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Loading... Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States.
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Oct 10, 2016 · Convicted murderer Robert Stroud became an expert in ornithology while incarcerated, later earning fame as the 'Birdman of Alcatraz.'
Stroud was never permitted to see the film (in which Burt Lancaster portrayed him as a mild-mannered and humane individual). But “Birdman of Alcatraz” earned Lancaster an Academy Award nomination for best actor.
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Robert Stroud, who was better known to the public as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was probably the most famous inmate ever to reside on Alcatraz. In 1909 he brutally murdered a bartender who had allegedly failed to pay a prostitute for whom Stroud was pimping in Alaska.
Birdman of Alcatraz, American dramatic film, released in 1962, that made a household name of convicted murderer Robert Stroud, the so-called “Birdman of Alcatraz.”. The film is a sentimentalized look at Stroud (played by Burt Lancaster), who became a self-taught ornithologist during his 54 years in.
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Sep 30, 2022 · In both of them, Robert Stroud was portrayed in a positive, even heroic light. Here was a self-taught man of superior intellect with a lot to offer who did something bad once, but was ready and willing to make it up to society.
Nov 10, 2019 · Robert Franklin Stroud became known to the world as the “Birdman of Alcatraz” through a best-selling book and a 1962 movie. Hollywood giant Burt Lancaster had the starring role as the double...
