janel divorced in 1969. He was married to actress Priscilla Pointer from 1980 until his death and was the step-father of actress Amy Irving and her siblings, David and Katie. He was the father of Vicki Morrison, Barry Symonds, and Becca Wooldridge. He died on the morning of August 23, 2007, aged 80, from complications of prostate cancer.
Filmography
2003
- Cold Case as Ted Chester (2006)
2002
- Catch Me If You Can as Mr. Rosen
2001
- Alias as Second Man
1999
- Inferno as Henry Howard
1998
- Primary Colors as Bart Nilson
1994
- ER as Jay Jackson
1993
- Mandroid as Karl Zimmer
1989
- Quantum Leap as Dr. Wickless
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud as Proctor
1987
- Jake and the Fatman as Judge A. Davis (uncredited)
- thirtysomething
- Carly's Web as Sen. Moreland
- Beauty and the Beast
1985
- Crimewave as Guard #1
1984
- Airwolf as Adrian Paley
- Micki & Maude as Ezra Hutchison
- The Ice Pirates as Lanky Nibs
1982
- Knight Rider as Cat Holliday
- Cheers as Mr. Brubaker
- St. Elsewhere as Dr. Friedman
- Marian Rose White as Dr. Arnold
- Superstition as Pike
1981
1979
- Knots Landing as Dr. Ronald Phillips
- Archie Bunker's Place
- ...And Justice for All as Judge Burns
1978
- Gray Lady Down as Secretary of Navy
- Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys as Pa Bixby
- Loose Change as Dave Goodwin
1977
- The Love Boat as Aubrey Skogstad
- Tail Gunner Joe as President Harry Truman
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Simon Owens
- Quincy, M.E.
- Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1975
- Baretta
- Shell Game as Carruthers
- Demon, Demon as Ruig
- The Legend of Lizzie Borden as Andrew Jennings
1974
- The Rockford Files as Mr. Hoad / Miles Keeley
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Jay Rogers
- Police Woman
- Petrocelli
1973
- The Exorcist as Dr. Taney
- Police Story
- The Haunting of Rosalind as Mr. Marshall
1972
- M*A*S*H as Col. Horace Baldwin