About
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 born as wealthy as Aldrich—and then so thoroughly cut off from family money." He quickly rose in film production as an assistant director, and worked with Jean Renoir, Abraham Polonsky, Robert...
Known for
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
Adventures in ParadiseSeries • 1959
The Dirty DozenMovie • 1967
LimelightMovie • 1952
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Movie • 1962
Twilight's Last GleamingMovie • 1977
Kiss Me DeadlyMovie • 1955
The Flight of the PhoenixMovie • 1965
Ulzana's RaidMovie • 1972
Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteMovie • 1964
The Longest YardMovie • 1974
ApacheMovie • 1954
Too Late the HeroMovie • 1970
Vera CruzMovie • 1954
Emperor of the NorthMovie • 1973
...All the MarblesMovie • 1981
Sodom and GomorrahMovie • 1962
The Frisco KidMovie • 1979
Ten Seconds to HellMovie • 1959
The Big KnifeMovie • 1955
The Last SunsetMovie • 1961
HustleMovie • 1975
AttackMovie • 1956
The Grissom GangMovie • 1971