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Robert R. Parrish Biography (1916-)

Full name, Robert Reese Parrish; born January 4, 1916, in Columbus, GA; son of R. Gordon (in sales) and Laura Virginia (an actress; maiden name, Reese) Parrish; married Kathleen Thompson (a story analyst), September 18, 1943; children: Peter Joseph, Kathleen Anne. Addresses: Home--London, England. Agent--c/o Don Congdon, Harold Matson Company, Inc., 22 East 49th St., New York, NY 10016.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

January 4, 1916

Columbus, Georgia, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Up the River, Fox Films, 1930.
• Men without Women, Fox Films, 1930.
• Office Boy, Forbidden, Columbia, 1932.
• Dr. Bull, Fox Films, 1933.
• Judge Priest, Fox Films, 1934.
• Soldier, The Informer, RKO, 1935.
• The Prisoner of Shark Island, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1936.
• Thrill of a Lifetime, Paramount, 1937.
• 2nd sophomore, Mr. Doodle Kicks Off, RKO, 1938.
• Credits; FILM EDITOR
• (With Francis Lyon) Body and Soul, United Artists (UA), 1947.
• A Double Life, Universal, 1947.
• No Minor Vices, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1948.
• Caught, MGM, 1949.
• Also editor (with Al Clark), All the King's Men, c. 1949.
• FILM DIRECTOR,EXCEPT AS INDICATED Cry Danger, RKO, 1951.
• The Mob, Columbia, 1951.
• The San Francisco Story, Warner Bros., 1952.
• Assignment--Paris, Columbia, 1952.
• My Pal Gus, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Shoot First (also known as Rough Shoot), UA, 1953.
• The Purple Plain, UA, 1954.
• Lucy Gallant, Paramount, 1955.
• The Fire Down Below, Columbia, 1957.
• Saddle the Wind, MGM, 1958.
• The Wonderful Country, UA, 1959; and producer, In the French Style, Columbia, 1963.
• Up from the Beach, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965.
• (With Val Guest, Ken Hughes, John Huston, and Joseph McGrath) Casino Royale, Columbia, 1967.
• The Bobo, Warner Bros., 1967.
• Duffy, Columbia, 1968.
• Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (also known as Doppelganger), Universal, 1969.
• A Town Called Bastard (also known as A Town Called Hell), Scotia International, 1971.
• The Destructors (also known as The Marseilles Contract), American International, 1974.
• (With Bertrand Tavernier) Mississippi Blues, Little Bear Productions/Odessa Films, 1984.
• Writings
• Growing up in Hollywood, Harcourt, 1976.
• Also author of Hollywood Doesn't Live Here Anymore. Contributor to periodicals, including Punch, Washingtonian, and Positif.