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Robert Foulk was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Foulk's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Between Midnight and Dawn" (1950), the drama "The 49th Man" (1953) with John Ireland and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953). He also appeared in the western "Apache Ambush" (1955) with Bill Williams and the James Stewart adventurous drama "The Far ...

Filmography

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Home Town Story (1951)

Dialogue Director

Unconquered (1947)

Dialogue Director

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)

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Steel Against the Sky (1941)

Dialogue Director

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)

Dialogue Director

Affectionately Yours (1941)

Dialogue Director

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Untamed Youth (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Healthy Outdoor Work

Hot Blood (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Suspicion Of Being Gypsies

Biography

Robert Foulk was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Foulk's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Between Midnight and Dawn" (1950), the drama "The 49th Man" (1953) with John Ireland and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953). He also appeared in the western "Apache Ambush" (1955) with Bill Williams and the James Stewart adventurous drama "The Far Country" (1955). He kept working in film throughout the fifties, starring in the Jose Ferrer drama "The Great Man" (1957), "The Tall Stranger" (1957) with Joel McCrea and the comedy "My Man Godfrey" (1957) with June Allyson. He also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "Raintree County" (1957) with Montgomery Clift. Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in "Tammy and the Doctor" (1963), "A Ticklish Affair" (1963) and "Robin and the Seven Hoods" (1964) with Frank Sinatra. He also appeared in the Jim Brown thriller "The Split" (1968) and the Dean Jones comedy "The Love Bug" (1968). Foulk more recently acted in the Sean Marshall animated film "Pete's Dragon" (1977). Foulk passed away in February 1989 at the age of 81.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Home Town Story (1951)

Dialogue Director

Unconquered (1947)

Dialogue Director

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)

Dialogue Director

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

Dialogue Director

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)

Dialogue Director

Affectionately Yours (1941)

Dialogue Director

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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Flight Angels (1940)

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River's End (1940)

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It All Came True (1940)

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South of Suez (1940)

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The Sea Hawk (1940)

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Cast (Feature Film)

Pete's Dragon (1977)

Old Sea Captain

Win, Place or Steal (1975)

Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

Bunny O'Hare (1971)

Commissioner Dingle

Vanishing Point (1971)

Colorado communications officer

Skin Game (1971)

The Love Bug (1969)

Hell on Wheels (1967)

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

Tammy and the Doctor (1963)

A Ticklish Affair (1963)

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

State Fair (1962)

Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Where the Boys Are (1960)

Ask Any Girl (1959)

Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)

Policeman at jewelry store

Cast a Long Shadow (1959)

Born to Be Loved (1959)

The Left Handed Gun (1958)

Day of the Bad Man (1958)

Quantrill's Raiders (1958)

Hell's Five Hours (1958)

Untamed Youth (1957)

Hold That Hypnotist (1957)

Dr. Simon Noble

Last of the Bad Men (1957)

The Tall Stranger (1957)

Sierra Stranger (1957)

My Man Godfrey (1957)

The Great Man (1957)

Raintree County (1957)

Indestructible Man (1956)

Backlash (1956)

The Rawhide Years (1956)

Hot Blood (1956)

Desk Sgt. McGrossin

The Spoilers (1956)

Carousel (1956)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Wyoming Renegades (1955)

The Far Country (1955)

Blackboard Jungle (1955)

Apache Ambush (1955)

Headline Hunters (1955)

<I>Daily Star</I> editor

A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)

Remains to Be Seen (1953)

Powder River (1953)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Passport official

All Ashore (1953)

Code Two (1953)

I Love Melvin (1953)

Solo in "Saturday Afternoon Before the Game" number

Valley of Head Hunters (1953)

The 49th Man (1953)

Commander Jackson

Without Warning! (1952)

Just This Once (1952)

O. Henry's Full House (1952)

The Sniper (1952)

My Pal Gus (1952)

The San Francisco Story (1952)

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

The Sellout (1952)

Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)

The Girl in White (1952)

Carbine Williams (1952)

Deadline--U.S.A. (1952)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Chain of Circumstance (1951)

Home Town Story (1951)

Light and power man

The Guy Who Came Back (1951)

Saturday's Hero (1951)

Elopement (1951)

Night into Morning (1951)

The Strip (1951)

Follow the Sun (1951)

Highway patrolman

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

Love That Brute (1950)

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

Fred, the jailor

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

Mister 880 (1950)

Whirlpool (1949)

Thieves' Highway (1949)

That Wonderful Urge (1949)

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

Come to the Stable (1949)

Road House (1948)

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Videos

Untamed Youth (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Healthy Outdoor Work In this instance the title refers to naked blonde teenagers, Penny (Mamie Van Doren) and Janey (Lori Nelson), captured by Mitch (Robert Foulk) and brought before the judge (Lurene Tuttle), opening Untamed Youth, 1957.

Hot Blood (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Suspicion Of Being Gypsies Los Angeles gypsy Marco (Luther Adler) and gang at the police station where they spring guests Papa (Joseph Calleia), betrothed Annie (Jane Russell) and Xano (Russell's brother Jamie), then groom Sephano/Steve (Cornel Wilde) with his concurrent girlfriend (Helen Westcott), early in Nicholas Ray's Hot Blood, 1956.

Singin' In The Rain (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not An Actor! After the premiere, silent-movie star Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) with musical partner Cosmo (Donald O’Connor) in Hollywood, gets mobbed and, with a coy contemporary-swashbuckling escape, meets opinionated Cathy (Debbie Reynolds), early in MGM’s Singin’ In The Rain, 1952.

Left Handed Gun, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Can't Get Away From The Bible Just picked up on the range by English-born rancher Tunstall (Colin Keith-Johnston), Paul Newman as Billy the Kid is by turns deceptive, intellectually curious, and protective, in Arthur Penn’s revisionist Western based on Gore Vidal’s teleplay, The Left Handed Gun, 1958.

Robin And The 7 Hoods (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Big Jim Was A Schmendrick The opening featuring an un-billed Edward G. Robinson, none of the Rat Pack guys, and fourth-billed Peter Falk as spoofy Chicago thug Guy Gisborne, his name of course derived from Robin Hood, the general idea behind the Frank Sinatra-produced musical Robin And The 7 Hoods, 1964.

Girl In White, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) She Needs A Real Doctor Thirty-something June Allyson, still expected to play a teen, in this case the subject of the bio-pic, pioneering New York doctor Emily Dunning Barringer, her mom falling ill, and Dr. Yeomans (Mildred Dunnock), loosely based on a real person, stepping up, opening The Girl In White, 1952.

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