Edward G. Robinson Jr.

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Edward Goldenberg Robinson junior (born March 19, 1933 in Los Angeles , California - † February 26, 1974 , ibid) was an American actor.

Life

Edward G. Robinson was born as the only son of the film actor of the same name and his wife Gladys Lloyd. His father had become a popular film star with films like Little Caesar and so his son was in the public eye from an early age. But the son did not develop as intended: at the age of 16 he injured himself and damaged two cars. At the age of 19 he married the actress Frances Chisholm and had a child with her, but the marriage ended in divorce just three years later. He was arrested several times, rioted in public and drunk because of his drinking problems. There was an accident on one of his drunken car journeys in which a man lost his eye. During one of his incarcerations, he co-wrote his biography, My Father, My Son , with William R. Duffy . The book received scathing reviews when it was published in 1958.

In 1952 he made his film debut in the cheap science fiction film Invasion Against USA . In 1958 he played in the movie armored patrol skull of Alfred E. Green one of the leads, which is about four soldiers who come with their tanks behind enemy lines. He starred with Marilyn Monroe in the films Bus Stop and Some Like It Hot . Originally, his father was also supposed to be in Some Like It Hot , but he didn't want to work with George Raft . To do his friend a favor, Billy Wilder hired his son to play the small supporting role of Johnny Paradise, the murderer of Raft's character. Robinson has also appeared in over a dozen television series.

Robinson Jr. was married to Ruth Elaine Conte from 1963 to 1965, and the marriage ended in divorce. His last marriage to Nan Elizabeth Morris lasted from 1970 until his death. Due to his numerous alcohol problems, Robinson's health was already so bad at the age of 38 that his attorney warned the judge at a hearing that he might not survive three months in prison. He died of a heart attack in 1974 at the age of 40, just a year after his father.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2007/04/my_father_my_so.html#sthash.SucFRUsn.dpuf
  2. ↑ Tony Curtis in: Billy Wilder's Some like it hot. Taschen, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8228-6056-5 , pp. 137/240.
  3. ↑ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2007/04/my_father_my_so.html
personal data
SURNAME Robinson, Edward G. Junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robinson, Edward Goldenberg junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1974
Place of death Los Angeles , California