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Robert Francis Vaughn (1932–2016) was an American actor whose career spanned stage, television, and film from 1955 until his death. Born in New York City, he was educated at the University of Minnesota, California State University, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, and Los Angeles City College. A member of the Democratic Party, Vaughn received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Vaughn’s work included performances in the Western genre. He had three children. He died of leukemia in Danbury in 2016.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Estimation and hypotheses testing of the fitness coefficient
- Appearances Can Be Decieving
- Dark wings over Freeport
- Then and Now; or, Thirty-Six Years in the Rockies. Personal Reminiscences of Some of the First Pioneers of the State of Montana. Indians and Indian Wars. the Past and Present of the Rocky Mountain Country. 1864-1900
- Report on the World Bank's whistleblower procedures
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Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Robert Francis Vaughn, Ph.D. (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor noted for stage, film and television work. He was, perhaps, best known as suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s television series, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," and as Albert Stroller in the BBC One series, "Hustle."
Known for
- The American Side — Silver Haired Man2016
- Gold Star — Carmine2016
- I Am Steve McQueen — Self2014
- The Magnificent Eleven — American Bob2013
- Excuse Me for Living — Jacob2012
- Playhouse Presents — Iris (voice)2012
- Come Fly With Me: The Story of Pan Am — Self2011
- Little Britain USA2008
- The Warrior Class — Braddock2007
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show — Self2007
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-04-12
- Active to
- 1991-09-26
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 40
- Total plays
- 227
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,762x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,528x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,809x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,769x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,465x
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Key facts
- Born
- Robert Francis Vaughn , ( 1932-11-22 ) November 22, 1932, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11) (aged 83), Danbury, Connecticut , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1940s–2016
- Political party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Linda Staab ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 )
- Awards
- See article
- Education
- University of Minnesota Los Angeles City College Los Angeles State College ( MA ) University of Southern California ( PhD )
- Thesis
- The Influence of the House Committee on Un-American Activities on the American Theater 1938–58 (1970)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Danbury
- Child
- Matthew Vaughn
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Official website
- www.officialrobertvaughn.com
- Image
- Robert Vaughn Napoleon Solo.JPG
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Robert Vaughn
- date of birth
- 1932-11-22
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- date of death
- 2016-11-11
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- leukemia
- name in native language
- Robert Francis Vaughn
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Francis Vaughn (November 22, 1932 – November 11, 2016) was an American actor and political activist, whose career in film, television and theater spanned nearly six decades and who was best known for his role as the secret agent Napoleon Solo on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–68). He was a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, two Laurel Awards, and four times for the Golden Globe Award. Vaughn also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Vaughn had his breakthrough role as disabled, drunken war veteran Chester A. Gwynn in The Young Philadelphians, earning him a 1960 Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently appeared in scores of films, notably as gunman Lee in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Walter Chalmers in Bullitt, Major Paul Krueger in The Bridge at Remagen (1969), the voice of Proteus IV in Demon Seed (1977) and Ross Webster in Superman III (1983).
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