Robert Phillips
Biography
Robert Phillips was an American actor who worked in film and television, starting his screen career in the 1950s after a producer handed him a role and urged him to try acting. He was born in Chicago and studied at acting school in the early 1950s. Alongside Richard Jaeckel he appeared in The Gun Runners (1958) and The Dirty Dozen (1967), and further credits included The Killers (1964), Cat Ballou (1965), Hour of the Gun (1967), Mackenna's Gold (1969), Slaughter (1972), I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973), Capone (1975, as Bugs Moran), Mitchell (1975), Mean Johnny Barrows (1975), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977). His television guest spots ranged from Star Trek: The Original Series and Gunsmoke to Bonanza, The Rockford Files, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible and The Dukes of Hazzard; his final credit came on the western series Bordertown.
93years old at death
- Born Chicago
- Died
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 15 years1962 to 1977
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Big break
In the 1950s, a film producer told Phillips he ought to try acting and handed him a part in a film, which started his career in film and television.
A change of course
Before acting, Phillips worked as a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department and the Illinois State Police, and served as a personal bodyguard for Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II.
A change of course
Studios brought in Phillips to serve as a minder for Lee Marvin, with the job of stopping him from getting into fights once the working day was over.
Robert Phillips movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Don Siegel directed two of these films, Jack Starrett two and Daniel Petrie two. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Lee Marvin's page
Jim Brown's page
John Cassavetes's page
Morgan Woodward's page
Geoffrey Lewis's page
Robert Ryan's page
All films by Don Siegel
All films by Jack Starrett
Daniel PetrieDirector, 2 films, 1972 to 1974
All films by Daniel Petrie
Also two films together15 more actors
- Royal DanoCapone (1975) and Moon of the Wolf (1972)
- Stella StevensSlaughter (1972) and The Silencers (1966)
- Telly SavalasMackenna's Gold (1969) and The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Eduardo CiannelliMackenna's Gold (1969) and Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob (1969)
- Ben GazzaraThe Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Capone (1975)
- Burt MustinCat Ballou (1965) and The Killers (1964)
- Karl SwensonThe Gun and the Pulpit (1974) and Hour of the Gun (1967)
- Robert WebberThe Dirty Dozen (1967) and The Silencers (1966)
- Bruce GloverFinal Chapter: Walking Tall (1977) and Yuma (1971)
- John Davis ChandlerCapone (1975) and Moon of the Wolf (1972)
- Don HaggertyThe Killers (1964) and Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
- Clint WalkerYuma (1971) and The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Harry GuardinoCapone (1975) and Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
- Davis RobertsDetroit 9000 (1973) and The Killers (1964)
- Rudy DiazYuma (1971) and Mackenna's Gold (1969)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Robert Phillips's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$86.3 million
5 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$45M52.5% of the total
- 2$21M24.0% of the total
- 3$16M18.9% of the total
- 4$2.0M2.3% of the total
- 5$2.0M2.3% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.