Robert Lewis
Born: 1909-03-16 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1997-11-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1989
1983
- Montgomery Clift as Self
1956
- Anything Goes ... (Director)
1947
- Monsieur Verdoux as Maurice Bottello
1945
- Ziegfeld Follies as Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")
- Son of Lassie as Sergeant Schmidt
- The Last Installment as Kovak
- The Hidden Eye as Stormvig
1944
- Dragon Seed as Captain Sato
1943
- Paris After Dark as Col. Pirosh