Robert Wagner - Biography

Last Editor: DFerguson				Robert Wagner Biography -   Name : Robert Wagner Profession : Actor Birth Details : born 10 February 1930 in Detroit, Michigan Birth name : Robert John Wagner Height : 5' 11" (1.80 m) Nickname : RJ The Brylcreem Kid Personal quotes : About his grief on wife's Natalie Wood's death (1988). "When Natalie died, I was embittered. I still get angry about it and I wonder why it had to Spouse : Jill St. John (26 May 1990 - present) Natalie Wood (16 July 1972 - 29 November 1981) (her death) 1 child Marion Marshall (22 July 1963 - 1970) 1 da

Robert Wagner Trivia -

Father of Katie Wagner (with Marion Marshall) and Courtney Brooke Wagner (with Natalie Wood). Best known as Jonathan Hart on TV's "Hart to Hart" (1979) Step-father of Natalie's daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner Made 4 movies with wife Natalie Wood All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) The Affair (1973) (TV), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) (TV), Hart to Hart (1979) (TV). Father of the TV hostess Katie Wagner. He sued Aaron Spelling Productions for $20 million in June 2000, charging that he was cheated out of profits on the Fox series "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990). He claimed that he was entitled to profits as part of a ten-year-old settlement between producer Aaron Spelling and Fox that gave Spelling the right to produce "90210" in exchange for "Angels 88," a never-produced series in which Wagner had a stake. According to the suit, the conflict dates back to 1973 when he and his wife, Natalie Wood, made a deal with Spelling to submit ideas for pilots to ABC. One idea that the couple submitted led to the show _"Charlie's Angels" (1975)_ . Following the terms of their deal, Spelling, Wagner and Wood equally shared profits from the series. In 1988 Spelling developed a new series, "Angels 88." According to the terms of their contract, Wagner was to receive 7.5% profit participation -- whether or not he rendered services. Fox committed to the series, without his knowledge, and then reneged, giving Spelling "90210" instead. Since Spelling was given "90210" in exchange for an asset in which Wagner had an interest, Wagner claimed that he is entitled to the same profit participation on "90210" as he had on "Angels." The suit alleges breach of contract and fraud and seeks 7.5% of gross profits from "90210" as well as damages of not less than $20 million. Due to the publication of a memoir by Lana Wood on her sister's life, Wagner refuses to speak and/or communicate with his late wife's family, after it was implied in the book that Wagner probably played a role in Natalie Wood's tragic drowning off the coast of Catalina Island in 1981. In spring 2000, a Vanity Fair cover shoot featuring all actresses playing Bond girls in every Bond film was broken up after an encounter by Lana Wood and Wagner's present-day wife Jill St. John got into a major argument on the set. Wagner's present-day wife, Jill St. John, starred in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971) which also starred his late-wife's real-life sister, Lana Wood. After being submerged at one point in an industrial strength foaming agent during the bathtub scene in The Pink Panther (1963), went blind for four weeks. Is portrayed by Michael Weatherly in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (TV)

Robert Wagner Detailed Biography -

Robert John Wagner (born 10 February 1930 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actor. In his early days in Hollywood in the 1950s, he was mentored by the movie actor Clifton Webb. He was represented by the agent Henry Willson, the man who created the "beef cake" craze of the 1950s. His recent movie is Last of the Mustangs. Wagner was the most prominent client to break with him in the early 1950s, when Willson's and Hudson's homosexuality became a topic of Hollywood gossip. Even for the straight actors represented by Willson, to be represented by a gay man in the 1950s meant that they likely were perceived as gay by a homophobic society, so Wagner and others abandoned him to preserve their masculine images, as well as their careers. Wagner's career as a supporting player in movies was solid in the 1950s, but his film career petered out in the 1960s (as did his first marriage to Natalie Wood), and he turned to television, with great success. His notable roles include: Prince Valiant in "Prince Valiant" (1954) Bud Corliss in "A Kiss Before Dying" (1956) George Lytton in "The Pink Panther" (1963) Alexander Mundy in "It Takes a Thief" (1968-70) David Corey in "The Name of the Game (TV series)" (1970-1971) Dan Bigelow in "The Towering Inferno" (1974) Pete T. Ryan in "Switch" (1975-1978) Jonathan Hart in "Hart to Hart" (1979-84) Number Two in the "Austin Powers" movies (1997, 1999, 2002) Jack Fairfield in "Hope & Faith" (2004-) Wagner gained a good deal of notoriety for his on-off marriage to actress Natalie Wood, who left him in the early 1960s for Warren Beatty. They remarried in the 1970s, and Wagner was present when she drowned in mysterious circumstances. Robert Wagner has been married four times: Natalie Wood (1957-1962) Marion Marshall (1963-1970)- one daughter Katie Natalie Wood (1972-1981) - one daughter Courtney & one stepdaughter Natasha Gregson Jill St. John (1990- ) In 1953, Wagner was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer in motion pictures for his performance in Stars and Stripes Forever. In 1970, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Best TV Actor" for his performance in "It Takes a Thief" and for four Golden Globe awards for "Hart to Hart."