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My Take
Robert Forster is the kind of actor I instinctively call a craftsman's craftsman. From his debut in Reflections in a Golden Eye to his lead in the landmark Medium Cool, he had the raw material for major stardom, yet his real legacy is decades of grounding films from the supporting ranks. The 2014 Saturn Award reads to me as recognition of persistence as much as talent. I value that more than flashy leading-man charisma; he could tighten a scene the moment he entered it. Working steadily until his death in 2019, he was exactly the kind of reliable presence that quietly holds cinema together, and that earns my deep respect.
Overview
Robert Wallace Foster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019), known professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor. He made his screen debut as Private L.G. Williams in John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), followed by a starring role as news reporter John Cassellis in the landmark New Hollywood film Medium Cool (1969).
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Forster
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・フォスター
- Reading
- ろばーと・ふぉすたー
- Born
- July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Rochester, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / film director / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Rochester
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
- 2014 Saturn Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.