Robert Parrish

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Robert Parrish

Born 1916-01-04 Columbus, Georgia, USA 16 films

Robert R. Parrish (born 4 January 1916, Columbus, Georgia – 4 December 1995, Southampton, New York) was an American actor, film editor, film director, and writer. He received an Academy Award for Film Editing for the 1947 film, Body and Soul. Parrish was the son of factory cashier Gordon R. Parrish and Laura R. Parrish. In the mid-1920s, the family moved from Georgia to Los Angeles and Parrish and his sisters Beverly and Helen began obtaining work as acto…

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Filmography

16 films
Blue Bayou poster

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.

Blue Bayou

★ 10.0 1990

The Informer poster

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's despera…

The Informer

★ 6.8 1935

Doctor Bull poster

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers port…

Doctor Bull

★ 6.7 1933

City Lights poster

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy…

City Lights

★ 8.3 1931

Scandal Sheet poster

Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story abo…

Scandal Sheet

★ 10.0 1931

Up the River poster

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious busines…

Up the River

★ 5.7 1930