Robert Aldrich

1916-1983

Biography: life and films

Robert Aldrich was an American film director and producer. He was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA on 9th August 1916 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 5th December 1983, aged 67.

His best films as a film director include Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Attack (1956), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and The Dirty Dozen (1967), and whose best work as a screenwriter include John Gilling's The Gamma People (1956), Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) and 4 for Texas (1963).

Robert Aldrich directed 30 films, scripted 4 films, was cinematographer on 2 films and appeared in 1 film.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: James Howarth (2 films).

His most frequent genres include: drama (22 films), Thriller (11), Western (6), comedy-drama (5), War (5), Horror (5), crime-thriller (3), romance (2) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Robert Aldrich over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; c = cinematographer; a = actor

The Big Night (1951) [a]

Big Leaguer (1953) [d]

Apache (1954) [d]

Vera Cruz (1954) [d]

World for Ransom (1954) [d]

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) [d]

The Big Knife (1955) [d]

Attack (1956) [d]

Autumn Leaves (1956) [d]

The Gamma People (1956) [w]

The Garment Jungle (1957) [d]

Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) [d,w]

The Angry Hills (1959) [d]

The Last Sunset (1961) [d]

Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) [d]

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) [d]

4 for Texas (1963) [d,w]

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) [d]

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) [d]

The Dirty Dozen (1967) [d]

The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) [d]

The Killing of Sister George (1968) [d]

Too Late the Hero (1970) [d,w]

The Grissom Gang (1971) [d]

Ulzana's Raid (1972) [d]

Emperor of the North Pole (1973) [d]

The Longest Yard (1974) [d]

Hustle (1975) [d]

The Choirboys (1977) [d]

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) [d]

The Frisco Kid (1979) [d]

...All the Marbles (1981) [d]

Alien Inhabitant (2011) [c]

Living Dead (2012) [c]



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