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Robert Drivas
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Robert Drivas
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-11-21,Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Drivas (November 21, 1938 – June 29, 1986) was an American actor and theatre director. Drivas was born Robert Choromokos in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Hariklia (née Cunningham-Wright) and James Peter Choromokos. Drivas studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Miami. After further training at the Greek Playhouse in Athens, Greece and with the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami Beach, he made his New York City debut in the role of Rameses in 1958 in the play The Firstborn, starring Anthony Quayle as Moses. He continued to perform on stage with One More River (1960), The Wall (1960), The Irregular Verb to Love (1963), and And Things That Go Bump in the Night (1965), which he also directed. In 1963 he won a Theatre World Award for his performance in Mrs. Dally Has a Lover (opposite Estelle Parsons). Drivas was associated with many well-known theatrical figures of his time. These included playwrights Terrence McNally, whose play The Ritz he directed in 1975, and Edward Albee, who directed Drivas in the 1983 premiere of Albee's harshly received play The Man Who Had Three Arms. Other directing credits include Bad Habits, for which he won an Obie Award, Legend, Cheaters, It Had to Be You, a revival of the musical Little Me, and Peg, a musical biography of songstress Peggy Lee, with lyrics and book by the star herself. Concurrent with his theater work, Drivas appeared in television, beginning in 1958, on such crime shows and dramas as Route 66, N.Y.P.D., The Defenders, The Fugitive, 12 O-Clock High (TV series), and The F.B.I.. Drivas' first theatrical film appearance was in the role of "Loudmouth Steve" in the classic prison drama Cool Hand Luke (1967). This debut led to more film work, in The Illustrated Man (1969) and Where It's At (1969). Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Drivas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.726

Cool Hand Luke
1967-11-01

5.853

God Told Me To
1976-10-22

The Illustrated Man

5.5

The Illustrated Man
1969-03-26

2

Where It's At
1969-05-07

Tattooed Steiger

6

Tattooed Steiger
1969-01-01

6

Road Movie
1974-02-03

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.077

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

6.3

Route 66
1960-10-07

The Streets of San Francisco

6.946

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.5

Cannon
1971-09-14

6.4

Felony Squad
1966-09-12

The Wild Wild West

7.5

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

Run for Your Life

7.2

Run for Your Life
1965-09-13

7.175

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

7.175

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

5.7

The New People
1969-09-22

Young Doctor Malone

3

Young Doctor Malone
1958-12-29

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

5.5

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19