Robert Fields
American actor
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Early life and education
Fields was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fields of Brookline, Massachusetts. His father was a restaurateur.[2]
Fields graduated from Carnegie Mellon University and Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.[2]
Career
Fields appeared with Steve McQueen in the 1958 science fiction horror film The Blob (1958), playing Tony Gressette.[6] It was Fields' film debut.[7] He later provided commentary in 2000, when the film was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection.[8][9]
He played Joel in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).[10][11]
Fields portrayed the character Will in the 1970 film Cover Me Babe.[12]
Fields also co-starred with Sally Kirkland in Anna (1987).[13][14][15][16][17][18]
One of his final performances to date was as Jay Smiley in The Souler Opposite (1998).[19]
Personal life
On June 26, 1983, Fields married Betty-Jane Robbins, then a marketing director for trade books at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in San Diego, at the Fairview Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. Their wedding was performed by Rabbi H. Leonard Poller.[2]
Fields was a friend of The Blob (1958) co-star Steve McQueen.[5]
Selected filmography
- The Blob (1958) as Tony Gressette
- Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Incident (1967) as Kenneth Otis
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) as Joel
- Cover Me Babe (1970) as Will
- The Sporting Club (1971) as Vernur Stanton
- Rhinoceros (1974) as Young Man
- The Stepford Wives (1975) as Raymond Chandler
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) as Rafe (uncredited)
- A Secret Space (1977) as Eli
- Night-Flowers (1979) as Trasker
- Jet Lag (1981) as Tom
- Star 80 (1983) as Director
- Blood Feud (1983) as Gene Sears
- Anna (1987) as Daniel
- Miami Vice Episode 5x15 "Over the Line " (1989)
- Getting Away with Murder (1996) as Sergeant Roarke
- American Strays (1996) as Harry
- The Souler Opposite (1998) as Jay Smiley
- Charades (1998) as Paul Curtiss
- Little Dreams (2002) as Will Peterson (final film role)