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Robert Sylvester(1907-1975)

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Robert Sylvester was born on 7 February 1907 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for We Were Strangers (1949), The Big Boodle (1957) and The Joe Louis Story (1953). He died on 9 February 1975 in Montauk, Long Island, New York, USA.
BornFebruary 7, 1907
DiedFebruary 9, 1975(68)
BornFebruary 7, 1907
DiedFebruary 9, 1975(68)
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Known for

Pedro Armendáriz, John Garfield, and Jennifer Jones in We Were Strangers (1949)
We Were Strangers
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1949
The Big Boodle (1957)
The Big Boodle
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1957
Coley Wallace in The Joe Louis Story (1953)
The Joe Louis Story
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1953
Naked City (1958)
Naked City
8.2
TV Series
  • Writer

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  • Naked City (1958)
    Naked City
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1958
  • The Big Boodle (1957)
    The Big Boodle
    5.6
    • novel "The Big Boodle"
    • 1957
  • Coley Wallace in The Joe Louis Story (1953)
    The Joe Louis Story
    5.8
    • original screenplay
    • 1953
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    The Philco Television Playhouse
    7.4
    TV Series
    • novel
    • 1950
  • Pedro Armendáriz, John Garfield, and Jennifer Jones in We Were Strangers (1949)
    We Were Strangers
    6.6
    • novel "Rough Sketch"
    • 1949
  • Tonight on Broadway (1948)
    Tonight on Broadway
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1948

Personal details

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  • Born
    • February 7, 1907
    • Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • February 9, 1975
    • Montauk, Long Island, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Novel: "The Second Oldest Profession" (filmed as The Second Oldest Profession (1950)).

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    Anybody can be a radio actor, almost anybody can be a movie actor, one in a hundred can be a play actor, but hardly one in a thousand has the immediacy and spell to be a vaudeville actor. It's the hard way, but the great way.

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