Roberts Blossom
Biography
Roberts Blossom was an American poet and character actor in theater, film, and television. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Cleveland, he began acting onstage in the 1950s and won three Obie Awards for The Ice Age (1976), Village Wooing (1955), and Do Not Pass Go (1965). His Broadway credits included Operation Sidewinder and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe. He began screen work in 1958 and made his feature debut in The Hospital (1971). He was known for supporting roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Great Gatsby (1974), Christine (1983), and Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He starred as Ezra Cobb in Deranged (1974) and as Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990). On television he appeared in Naked City, starred on Another World from 1976 to 1978, and won a Soapy Award for Best Villain. His final film role was in The Quick and the Dead (1995). He died in 2011.
87years old at death
- Born New Haven
- Died Santa Monica
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Roberts Scott Blossom and Robert Scott Blossom
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 24 years1971 to 1995
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Behind the camera
In the 1960s, Blossom put together a theatrical troupe called Filmstage. The group was avant garde and used multimedia in its performances.
First role
Blossom made his first appearance in a feature film in The Hospital, a 1971 movie starring George C. Scott and written by Paddy Chayefsky.
Roberts Blossom movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Steven Spielberg directed two of these films. Kevin Conway appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kevin Conway's page
Keith David's page
Lance Henriksen's page
Richard Dreyfuss's page
Larry Hankin's page
Barnard Hughes's page
All films by Steven Spielberg
Also two films together2 more actors
- Frances SternhagenDoc Hollywood (1991) and The Hospital (1971)
- Richard HamiltonResurrection (1980) and The Hospital (1971)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Roberts Blossom's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
11 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 11 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$477M43.8% of the total
- 2$307M28.2% of the total
- 3$74M6.8% of the total
- 4$55M5.0% of the total
- 5$47M4.3% of the total
- 6$43M3.9% of the total
- 7$34M3.1% of the total
- 8$27M2.4% of the total
$25.9 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.