Robert Brower
actor, writer
- Born:
- 1850-07-14, Point Pleasant, New York, USA
- Died:
- 1934-12-08, West Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, writer
Biography
On a summer day in 1850, the Hudson River town of Point Pleasant welcomed Robert Brower into the world. Over the next eight decades he morphed from small-town boy to sought-after character actor and storyteller, leaving footprints on Broadway before stepping into the new glow of cinema. Early silent audiences remember his wry authority in How Mrs. Murray Saved the American Army (1911), his roguish charm threading through Vanity Fair (1915), and the weathered wisdom that anchored The Little Minister (1921). Brower’s pen proved as busy as his voice: he supplied scripts and stage sketches that kept theaters buzzing from Manhattan to Chicago. When the final curtain fell on 8 December 1934, he was relaxing in West Hollywood, California, closing a life that had spanned stagecoaches to soundstages.
