Robert Aldrich
Directing
Born August 9, 1918 in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), 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."
Filmography
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self
...All the Marbles
The Frisco Kid
The Choirboys
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Hustle
The Longest Yard
Emperor of the North
Ulzana's Raid
The Grissom Gang
Too Late the Hero
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
The Killing of Sister George
The Legend of Lylah Clare
The Dirty Dozen
Lionpower from MGM
Self (uncredited)
The Flight of the Phoenix
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
4 for Texas
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Sodom and Gomorrah
The Last Sunset
Adventures in Paradise
The Angry Hills
Ten Seconds to Hell
The Garment Jungle
The Ride Back
Attack
Autumn Leaves
Cinépanorama
Self
The Big Knife
Kiss Me Deadly
Vera Cruz
Apache
World for Ransom
Big Leaguer
The Steel Trap
Limelight
Four Star Playhouse
The First Time
China Smith
The Big Night
Ringsider at Fight
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Prowler
New Mexico
M
Force of Evil
Red Light
The Red Pony
Caught
No Minor Vices
So This Is New York
Body and Soul
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Pardon My Past
The Southerner
Gangway for Tomorrow
Bombardier
The Big Street
The Falcon Takes Over
Joan of Paris