# Robert Fields

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{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Robert Fields
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1934|07|10|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://people.theiapolis.com/actor-0VAZ/robert-fields/|title=Robert Fields}}</ref>
| occupation    = [Actor](/source/Actor)
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'''Robert Samuel Fields'''<ref name=ny/> (born 10 July 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywood.com:443/celebrities/robert-fields-57912766/|title=Page Not Found}}</ref> is an American actor who has appeared in film and television.  A life member of [The Actors Studio](/source/Actors_Studio),<ref>{{cite book|first=David |last=Garfield|title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio|url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.|location=New York|isbn=0-02-542650-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/278 278]|chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}}</ref> Fields is known for his role as Daniel in the 1987 drama film ''[Anna](/source/Anna_(1987_film))''.<ref name=bio>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies|title=Movie Reviews|work=The New York Times |date=December 4, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Fields was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fields of [Brookline, Massachusetts](/source/Brookline%2C_Massachusetts).  His father was a restaurateur.<ref name=ny>{{cite news|title=Robert Fields, Actor, Marries Miss Robbins|date=27 June 1983|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/27/style/robert-fields-actor-marries-miss-robbins.html}}</ref>

Fields graduated from [Carnegie Mellon University](/source/Carnegie_Mellon_University) and [Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre](/source/Neighborhood_Playhouse_School_of_the_Theatre).<ref name=ny/>

==Career==
Fields appeared with [Steve McQueen](/source/Steve_McQueen) in the 1958 science fiction horror film ''[The Blob](/source/The_Blob)'' (1958), playing Tony Gressette.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominate Your Favorite Monster Movies|date=29 October 2009|publisher=[NPR](/source/NPR)|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114287596|access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref>  It was Fields' film debut.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Blob: Notes|work=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4435/the-blob#notes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619022850/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4435/The-Blob/#notes|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 19, 2012}}</ref>  He later provided commentary in 2000, when the film was released on DVD by [The Criterion Collection](/source/The_Criterion_Collection).<ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title='The Honeymooners' now available on DVD|newspaper=[The Daily Gazette](/source/The_Daily_Gazette)|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=20001208&id=NZNGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4195,2011821&hl=en|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=King|first=Susan|title=Return of 'Big Momma'|date=30 November 2000|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-30-ca-59034-story.html|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref>

He played Joel in the 1969 film ''[They Shoot Horses, Don't They?](/source/They_Shoot_Horses%2C_Don't_They%3F_(film))'' (1969).<ref>{{cite news|last=Canby|first=Vincent|title=They Shoot Horses Don't They (1969) |date=11 December 1969|newspaper=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1739E477BC4952DFB4678382679EDE|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=They Shoot Horses, Don't They|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/151877}}</ref>

Fields portrayed the character Will in the 1970 film ''[Cover Me Babe](/source/Cover_Me_Babe)''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1k1RsGvFwwC&q=robert+fields+actor&pg=PA210|last=Munden|first=Kenneth White|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 2|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520209701}}</ref>

Fields also co-starred with [Sally Kirkland](/source/Sally_Kirkland) in ''[Anna](/source/Anna_(1987_film))'' (1987).<ref>{{cite magazine|last2=Richman|first2=Alan|last1=Guerin|first1=Ann|title=Even Stretching It, Oscar Nominee Sally Kirkland Is No Girl Next Door|date=4 April 1988|magazine=[People](/source/People_(magazine))|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098628,00.html|access-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Benson|first=Sheila|title=MOVIE REVIEW : All About 'Anna' and Irreconcilable Pangs of Exile|date=13 November 1987|newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-13-ca-13942-story.html|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kempley|first=Rita|title='Anna' (PG-13)|date=26 February 1988|newspaper=[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/anna.htm|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Maslin|first=Janet|title=Anna (1987) : Film Festival; 'Anna,' on Stardom Of Czechs|date=2 October 1987|newspaper=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE4DF123DF931A35753C1A961948260|access-date=7 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Uricchio|first=Marylynn|title=Kirkland transcends 'Anna's' limited budget|date=6 May 1988|newspaper=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette)|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19880506&id=LNVRAAAAIBAJ&pg=4728,1945431&hl=en|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kehr|first=Dave|title=Appealing 'Anna' Showcases Top-notch Performances|date=22 January 1988|newspaper=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/01/22/appealing-anna-showcases-top-notch-performances/|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref>

One of his final performances to date was as Jay Smiley in ''The Souler Opposite'' (1998).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=si5M_xZSO54C&q=robert+fields+actor&pg=PA213|last2=Willis|first2=John|last1=Monush|first1=Barry|title=Screen World 1999|year=2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557834119}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On June 26, 1983, Fields married Betty-Jane Robbins, then a marketing director for trade books at [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich](/source/Harcourt_Brace_Jovanovich) in [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), at the Fairview Country Club in [Greenwich, Connecticut](/source/Greenwich%2C_Connecticut).  Their wedding was performed by Rabbi H. Leonard Poller.<ref name=ny/>

Fields was a friend of ''[The Blob](/source/The_Blob)'' (1958) co-star [Steve McQueen](/source/Steve_McQueen).<ref name=bio/>

==Selected filmography==
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*''[The Blob](/source/The_Blob)'' (1958) as Tony Gressette
*''[Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster](/source/Frankenstein_Meets_the_Space_Monster)'' (1965) as Reporter (uncredited)
*''[The Incident](/source/The_Incident_(1967_film))'' (1967) as Kenneth Otis
*''[They Shoot Horses, Don't They?](/source/They_Shoot_Horses%2C_Don't_They%3F_(film))'' (1969) as Joel
*''[Cover Me Babe](/source/Cover_Me_Babe)'' (1970) as Will
*''[The Sporting Club](/source/The_Sporting_Club_(film))'' (1971) as Vernur Stanton
*''[Rhinoceros](/source/Rhinoceros_(film))'' (1974) as Young Man
*''[The Stepford Wives](/source/The_Stepford_Wives_(1975_film))'' (1975) as Raymond Chandler
*''[Looking for Mr. Goodbar](/source/Looking_for_Mr._Goodbar_(film))'' (1977) as Rafe (uncredited)
*''A Secret Space'' (1977) as Eli
*''Night-Flowers'' (1979) as Trasker
*''Jet Lag'' (1981) as Tom
*''[Star 80](/source/Star_80)'' (1983) as Director
*''[Blood Feud](/source/Blood_Feud_(1983_film))'' (1983) as Gene Sears
*''[Anna](/source/Anna_(1987_film))'' (1987) as Daniel
*''[Miami Vice](/source/Miami_Vice)'' Episode 5x15 "Over the Line " (1989)
*''[Getting Away with Murder](/source/Getting_Away_with_Murder_(film))'' (1996) as Sergeant Roarke
*''[American Strays](/source/American_Strays)'' (1996) as Harry
*''[The Souler Opposite](/source/The_Souler_Opposite)'' (1998) as Jay Smiley
*''[Charades](/source/Charades_(film))'' (1998) as Paul Curtiss
*''Little Dreams'' (2002) as Will Peterson (final film role)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0276341|name=Robert Fields}}
*{{IBDB name|486410}}
*{{iobdb name|20167}}

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