Biografia

26 febbraio 1930 · Glendale, California, Stati Uniti

31 luglio 1955 · Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti (incidente aereo)

Robert Charles Francis

1,88 m

Appeared in only four films in his brief performing life and in each of these played a character in the military.

His last two films, The Bamboo Prison (1954) and La lunga linea grigia (1955), were completed in March 1954 and May 1954, even though they were released several months later, meaning that, at the time of his death in July 1955, he had not worked in over a year since the completion of his last film. This is curious indeed, considering he had been voted one of Screen World's "Promising Personalities of 1954" and seemed to have been under exclusive contract to Columbia Pictures, which apparently failed to offer him further work after only four films.

Was voted one of Screen World's "Promising Personalities of 1954.".

In L'ammutinamento del Caine (1954) Francis' character Ensign Keith's parents were clingy. Francis himself, who had four feature films under his belt, continued to reside with his parents, at 212 S Grand Oaks Avenue in Pasadena.

At the time of his death, he had been chosen to co-star with James Cagney in "Tribute to a Bad Man". The part went to Don Dubbins.