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Robert Evans Biography ((?)-)

Born Robert J. Shapera, June 29, 1930, in New York, NY; son of Archie (a dentist) and Florence (maiden name, Evans) Shapera; married Sharon Hugueny (an actress), May 28, 1961 (divorced, c. 1962); married Camilla Sparv (an actress and model), September 2, 1964 (divorced); married Ali MacGraw (an actress), October 24, 1969 (divorced, 1973); married Phyllis George, 1977 (divorced, 1978); married Catherine Oxenberg (an actress), July 12, 1998 (annulled, July, 1998); children: (third marriage) Josh. Addresses: Office: Robert EvansProductions, c/o Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, actor

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Producer
• Chinatown, 1974
• Marathon Man, 1976
• Black Sunday, 1977
• Players, 1979
• Urban Cowboy, 1980
• Popeye, 1980
• Taboo (The Single and the LP), 1980
• The Cotton Club, 1984
• The Two Jakes, 1990
• Sliver (also known as Sliver--Gier der Augen), 1993
• Jade, 1995
• The Phantom, Paramount, 1996
• The Saint, Paramount, 1997
• The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Paramount, 2001
• Film Appearances
• Pedro Romero, The Sun Also Rises, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
• (As Robert J. Evans) Irving Thalberg, Man of a Thousand Faces, Universal, 1957
• Felix Griffin, The Fiend Who Walked the West, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Dexter Key, The Best of Everything, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Producer, Cannes Man (also known as Canne$ Man), Rocket Pictures Home Video, 1996
• Himself, An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Buena Vista, 1997
• Detective at Lafayette bar, The Hurricane, Universal, 1999
• Television Work
• Producer, Get High on Yourself, NBC, 1981
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Earl of Essex, Elizabeth and Essex, NBC, 1947
• Interviewee, Ava Gardner, Cinemax, 1992
• Also appeared in Young Widow Brown and The Right to Happiness.
• Episodic
• Narration (Irving Thalberg/Howard Hughes), Sex and the Silver Screen, Showtime, 1996
• Voice of himself, The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999
• Himself, "A&E Biography: Nina van Horn," Just Shoot Me, NBC, 2000
• Stage Work
• Worked as producer, The Umbrella, Locust Theatre, Philadelphia, PA.
• Radio Appearances
• From the age of eleven, appeared on over three hundred radio shows including Let's Pretend, Archie Andrews, The Aldrich Family, Radio Reader's Digest, and Gangbusters; also hosted a radio show broadcast over WINZ, Palm Beach, FL.
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Read The Kid Stays in the Picture.
• WRITINGS
• Autobiography
• The Kid Stays in the Picture, Hyperion, 1994
• Also wrote as a guest columnist for New York Journal American, 1958.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Los Angeles Magazine, September, 1994, p. 30.
• People Weekly, August 10, 1998, p. 118.
• Time, July 27, 1998, p. 19.
• Variety, July 13, 1998, p. 6; July 27, 1998, p. 3.