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My Take
Robert Foxworth strikes me as the kind of actor the industry quietly depends on. A Carnegie Mellon-trained Texan who earned a Theatre World Award before television made him familiar, he built his career from the stage up, and you can feel that foundation in everything he does — the measured voice, the unforced authority. I'm especially fond of performers who move between mediums without vanity, and Foxworth has handled television, film, voice work, and directing with the same craftsmanlike steadiness. He never chased stardom loudly, which is exactly why his longevity impresses me. Fifty-plus years of being reliably excellent is rarer than one iconic role.
Overview
Robert Heath Foxworth (born November 1, 1941) is an American film, stage, and television actor.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robert Foxworth
- Name (Japanese)
- ロバート・フォックスワース
- Reading
- ろばーと・ふぉっくすわーす
- Born
- November 1, 1941 (age 84)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / film director / voice actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lamar High School
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Awards & achievements
- 1972 Theatre World Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
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.