Robert Downey Sr.
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer
- Born
- Robert John Elias Jr.
June 24, 1936 (age 86) - Profession
- Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer
Robert John Downey (né Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American filmmaker and actor. He was known for writing and directing the underground film Putney Swope, a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Downey Sr.'s films during the 1960s were "strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with minimal budgets and outrageous satire, effectively pushing forward the countercultural agenda of the day."
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