Robert Wagner

Movie Actor

Robert Wagner was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States on February 10th, 1930 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 94, Robert Wagner biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
February 10, 1930
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Age
94 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Networth
$20 Million
Profession
Film Actor, Film Producer, Television Actor
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Robert Wagner Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
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Natalie Wood ​ ​(m. 1957; div. 1962)​ ​ ​(m. 1972; died 1981)​, Marion Marshall ​ ​(m. 1963; div. 1971)​, Jill St. John ​ ​(m. 1990)​
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2, including Katie Wagner
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Lana Wood (sister-in-law), Natasha Gregson Wagner (stepdaughter)
Robert Wagner Life

Robert John Wagner Jr. (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor best known for his appearances in the television series It Takes a Thief (1968–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984).

Teddy Leopold on the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men, as well as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. on the police procedural NCIS. Wagner is best known for his role in films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as A Kiss Before Dying, Harper, The Towering Inferno, and many others. Wagner was named as a person of concern in an ongoing probe into Natalie Wood's unexplained drowning death in 1981.

Early life

Wagner was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 10, 1930. He is the uncle of Hazel Alvera (née Boe), a telephone operator, and Robert John Wagner, a traveling salesman who worked for Ford Motor Company. Robert Wagner's paternal grandparents came from Germany.

Personal life

Wagner said in his memoirs that he had affairs with Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Anita Ekberg, Shirley Anne Field, Lori Nelson, and Joan Collins. Since he appeared together in the film Titanic (1953), he has dated Barbara Stanwyck for four years. They kept the affair private to avoid damaging their careers, according to Wagner. She was 22, she was 45. Wagner is reported to have had affairs with guys as well.

Wagner first performed with Natalie Wood, an 18-year-old actor, in 1956, when he was 26 years old. They were married in Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 28, 1957. Natalie shocked her husband in the summer of 1961, when he was on a break from filming Splendor (1961). On June 20, 1961, the two married and divorced on April 27, 1962.

Wagner reunited with Marion Marshall, an old friend, while on location in Europe. Wagner, Marshall and her two sons from her marriage to Stanley Donen returned to America after a two-year courtship. On July 21, 1963 at the Bronx Courthouse, Wagner and Marshall married. Katie, the child's mother, was born 1964. They married in June 1970 and divorced on October 14, 1971.

Wagner lived with Tina Sinatra from June 1970 to January 1972. Wagner revived his passion with Wood right away. They remarried on July 16 aboard the Ramblin' Rose, anchored off the coast of Malibu's Paradise Cove. They had a daughter, Courtney (born 1974). Wagner assumed the legal guardian of her daughter by Wood's death in late 1981, then Natasha's ninth child. Lana Wood, his ex sister-in-law, was also gradually separated from him. Lana has denied publicly that Natalie caught Wagner in the arms of another man.

Wagner began dating actress Jill St. John, who had not seen him since the late 1950s. Wagner's memoir includes an early snapshot of them together in 1959, when they were on the run when they were young contract players at Fox. They married on May 26, 1990, after eight years together. This is Wagner and St. John's fourth marriage, and it has lasted longer than both Wagner and St. John's six previous marriages combined. The pair appeared in six films between 1967 and 2014, most of which were low-budget, and in the first episode of Hart to Hart, together, and they appeared on stage in a 1996 production of Love Letters.

Katie Wagner, Marshall's daughter, gave birth to her son Riley John Wagner-Lewis in 2006. Wagner was a first-time grandfather.

Wagner and St. John sold the Brentwood ranchette, which had been owned since 1983, for $14 million in August. The couple now reside in Aspen, Colorado, where they built a holiday home in 1995. They also have a condo in Los Angeles.

Wood died on November 29, 1981, while moored near Catalina Island, under unexplained circumstances. Wood, Christopher Walken, John Walken, co-starring with her in the Splendour's captain (1983), and Dennis Davern were on board. Georgianne, Walken's wife, was never on the trip, and it has never been explained. Wood was not there when he went to bed, and according to his spokesman, he believed Wood had taken off on a tiny inflatable boat by herself, as she had before. Wood's body was discovered about a mile away from the yacht, but the inflatable boat was discovered nearby. Wood had 39 new bruises on her body, including an abrasion on her left cheek, according to the autopsy report.

Wagner acknowledged that he had an argument with Wood before she left but that he had calmed down and gone to bed later. Wood's blood alcohol level was 0.4% and there were traces of two types of drugs in her bloodstream: a motion-sickness pill and a painkiller, both of which enhance the effects of alcohol. Two witnesses, who were on another boat nearby, said they had heard a woman screaming for assistance during the night. Thomas Noel, a Los Angeles County coroner, ruled her death an accident by drowning and hypothermia.

Wood had been left in a dinghy to go ashore, according to detectives; the investigation was revived in November 2011, however, after Davern publicly admitted that he lied to police during the initial probe, and that Wood and Wagner had an altercation that evening. Wood told him that he had been flirting with Walken, that Wagner was jealous and enraged, and that after Wood's disappearance, Wagner had barred Davern from turning on the search lights and notifying authorities. Wagner was blamed for Wood's death, according to Davern, and he believed that Wagner had purposefully kept the probe into Wood's death "low-profile."

Chief Coroner Coroner Lakshmanan updated Wood's death certificate and changed the cause of her death from accidental drowning to "drowning and other undetermined causes," according to the amended document. Wood's autopsy report was published on January 14, 2013. She may have developed some of the bruises on her body before she went into the water and drowned, according to the organization.

Wagner was designated as a "person of concern" in the probe into Wood's death on February 1, 2018. Robert Wagner has denied any involvement in Wood's death.

Wagner was listed as a suspect in 2022, but a LAPD lieutenant was quoted as saying that "all leads in the Natalie Wood investigation have been exhausted, and the lawsuit remains an open, unsolved lawsuit."

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Robert Wagner Career

Career

Wagner, who failed screen test directed by Fred Zinnemann for his film Teresa (1951), was represented by Albert R. Broccoli. He made his uncredited film debut in The Happy Years (1950); he was signed by agent Henry Willson and put under 20th Century Fox control.

Wagner recalled, "I started off as an ingenue." "I was 19 years old when I first heard of it." I was the boy next door. But you've always felt you should do your best, and you'd have a better picture in the upcoming film. Darryl Zanuck was always placing me in different situations, and he was always in different roles.

Halls of Montezuma (1951), a World War II film, was Wagner's first film for Fox. Wagner had a supporting role, with Richard Widmark as the lead. Jeffrey Hunter, another young male under contract to the studio, with whom Wagner would often film, was brought into the studio for a similar function in another war film, The Frogmen (1951), again with Widmark; the cast also included another young male under contract to the studio; also with Wagner; Let's Make It Legal (1951) was a sitcom in which Wagner praised an older actor, in this case, Claudette Colbert.

In With a Song in My Heart (1952), Wagner first attracted a lot of attention with a small but showy role as a shell-shocked soldier.

"You were part of the twentieth Century Fox," he said. "You felt proud to be a member of the group." When I wasn't working, I was on the road, going out and selling movies, or dancing on the stage, and meeting the public. "They never let you chill."

Wagner started to play larger roles on Fox. In Stars and Stripes Forever (1952), a film about John Philip Sousa starring Clifton Webb, he was the romantic lead. In John Ford's adaptation of What Price Glory (1952) and then backed Webb again in Titanic (1953). He was in a minor Western, The Silver Whip (1953) with Rory Calhoun.

In Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953), Wagner appeared in his first film appearance. While the movie was bad, it was only the third film to be shot in CinemaScope, and it was a huge success.

Also famous was a Western, Broken Lance (1954), where Wagner aided Spencer Tracy for film Edward Dmytryk, who appeared as Tracy's son. In a costly spectacle, Prince Valiant (1954), Fox gave Wagner the lead. Though Wagner later admitted that his wig in the film made him look like Jane Wyman, a common, critical reception was poor, and he later joked that his wig made him look like Jane Wyman. In a Western, White Feather (1955), he was partnered with Jeffrey Hunter.

Wagner was borrowed by Paramount for The Mountain (1956), directed by Dmytryk, where Wagner appeared as Spencer Tracy's brother in the same director's Broken Lance just two years ago. The lead in A Kiss Before Dying (1956), by Ira Levin; it was produced for Crown Productions, a Darryl F. Zanuck's brother in law, and was released by United Artists; he received more critical acclaim for his role in the film.

In Between Heaven and Hell (1956), a war film, and Jesse James' "The True Story of Jesse (1957), a leading role for director Nicholas Ray (Jeffrey Hunter was Frank). Both films were box office disappointments, and it seemed Wagner was unable to make the move from top-level actor to top-level actor. When this was first announced in Stopover Tokyo (1957), it seemed that he was the pilot.

In 1959, Wagner disparaged the film:

Wagner played Robert Mitchum in a Korean War movie (1958) and appeared in a World War II drama, In Love and War (1958), the former was a hit.

Wagner aided Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds in Say One for Me (1959), after a cameo in Mardi Gras (1958).

Wagner, a young boy who wanted to jump-start his career, appeared alongside his then-wife Natalie Wood (they married in 1957) in All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960), which was made for MGM. The film was a flop.

Wagner and Wood's first two letters, Rona Productions, were founded in January 1961 by Wagner and Wood, who named their own business after the first two letters of both their first names. Rona agreed to a three-picture contract with Columbia pictures for Wagner's services, which were to begin with Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) and The Interns. He had a contract to make one more film at Fox, which would have been entitled Solo, the story of a jazz drummer directed by Dick Powell, or The Comancheros with Gary Cooper.

Wagner built Sail a Crooked Ship, but The Interns' contributions to James MacArthur was not recognized. Solo was never made, and the Comancheros were made instead with John Wayne and Stuart Whitman. In England, Wagner produced The War Lover (1962), which was directed by Steve McQueen.

Wagner's first marriage to Wood had broken down, and he had to relocate to Europe. He appeared in The Longest Day (1962), a film produced by Daryl Zanuck for Fox. Despite being directed by Vittorio de Sica and co-starring Sophia Loren, he was a bigger actor in The Condemned of Altona (1962), a commercial and critical disappointment.

The Pink Panther (1963), a major hit, was much more popular, but Wagner's involvement was largely in favor of David Niven, Capucine, Peter Sellers, and Claudia Cardinale. Blake Edwards, who wanted Wagner to lead The Great Race (1965), but Jack L. Warner overruled him.

For the first time since returning to America, he appeared in Mister Roberts' lead role for a week at a holiday resort just outside Chicago. Wagner did not have a passion for the theatre, and he was delighted to return to Hollywood to play a key role in the modern-day private investigator hit, Harper (1966), starring Paul Newman.

Wagner joined Universal Pictures in 1966, starring future wife Jill St. John in the films How I Spent My Summer Holiday, a made-for-TV film released in the United Kingdom as Deadly Roulette and Banning (1967). He was back to Italy to make a caper film with Raquel Welch for MGM, The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968), but it was not a success.

Lew Wasserman of Universal convinced Wagner to make his television debut on ABC-TV in 1966. Wagner continued, "I was against doing Thief." "I want you to be in the TV Guide every week,' Lew Wasserman said. This is your medium, so you'll be amazed.' Roland Kibbee wrote the role for me, and if I hadn't listened to Lew, I may have missed all of it."

Although Wagner's comeback began with The Pink Panther and Harper, his first television series completed it, two-and-a-half seasons. He appeared alongside Fred Astaire, who played his father in this series. Wagner was a longtime Astaire pal, having gone to school with Astaire's eldest son, Peter. Wagner's performance earned him an Emmy Award for Best TV Actor.

Don't Just Stand There! During the making of the series, he made a film for Universal. Mary Tyler Moore (1968) with Mary Tyler Moore. It was not a success. Winning (1969), a racing car drama in which Wagner favored Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, was more popular. In The Name of the Game (1970), he also appeared.

Albert Broccoli, Wagner's friend and agent, suggested that he audition for James Bond, but the agent decided against it.

Wagner appeared in City Beneath the Sea (1971), but it wasn't picked up. He produced and starred himself opposite Bette Davis in the made-for-TV film Madame Sin, which was theatrically distributed outside of Europe as a feature film.

For the bulk of the war II prisoner-of-war drama Colditz (1972–1974), he was a regular participant. He reunited with McQueen, as well as Paul Newman and Faye Dunaway, in the disaster film The Towering Inferno, which was released in the same year. Wagner's role was huge, although Wagner's role was relatively small.

After re-signing a deal with Universal in 1974, Wagner's television career hit its high in the 1970s, opposite Eddie Albert, Sharon Gless, and Charlie Callas). After watching the film Brother Rat with a few others, Albert became a childhood hero of Wagner. The friendship began in the early 1960s, where he also appeared in a few Albert's films. The two people remained close friends until Albert's death on May 26, 2005, after the conclusion of the series. Wagner spoke at his funeral and gave a testimonial about his long-time friendship with him.

In partial compensation for appearing together in the Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg production The Affair, Wagner, and Natalie Wood, the producers were rewarded with a portion of three TV series that the producers were developing for ABC. Wagner and Wood's Angels, a very popular television series, had a 50% interest, but Wagner would not spend many years in court arguing for profit over Spelling and Goldberg.

In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976), Wagner and Wood appeared as part of Olivier's television series Laurence Olivier Presents for the United Kingdom's Granada Television.

Wagner appeared in a few Universal films, including Midway (1976) and The Concorde (1979).

Hart to Hart, co-starring Stefanie Powers and Lionel Stander, and it was broadcast on ABC-TV from 1979 to 1984. Wagner's third hit series, Hart to Hart, was a hit at the time. No one else had been seriously considered for the position. George Hamilton was in high demand at the time and was suggested, but producer Aaron Spelling said that if he were cast "the audience would condemn him for being so wealthy." But no one will be able to spare RJ [Wagner] a nickel."

Wagner resurrects his old Pink Panther role in Curse of the Pink Panther (1983). He was also instrumental in the success of I Am the Cheese (1983).

In the short-lived television series Lime Street (1985), he played an insurance investigator.

"Bad-guy roles work if they're really good characters," he said in 1985, but they don't come along very often. I've found that what I've been doing has been beneficial to me. Sure, I'd like to do a Clint Eastwood, grizzled, down-and-out guy, but there aren't many scripts like that; to do otherwise would put me in jeopardy; but not many scripts like that.

Wagner appeared in a TV film with Audrey Hepburn, Love Among Thieves (1987), and in a miniseries with Jaclyn Smith, Windmills of the Gods (1988). In the 90 Days (1989), he and St. John worked with Pierce Brosnan in the miniseries Around the World reimagined. Tom Mankiewicz was a supporting role in Delirious (1991). Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), where Wagner appeared as a producer, was more popular. On stage with Stefanie Powers, Wagner performed Love Letters. In a series of television shows, the Hart characters were also reprised.

After being cast in the Austin Powers series of spy spoofs starring Mike Myers, Wagner's film career flourished. Dr. Wagner was a Dr. In all three films, Evil's henchman Number 2: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002). He appeared in Wild Things (1998), Crazy in Alabama (1999), Play It to the Bone (2000), Becoming Dick (2001), Sol Goode (2001).

Wagner became the host of Fox Movie Channel's Hour of Stars (1955), a film in which Wagner had appeared in his early days in the studio. Wagner became a television spokesperson for the Senior Lending Network, a reverse mortgage lender, in 2005, and in 2010 he began serving as a spokesperson for the Guardian First Funding Group, a reverse mortgage lender. Urban Financial Group, who now employ Mr. Wagner as their spokesperson, has acquired Guardian First Funding as of June 2011.

Wagner appeared in the BBC/AMC series Hustle in 2007. Wagner played a crooked Texan in season four's premiere, receiving half a million dollars. "To have one of the American caper television icons, from It Takes a Thief and Hart to Hart," Robert Glenister (Hustle's fixer, Ash Morgan), said, "to have one of the period's icons is a huge bonus for all of us." In the comedy/horror film Netherbeast Incorporated (2006), Wagner also played President James Garfield. With Wagner in mind, the role was created. On the sitcom Two and a Half Men, he appeared as a wealthy suitor to the main characters' mother. In May 2008, he made his last appearances on the show.

Anthony DiNozzo Sr., Anthony DiNozzo Jr.'s father, is played by Michael Weatherly, has appeared in 13 episodes of NCIS. Weatherly had appeared in The Mystery of Natalie Wood before.

In the 2011 remake of Charlie's Angels, Wagner was supposed to appear as Charlie but had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts.

Despite his apparent distaste for being on The Biggest Bundle of Them All, the two characters reunited 50 years later on the 2017 Canadian series Date My Dad.

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Natalie Wood's Bond Girl sister Lana reveals new Indie movie role after being homeless

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 7, 2022
Lana, now 76, was thrust into fame after appearing as James Bond's girlfriend in an action-packed 1971 film starring Sean Connery. However, the actress faced tough times in 2017 and was forced to live in a motel with her cancer-stricken daughter, her son-in-law, and her three grandkids after being barred from their house. At the time, she attributed high medical bills and little work as the reason she was unable to afford a place to live; her daughter died the same year as heart failure at the age 42. Now, the actress has turned her life around, thanks to her followers, who helped raise her $40,000 on a GoFundMe page set up by a family friend. Lana is currently gearing up to appear in a upcoming Indie film called Dog Boy, which opens tomorrow, and she couldn't be more 'grateful' for the role. Although the 76-year-old said that returning to a movie set was 'frightening' and "a little overwhelming," she said in the end, it'felt like coming home. She is seen promoting her latest film (left), with her late sister Natalie (top right), and in Diamonds Are Forever (bottom right).