Robert Osborne

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Robert Osborne was longtime (and the original) primary host of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable television channel. He was also an actor, film historian, author, columnist, presenter, and general TCM representative.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Colfax, Washington, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

03 May 1932, 93 years old

Known For

Psycho

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

And the Oscar Goes To...

Tab Hunter Confidential

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Hitchcock and Dial M

Making Montgomery Clift

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

Self

2021

Making Montgomery Clift

Self

2018

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Self

2018

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Self

2017

A New Dimension in Noir: Filming Inferno in 3D

Self

2017

Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute

Self

2015

Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

Self

2015

Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self - Interviewee

2014

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Self - Guest

2014

Kim Novak: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2013

Peter O'Toole: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

Self

2012

Luise Rainer: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival

2011

Private Screenings: Liza Minnelli

2010

A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics

Self

2009

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

Self

2009

Private Screenings: Ernest Borgnine

Self - Host

2009

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer

Narrator (voice)

2009

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Self

2008

Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox

Self

2008

Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of Moontide

Self

2008

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men'

Self

2008

Inside 'The Apartment'

Self

2008

Private Screenings: Norman Jewison

Self - Host

2007

Private Screenings: Jane Fonda

Self - Host

2007

Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon

Self

2007

Private Screenings: Stanley Donen

Self

2006

Sergeant York: Of God and Country

2006

Hollywood Helps the Cause

Self

2006

Credit Where Credit is Due

Self

2006

Private Screenings: Angela Lansbury

Self - Host

2006

Private Screenings: Lauren Bacall

Self - Host

2005

Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born

Self - Film Historian

2005

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

Self

2005

Hitchcock and Dial M

Self

2004

Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic

Self

2004

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

Self

2004

Hitchcock's Confession: A Look at I Confess

Self

2004

3D: A Brief History

2004

Guilt Trip: Hitchcock and 'The Wrong Man'

Self

2004

Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths

Self

2004

Private Screenings: Patricia Neal

Self - Host

2004

Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle

Self

2004

A Love Story: The Story of 'To Have and Have Not'

Self

2003

Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of 'Dark Passage'

Self

2003

Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

Self - Host

2003

Curtains for Roy Earle

Self

2003

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Self

2003

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

Self, Film Historian

2003

Divided Highway: The Story of 'They Drive by Night'

Self

2003

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Self

2000

Private Screenings: Betty Hutton

Self - Host

2000

Private Screenings: Anthony Quinn

Self - Host

1999

Private Screenings: Charlton Heston

Self - Host

1998

Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

Self - Host

1998

Private Screenings: June Allyson

Self - Host

1998

Private Screenings: Mickey Rooney

Self

1997

Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart

Self - Host

1997

Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell

Self - Host

1996

Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Judy Garland

Self / Host

1996

Becoming Attractions: The Trailers of Lana Turner

Self / Host

1996

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

Self

1994

Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star

Self (archive footage)

1987

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Junior Executive (uncredited)

1967

Psycho

Man (uncredited)

1960