Robert Aldrich
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday9 August 1918
Died5 December 1983 (age 65)
Place of birthCranston, Rhode Island, USA
Known credits64
Biography
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 potenti…
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006 · Self
...All the Marbles
1981 · Director
The Frisco Kid
1979 · Director
The Choirboys
1977 · Director
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · Director
Hustle
1975 · Producer
Hustle
1975 · Director
The Longest Yard
1974 · Director
Emperor of the North
1973 · Director
Ulzana's Raid
1972 · Director
The Grissom Gang
1971 · Director
The Grissom Gang
1971 · Producer
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Director
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Screenplay
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Story
Too Late the Hero
1970 · Producer
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969 · Director
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
1969 · Producer
The Killing of Sister George
1968 · Director
The Killing of Sister George
1968 · Producer
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Director
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968 · Producer
The Dirty Dozen
1967 · Director
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Self (uncredited)
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Director
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965 · Producer
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Director
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Producer
4 for Texas
1963 · Director
4 for Texas
1963 · Screenplay
4 for Texas
1963 · Producer
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Director
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Producer
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962 · Director
The Last Sunset
1961 · Director
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Director
Hotel de Paree
1959 · Director
The Angry Hills
1959 · Director
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Director
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Screenplay
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Producer
The Garment Jungle
1957 · Director
The Ride Back
1957 · Producer
Attack
1956 · Director
Attack
1956 · Producer
Autumn Leaves
1956 · Director
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
The Big Knife
1955 · Director
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