Robert Wyler

Robert Wyler

  • Birthday: 1900-09-25
  • Deathday: 1971-01-17

Biography

Robert Wyler (September 25, 1900 – January 17, 1971) was a Swiss-American film producer and associate producer. He was the older brother of film director William Wyler and a nephew of Universal Studios head, Carl Laemmle. Wyler was born in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany (now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France). His first credit was as a producer in 1928, and he made several unsuccessful attempts at directing in the early 1930s. Wyler found success in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was associate producer of his brother's adaptation of The Heiress (1949), which was nominated for Best Film at the Academy Awards and won its star, Olivia de Havilland, her second Oscar. Wyler himself was nominated for Best Screenplay for Detective Story (1951), another film directed by his brother and a controversial hit in its day. He was involved as an associate producer on most of his brother's films through the 1950s, such as Roman Holiday (1953) and Friendly Persuasion (1956). Then 47-year-old Wyler married 24-year-old actress Cathy O'Donnell on April 11, 1948. They had met two years earlier, while she was being directed by his brother in The Best Years of Our Lives. She died in 1970, on their 22nd wedding anniversary, following a long illness. Robert Wyler died nine months later, on January 17, 1971.

Production

Dodsworth

1936

As Additional Writing

It Happened in Paris

1935

As Director

The Wonderful Day

1932

As Director

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923

As Assistant Director

The Heiress

1949

As Associate Producer

The Desperate Hours

1955

As Associate Producer

Detective Story

1951

As Associate Producer

Roman Holiday

1953

As Associate Producer

How to Steal a Million

1966

As Production Assistant

The Children's Hour

1961

As Associate Producer

Friendly Persuasion

1956

As Associate Producer

The Big Country

1958

As Associate Producer

Detective Story

1951

As Screenplay

The Big Country

1958

As Adaptation

The Last Train from Madrid

1937

As Screenplay

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937

As Screenplay

The Gentleman Misbehaves

1946

As Screenplay

Murder Goes to College

1937

As Screenplay

keyboard_arrow_up