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Robert Wyler

Known For
Production

Known Credits
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Gender
Male

Birthday
September 25, 1900 (125 years old)

Place of Birth

Robert Wyler

Biography

Robert Wyler (September 25, 1900 – January 17, 1971) was a Swiss-American film producer and associate producer. He was the older brother of film director William Wyler and a nephew of Universal Studios head, Carl Laemmle.

Wyler was born in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany (now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France). His first credit was as a producer in 1928, and he made several unsuccessful attempts at directing in the early 1930s.

Wyler found success in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was associate producer of his brother's adaptation of The Heiress (1949), which was nominated for Best Film at the Academy Awards and won its star, Olivia de Havilland, her second Oscar. Wyler himself was nominated for Best Screenplay for Detective Story (1951), another film directed by his brother and a controversial hit in its day. He was involved as an associate producer on most of his brother's films through the 1950s, such as Roman Holiday (1953) and Friendly Persuasion (1956).

Then 47-year-old Wyler married 24-year-old actress Cathy O'Donnell on April 11, 1948. They had met two years earlier, while she was being directed by his brother in The Best Years of Our Lives. She died in 1970, on their 22nd wedding anniversary, following a long illness. Robert Wyler died nine months later, on January 17, 1971.

Known For

Production

1966How to Steal a Million...Production Assistant
1961The Children's Hour...Associate Producer
1958The Big Country...Associate Producer
1956Friendly Persuasion...Associate Producer
1955The Desperate Hours...Associate Producer
1953Roman Holiday...Associate Producer
1951Detective Story...Associate Producer
1949The Heiress...Associate Producer

Writing

1958The Big Country...Adaptation
1951Detective Story...Screenplay
1946The Gentleman Misbehaves...Screenplay
1939Fighting Thoroughbreds...Story
1937Sophie Lang Goes West...Screenplay
1937The Last Train from Madrid...Screenplay
1937Murder Goes to College...Screenplay

Crew

1936Dodsworth...Additional Writing

Directing

1935It Happened in Paris...Director
1932The Wonderful Day...Director
1932A Father Without Knowing It...Director
1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame...Assistant Director

Acting