Robert Symonds
Actor
Biography
Symonds was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, the son of Nellie (née Barry) and Walter Stout Symonds. He married Elizabeth Janel Kaderli in 1952 and had three children; Victoria, Barry, and Rebecca. He and Janel divorced in 1969. He was married to actress Priscilla Pointer from 1980 until his death and was the step-father of actress Amy Irving and her siblings, David and Katie. He was the father of Vicki Morrison, Barry Symonds, and Becca Wooldridge.
He died on the morning of August 23, 2007, aged 80, from complications of prostate cancer.
Filmography
The Exorcist
as Dr. Taney 1973
...And Justice for All
as Judge Burns 1979
Inferno
as Henry Howard 1999
Primary Colors
as Bart Nilson 1998
The Ice Pirates
as Lanky Nibs 1984
Crimewave
as Guard #1 1985
Superstition
as Pike 1982
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Proctor 1989
Gray Lady Down
as Secretary of Navy 1978
Micki & Maude
as Ezra Hutchison 1984
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Andrew Jennings 1975
Mandroid
as Karl Zimmer 1993
Wanted: The Sundance Woman
1976
Shell Game
as Carruthers 1975
The Haunting of Rosalind
as Mr. Marshall 1973
Tail Gunner Joe
as President Harry Truman 1977