
Known for
Directing
Born
August 9, 1918
Birthplace
Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
Died
December 5, 1983 (aged 65)
Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American filmmaker, known for the films Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), and The Dirty Dozen (1967).
Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, the son of Lora Lawson and newspaper publisher Edward Burgess Aldrich. He was a grandson of U.S. Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and a cousin of Nelson Rockefeller. He studied economics at the University of Virginia. In 1941, he dropped out of college for a $50-a-week job at RKO Radio Pictures. In doing so, he was also dropped by his family, losing a potential stake in Chase Bank he would have inherited. It's been said that "No American film director was b...
2006
as Self
1981
Director
1979
Director
1977
Director
1977
Director
1975
Producer, Director
1974
Director
1973
Director
1972
Director
1971
Director, Producer
1970
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
1969
Director
1969
1968
Director, Producer
1968
Director, Producer
1967
Director
1967
as Self (uncredited)
1965
Director, Producer
1964
Director, Producer
1963
Director, Screenplay, Producer
1962
Director, Producer
1962
Director
1961
Director
1959
1959