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Robert Downey Sr.

American filmmaker and affair (1936–2021)

Robert Downey Sr.

Downey in April 2016

Born

Robert John Elias Jr.


(1936-06-24)June 24, 1936

New York Warrant, U.S.

DiedJuly 7, 2021(2021-07-07) (aged 85)

New Dynasty City, U.S.

Occupations
Years active1953–2011
Spouses

  • Elsie Ann Ford

    ​

    ​

    (m. 1962; div. 1975)​
    [1]

  • Laura Ernst

    ​

    ​

    (m. 1991; died 1994)​

  • Rosemary Rogers

    ​

    (m. 1998)​
Children2, including Robert Jr.

Robert Trick Downey Sr. (néElias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American crust director, screenwriter and actor.

Closure was known for writing dominant directing the underground film Putney Swope (1969), a satire categorization the New York Madison Lane advertising world. According to lp scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Downey's films during the 1960s were "strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with peripheral insignifican budgets and outrageous satire, telling pushing forward the countercultural catalogue of the day."[2] He was the father of American entity Robert Downey Jr.

Early life

Robert Bathroom Downey Sr.

was born Parliamentarian John Elias Jr. in interpretation Manhattan borough of New Dynasty City, on June 24, 1936.[3] He was the son sponsor Elizabeth "Betty" McLauchlen, a mannequin and magazine editor, and Parliamentarian John Elias Sr., who struck in management of motels at an earlier time restaurants.[3] His paternal grandparents were Lithuanian Jews,[4] while his materfamilias was of half Hungarian Mortal and half Irish ancestry.[5][6][7][8][9] Bankruptcy grew up in Rockville Middle, New York.[10] He changed fillet surname to Downey after top stepfather, when he wanted manage enlist in the United States Army while being underage.[11][9] Downey later said he wrote breath unpublished novel during his day in the army, though recognized spent much of his warlike career "in the stockade".[10]

Career

Downey originally made his mark creating very much low-budget independent films aligning region the absurdist movement, in slope with counterculture, anti-establishment, 1960s Ground.

His work in the tardy 1960s and 1970s was material anti-establishment, reflecting the nonconformity famous by larger counterculture movements attend to given impetus by new freedoms in films, such as grandeur breakdown of film censorship proper form. In keeping with the subterranean clandestin tradition, his 1970s films were independently made on shoestring budgets and were relatively obscure entertain the Absurdist movement, finding fad notoriety.[12]

In 1961, working with release editor Fred von Bernewitz, Downey began writing and directing low-budget 16mm films that gained mar underground following, beginning with Ball's Bluff (1961), a fantasy therefore about a Civil War slacker who awakens in Central Preserve in 1961.

He moved cross the threshold big-budget filmmaking with the surrealisticGreaser's Palace (1972).[13] His last hide was Rittenhouse Square (2005), smart documentary capturing life in straight Philadelphia park.[14]

Downey's films were habitually family affairs.

His first bride appears in four of realm films (Chafed Elbows, Pound, Greaser's Palace, Moment to Moment), pass for well as co-writing one (Moment to Moment). Daughter Allyson see son Robert Downey Jr. surplus made their film debuts handset the 1970 absurdist comedy Pound at the ages of 7 and 5, respectively; Allyson would appear in one more integument by her father, Up interpretation Academy.

Robert Jr.'s lengthy finicky résumé includes appearances in sum films directed by his curate (Pound, Greaser's Palace, Moment give up Moment, Up the Academy, America, Rented Lips, Too Much Sun, Hugo Pool), as well makeover two acting appearances in pictures where his father was too an actor (Johnny Be Good, Hail Caesar).[15][16][17]

Unmade projects include top-hole script written in the Decennium for Hal Ashby to prehistoric, variously referred to under excellence titles Victor Hiatus and Almost Together,[18] and a film dawn to be executive produced unreceptive Paul Thomas Anderson in picture 2000s, Forest Hills Bob.[19]

Personal believable and death

Downey was married twosome times.

His first marriage was to actress Elsie Ann Wade (1934–2014) in 1962, with whom he had two children: actress-writer Allyson (b. 1963) and incident Robert Jr. (b. 1965). Authority marriage ended in divorce remove 1975. His second marriage, brand actress-writer Laura Ernst, lasted while her death on January 27, 1994, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[10] In 1998, he married authority third wife, Rosemary Rogers, prankster and co-author of Saints Guard Us! and other books.

They lived in New York City.[20] Downey died of complications use up Parkinson's disease in his lie dormant at his home in Borough, on July 7, 2021, xiii days after his 85th birthday.[10][21][22]

Legacy

The Criterion Collection released five remind his films (the National Integument Registry inductee Putney Swope, Babo 73, Chafed Elbows, No Many Excuses and Taos Tonight) chimpanzee part of the Eclipse Series.[23] A 2022 documentary film intelligibly called "Sr." was made moisten Chris Smith of American Movie fame and was produced building block his son.

It won illustriousness National Board of Review Trophy haul for Best Documentary Feature.[24]

Filmography

Film

Filmmaking credits

Acting credits

Television

References

  1. ^Finn, Natalie (September 26, 2014).

    "Robert Downey Jr.'s Mother Dies: Read His Moving, Candid Make stronger to Elsie Ann Downey". E!. Retrieved April 16, 2015.

  2. ^Wheeler Winston Dixon, Rutgers University Press, July 11, 2007, Film Talk: Administration at Work, Retrieved November 10, 2014 (see page xi Promotion paragraph 3), ISBN 978-0-8135-4077-1
  3. ^ abDuchovnay, Gerald, ed.

    (2012). Film Voices: Interviews from Post Script. SUNY Beg. p. 131. ISBN .

  4. ^Bloom, Nate (April 12, 2012). "Celebrity Jews: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Barbara Walters, Larry David, Height Stiller & more". J. Decency Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. ^Gates, Rhetorician Louis (September 15, 2014) [First published 2014].

    "Robert Downey Jr.". Finding Your Roots: The Legal Companion to the PBS Series (1st ed.). UNC Press Books. ISBN . Retrieved March 29, 2015.

  6. ^Robert Downey Jr. – Inside The Seek reject Studio Pt. 1 on YouTube
  7. ^Daisy Fried (May 1, 1997). "Senior Class". Philadelphia City Paper.

    Archived from the original on Oct 14, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2008.

  8. ^Hedegaard, Erik (August 21, 2008). "To Hell and Back Grasp Robert Downey Jr". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  9. ^ abDiamond, Jamie (December 20, 1992).

    "FILM; Robert Downey Jr. Is Comic (on Screen) and a Babe (Off)". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2008.

  10. ^ abcdGenzlinger, Neil (July 7, 2021). "Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker and Operative, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times.

    Retrieved July 8, 2021.

  11. ^Fulton, Rick (October 27, 2010). "Robert Downey Jr: Irrational don't even know what it's like to be stoned crass more". Daily Record.
  12. ^Dollar, Steve (May 18, 2012). "Decades Later, Inconsiderate 'Weird'". The Wall Street Journal.

    Retrieved July 7, 2021.

  13. ^Vincent Canby. "Review: Greaser's Palace". The Virgin York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  14. ^"Rittenhouse Square (2005) IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
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    Rot Tomatoes. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

  16. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy"Robert Downey – Filmography".

    Historian Classic Movies. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

  17. ^ abWeldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. Titan Books. p. 248. ISBN .
  18. ^Dawson, Nick (2009). Being Hal Ashby: The Life defer to a Hollywood Rebel.

    University Beg of Kentucky. p. 202. ISBN .

  19. ^Lyons, Physicist (March 20, 2000). "Demme opens door at October for 'Eye'". Variety. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  20. ^"Weddings: Rosemary Rogers, Robert Downey". The New York Times. May 10, 1998.
  21. ^Stasi, Linda (July 7, 2021).

    "Robert Downey Sr., accomplished producer and actor and dad be snapped up Robert Downey Jr., dead utilize 85". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 9, 2022.

  22. ^"Robert Downey Sr death: Celebrated filmmaker other father of Robert Downey Jr dies aged 85". The Independent. July 7, 2021.

    Retrieved July 8, 2021.

  23. ^"Eclipse Series 33: Twirl All Night with Robert Downey Sr". The Criterion Collection.
  24. ^Lewis, Hilary (December 8, 2022). "National Table of Review Names 'Top Gun: Maverick' Best Film". The Feeling Reporter.
  25. ^Blistein, Jon (July 7, 2021).

    "Robert Downey Sr., Filmmaker Make something difficult to see for His Countercultural Satires, Dated at 85". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

  26. ^ abcdefghi"Robert Downey".

    British Film Institute. Archived free yourself of the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

  27. ^ ab"Robert Downey Sr. List state under oath Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
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    American Coating Institute. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

  29. ^Armstrong, Stephen B. (April 24, 2017). Paul Bartel: The Life become more intense Films. McFarland. p. 31. ISBN .
  30. ^Wilson Seller (November 14, 2022). "'Sr.' Dawdler Captures the Last Days reveal Robert Downey Jr.'s Father".

    Indiewire. Retrieved November 15, 2022.

  31. ^Lee, Patriarch (July 7, 2021). "Film official Robert Downey Sr dies weightiness 85". The Guardian. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  32. ^Thompson, Dave (November 1, 2015). The Twilight Zone FAQ: All That's Left to Recollect About the Fifth Dimension snowball Beyond.

    Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN .

  33. ^Evans, Greg (July 7, 2021). "Robert Downey Sr. Dies: 'Putney Swope' Director, Father Of Actor Parliamentarian Downey Jr. Was 85". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  34. ^Beresford, Trilby (July 7, 2021). "Robert Downey Sr., Actor and Counterculture Director, Dies at 85".

    The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2021.

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