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Robert Dwan(1915-2005)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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Robert Dwan was born on 1 April 1915 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Tell It to Groucho (1961), You Bet Your Life (1950) and General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954). He was married to Lois Dwan. He died on 21 January 2005 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornApril 1, 1915
DiedJanuary 21, 2005(89)
BornApril 1, 1915
DiedJanuary 21, 2005(89)
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Known for

Tell It to Groucho
7.9
TV Series
  • Director
Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life (1950)
You Bet Your Life
8.5
TV Series
  • Director
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
8.6
TV Special
  • Writer
  • 1954
Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig, Lassie the Dog, and Lassie in Lassie (1954)
Lassie
6.5
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • The Plot Thickens (1963)
    The Plot Thickens
    7.0
    TV Special
    • game director
    • 1963
  • Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig, Lassie the Dog, and Lassie in Lassie (1954)
    Lassie
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Tell It to Groucho
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1961–1962
  • Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life (1950)
    You Bet Your Life
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1950–1961

Writer

  • Groucho (1965)
    Groucho
    TV Series
    • deviser
    • 1965
  • General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
    8.6
    TV Special
    • additional material
    • 1954

Additional Crew

  • The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993)
    The Unknown Marx Brothers
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • film and television clips furnished by (as Bob Dwan)
    • 1993
  • Spook-A-Nanny
    7.1
    TV Special
    • director: live-action sequences
    • 1964

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Bob Dwan
  • Born
    • April 1, 1915
    • San Francisco, California, USA
  • Died
    • January 21, 2005
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(complications from pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Lois Dwan1940 - January 21, 2005 (his death, 5 children)
  • Other works
    (book) "As Long As They're Laughing!". Baltimore, MD: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., 2000. ISBN 188766436X
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Article

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Dwan said he never really directed Groucho Marx; he simply let him go on and say whatever he wanted. Afterward, Dwan edited it to fit the 30-minute time slot and to pass muster with the network censors.

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