Robert Lewis

Born March 16, 1909· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

† Died November 23, 1997

3Roles★ 6.6Average rating

Born in Brooklyn to a middle-class family, he first pursued music-studying cello and piano under his mother’s encouragement-before turning to the stage, joining Eva Le Gallienne’s Civic Repertory Theatre in 1929, an experience that later informed his work directing operas and filmed musical numbers. As one of the original twenty-eight members of the revolutionary Group Theatre in the early 1930s,… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Monsieur Verdoux1947Ziegfeld Follies1945Son of Lassie1945

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.7

Monsieur Verdoux1947

Maurice Bottello

★ 6.2

Son of Lassie1945

Sergeant Schmidt

★ 6

Ziegfeld Follies1945

Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.

Full directing filmography

★ 6

Anything Goes1956

★ 6

Ziegfeld Follies1945