Robert Foxworth

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.

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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 85)

Origin

Houston, Texas, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / film director / voice actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

High school

Lamar High School

University

Carnegie Mellon University

Awards & achievements

• 1972 Theatre World Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Foxworth
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2063709

Tags

• Texas
• television actor
• film actor
• film director

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.