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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.
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.
Learn about the life and career of Robert Francis, a young actor who starred in The Caine Mutiny and other movies in the 1950s. See photos of him from different periods, with clues to help date them.
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…
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 actor who died in 1955 at age 25. He was born in Glendale, California and buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills.
Learn about the life and death of Robert Francis, a pilot who flew his own plane into a mountain in 1955. Explore his family history, his poetry, and his legacy through photos and stories.
