Robert Lewis was one of the original members of the Group Theatre in the 1930s and co-founder of the Actors Studio in 1947. He was active as a character actor in Hollywood for only a brief period, under contract first to Fox Studios and then MGM. Though he went on to appear in and direct Hollywood musicals, Lewis preferred the stage, eventually ...
Broadway director and famed acting teacher who made a few films.
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One of the founders of the Actors' Studio, he eventually became highly critical of the "Method" because, according to Lewis, and contrary to the teachings of the great Konstantin Stanislavski (founder of "Method" acting), it came to emphasize raw emotion at the expense of basic acting techniques such as clear enunciation and, by doing this, discouraged many otherwise excellent actors from ever playing the classic authors such as William Shakespeare and Molière.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hawken's Breed
1987
Tackett's Gang
The Odd Couple
1973
TV Series
Crony I
The Lost Volcano
1950
Daniel
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
Maurice Bottello - Verdoux's Friend
The Hidden Eye
1945
Stormvig
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Chinese Gentleman ('Limehouse Blues' / Telephone Voice ('Number Please')
The Last Installment
1945
Short
Kovak (as Bob Lewis)
Son of Lassie
1945
Sergeant Schmidt
Dragon Seed
1944
Capt. Sato
Paris After Dark
1943
Colonel Pirosh
Bomber's Moon
1943
Priest (scenes deleted)
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
Maurice Bonnard (uncredited)
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Knots Landing
1992
TV Series 1 episode
Secrets of Midland Heights
1980
TV Series 1 episode
Anything Goes
1956
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
segment "Number Please"
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dragon Seed
1944
dialogue director - uncredited / screen test director
Bomber's Moon
1943
dialogue director
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
dialogue director - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Daktari
1967
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
uncredited
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Baretta
1975
TV Series producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon
2015
Documentary performer: "Tossin' And Turnin'"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Masters
1989
TV Series documentary
Himself
Montgomery Clift
1983
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) as Maurice Bottello - Verdoux's Friend
Ziegfeld Follies (1945) as Chinese Gentleman ('Limehouse Blues' / Telephone Voice ('Number Please')
$9 Million
