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Robert Charles Francis (February 26, 1930 – July 31, 1955) was an American actor. He appeared in only four Hollywood films, all with military themes, before he was killed at age 25 in the crash of a small airplane he was piloting.
Robert Francis. Relatively new to Hollywood, handsome Robert Francis was a rising young actor and deemed California's "Golden Boy" on the verge of 1950's cinematic stardom, when on July 31 , 1955, he, along with two others, perished in a private plane crash just after takeoff in Burbank, California. Robert Charles Francis was born on February ...
Actor. Born Robert Charles Francis in Glendale, California to James and Lillian Francis, the youngest by a decade of three children. An excellent skier, he once had ambitions for the U.S. Olympic team, but in 1950, he was spotted by a Hollywood talent scout and was persuaded to take acting classes.
his website will help you discover not only what happened to Bob before and after Caine, but also about the time in which his promising film career began and flourished, the waning years of Hollywood’s Star and Studio Systems, and then ended in a tragic airplane accident.
Robert Francis (August 12, 1901 – July 13, 1987) was an American poet who lived most of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. His 1953 poem, “The Pitcher”, is a classic work among coaches, athletes, baseball players—and pitchers and artists.
Using photographs, magazine articles, film-oriented materials printed and electronic, public documents, interview notes and transcripts, and narrative elements, this website captures the brief career of a young motion picture actor, Robert (Bob) Charles Francis, Feb. 26, 1930- July 31, 1955, during a moment in time when Hollywood’s waning ...
Robert Francis was an American poet who wrote primarily in the mid-twentieth century. His work is characterized by its clear and concise language, precise imagery, and focus on the natural world.
Apr 13, 2024 · Robert Charles Francis (February 26, 1930 – July 31, 1955) was an American actor. He appeared in only four Hollywood films, all with military themes, before he was killed at age 25 in the crash of a small airplane he was piloting.
Robert Francis was born in Upland, Pennsylvania, and studied at Harvard. Although he taught at workshops and lectured at universities across the United States, he lived for over sixty years in the same house near Amherst, Massachusetts. His poems are often charmingly whimsical, presenting…
Biography: The Beginning and The End and The In Between. Part One: Before 1930 to Fall 1955. Sunday, July 31, 1955 - As Bob Francis practiced takeoffs and landings on the last day of his life, he could easily see from the plane’s cockpit almost the entirety of his life’s geography.
