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词条 Robert Downey Sr.
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Downey Sr.
| image =
| birth_name = Robert Elias Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1936|6|24}}[1]
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.[1]
| residence = New York City, New York, U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Elsie Ann Ford
|1962|1975|reason=div.}}[2]
{{marriage|Laura Ernst
|1991|1994|reason=died}}
{{marriage|Rosemary Rogers
|1998}}
| children = 2: Allyson Downey,[3][4]
Robert Downey Jr.
| occupation = Actor, director, producer, writer, cinematographer
| years_active = 1953–2013
| notable_works = Putney Swope
}}Robert John Downey Sr. (born Robert Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936) is a retired American actor, director, producer, writer and cinematographer and the father of actor Robert Downey Jr. He is best known for writing and directing the underground film Putney Swope, a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, the elder Downey's films during the 1960s were "strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with minimal budgets and outrageous satire, effectively pushing forward the countercultural agenda of the day."[5]

Early life

Robert John Downey Sr. was born on June 24, 1936, in New York City, the son of Elizabeth (née McLauchlen), a model and Robert Elias Sr., who worked in management of motels and restaurants.[1] His paternal grandparents were Lithuanian Jews,[6] while his mother was half Scot, half Irish.[7][8][9] The elder Downey was born Robert Elias Jr., but he later changed his surname for his stepfather, James Downey, when he wanted to enlist in the U.S. Army, but was underage at the time.[10][11]

Career

Robert Downey Sr. initially made his mark creating basement budget, independent films aligning with the Absurdist movement, coming of age in counterculture anti-establishment 1960s America. His work in the late 1960s and 70s was quintessential anti-establishment, reflecting the nonconformity popularized by larger counterculture movements and given impetus by new freedoms in filmmaking, such as the breakdown of Codes on censorship. In keeping with the underground tradition, his 1960s films were independently made on shoestring budgets and were relatively obscure in the Absurdist movement, finding cult notoriety.

In 1961, working with the film editor Fred von Bernewitz, he began writing and directing low-budget 16mm films that gained an underground following, beginning with Ball's Bluff (1961), a fantasy short about a Civil War soldier who awakens in Central Park in 1961. He moved into big-budget filmmaking with the surrealistic Greaser's Palace (1972).[12] His most recent film was Rittenhouse Square (2005), a documentary capturing life in a Philadelphia park.[13]

Downey's films were often family affairs. His first wife, Elsie, appears in four of his movies (Chafed Elbows, Pound, Greaser's Palace, Moment to Moment), as well as co-writing one (Moment to Moment). Daughter Allyson and son Robert Jr. each made their film debuts in the 1970 absurdist comedy Pound at the ages of 7 and 5, respectively; Allyson would appear in one more film by her father, Up the Academy. Robert Jr.'s lengthy acting résumé includes appearances in eight films directed by his father (Pound, Greaser's Palace, Moment to Moment, Up the Academy, America, Rented Lips, Too Much Sun, Hugo Pool), as well as two acting appearances in movies where his father was also an actor (Johnny Be Good, Hail Caesar).

Personal life

Downey has been married three times. His first marriage was to actress Elsie Ann Downey (née Ford), with whom he had two children: actress-writer Allyson Downey and actor Robert Downey Jr. The marriage ended in divorce in 1978. His second marriage, to actress-writer Laura Ernst, ended with her 1994 death from Lou Gehrig's disease. In 1998 he married his third wife, Rosemary Rogers, author of Random House bestseller, Saints Preserve Us! and seven other books. They live in New York City.[14]

Filmography

Year Film Role Credit Notes
1953 The American Road Cinematographer Short film
1961 Balls Bluff Civil War Union soldier Director, writer, and producer Short film
1964 A Touch of Greatness Director, producer, and cinematographer Documentary
1964 Babo 73 Director, writer, and producer
1965 Sweet Smell of Sex Director, writer, and cinematographer
1966 Chafed Elbows Director, writer, and producer
1966 Literature Au-Go-Go Cinematographer and editor
1968 No More Excuses Pvt. Stewart Thompson Director, writer, and producer
1969 Putney Swope Director and writer Voice, uncredited
1969 Naughty Nurse Desk Clerk Short film
1970 Pound Director and writer
1971 You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat Head of Ad Agency
1971 Is There Sex After Death? Himself Mockumentary and mondo film
1971 Cold Turkey Second unit director
1972 Greaser's Palace Director and writer
1973 Sticks and Bones Director and writer Television film
1975 Moment to Moment Director and writer Retitled Two Tons of
Turquoise to Taos Tonight
1980 Up the Academy Director
1980 The Gong Show Movie Co-writer
1985 To Live and Die in L.A. Thomas Bateman
1985–86 The Twilight Zone Mr. Miller Director Directed 3 episodes
acted in segment: "Wordplay"
1986 America Director and co-writer
1986 Matlock Judge Warren Anderson Episode: "Judge Warren Anderson"
1988 Rented Lips Director
1988 Moving Target Weinberg Television film
1988 Johnny Be Good NCAA Investigator Floyd Gondoli
1988–89 1st & Ten Mike McDonald / Reporter #4 /
Reporter / Sports Writer
4 episodes
1991 Too Much Sun Director and co-writer
1993 Tales of the City Edgar's Doctor Miniseries; 1 episode
1994 Hail Caesar Butler
1996 Sunchaser Telephone voices
1997 Hugo Pool Director and co-writer
1997 Boogie Nights Burt
1999 Magnolia WDKK Show Director
2000 The Family Man Man in House
2004 From Other Worlds Baker
2005 Rittenhouse Square Director Documentary
2011 Tower Heist Judge Ramos

References

1. ^{{cite web |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=AMJ1gPGGRzIC&pg=PA131 |title=Film Voices |work= google.ca}}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Finn|first1=Natalie|title=Robert Downey Jr.'s Mother Dies: Read His Moving, Candid Tribute to Elsie Ann Downey|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/583342/robert-downey-jr-s-mother-dies-read-his-moving-candid-tribute-to-elsie-ann-downey|accessdate=April 16, 2015|work=E! Online|date=September 26, 2014}}
3. ^'About Allyson Downey' on her own website
4. ^[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235969 Allyson Downey at IMDB]
5. ^Wheeler Winston Dixon, Rutgers University Press, Jul 11, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bgXQ7qaC7nYC&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4&dq=%22Film+Talk%22+%22Directors+at+Work%22+Dixon&source=bl&ots=KVaukJA15u&sig=2llGTqV07-fY-8TbLNT2e8MozVc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EkVhVMfrA7X9sATPtIKoBA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Film%20Talk%22%20%22Directors%20at%20Work%22%20Dixon&f=false Film Talk: Directors at Work], Retrieved November 10, 2014 (see page xi Introduction paragraph 3), {{ISBN|978-0-8135-4077-1}}
6. ^{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2012/04/12/celebrity-jews-maggie-gyllenhaal-barbara-walters-larry-david-ben-stiller-mo/|title=Celebrity Jews: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Barbara Walters, Larry David, Ben Stiller & more|work=J. The Jewish News of Northern California|date=April 12, 2012|accessdate=May 10, 2018}}
7. ^{{cite news |author=Daisy Fried |title=Senior Class |url=http://www.citypaper.net/articles/042497/article017.shtml |work=Philadelphia City Paper |date=May 1, 1997 |accessdate=June 17, 2008}}
8. ^{{cite web|first=Erik|last=Hedegaard|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/to-hell-and-back-with-robert-downey-jr-20080821|title=To Hell and Back With Robert Downey Jr.|work=Rolling Stone|date=August 21, 2008|accessdate=May 10, 2018}}
9. ^{{cite news |author=Jamie Diamond |title=Robert Downey Jr. Is Chaplin (on Screen) and a Child (Off) |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DB1039F933A15751C1A964958260 |work=The New York Times |date= December 20, 1992|accessdate=June 17, 2008}}
10. ^{{cite news | last = Diamond | first = Jamie. | title = FILM; Robert Downey Jr. Is Chaplin (on Screen) and a Child (Off) | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DB1039F933A15751C1A964958260 | work = The New York Times | date = December 20, 1992}}
11. ^{{cite news | last = Fulton| first = Rick | title = Robert Downey Jr: I don't even know what it's like to be stoned any more | url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/robert-downey-jr-i-dont-even-1073895| work = Daily Record | date = October 27, 2010}}
12. ^{{cite news |author=Vincent Canby |title=Review: Greaser's Palace |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=Greaser%27s%20Palace%20%28Movie%29&reviewer=VINCENT%20CANBY&pdate=19720801 |work=The New York Times |date= |accessdate=June 17, 2008}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=Rittenhouse Square (2005) IMDB|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473254/|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=10 October 2014}}
14. ^{{cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E3D61331F933A25756C0A96E958260&sec=&spon= | title = Rosemary Rogers, Robert Downey| work =The New York Times |author= |accessdate=August 1, 2008 | date = May 10, 1998}}

External links

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