Roberts Blossom

Roberts Blossom (born Bartholomew Roberts Blossom on January 1, 1924) is an American actor and poet. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut and began acting on stage during the 1950s. During the 1960s, he formed Filmstage, a multimedia avante garde theatrical troupe.^[1]

Blossom graduated from Asheville School in 1941 and attended Harvard University. He acted several theater roles in the 1950s, for which he won the Obie Award four times. He landed his first film roles in the television adaptation of the play Our Town' (1959).

In the thriller Deranged, Blossom played the leading role as killer Ezra Cobb. In the Oscar-winning film drama The Great Gatsby (1974), he was accompanied on-screen by Robert Redford. He won the Soapy Award for his role on Another World, on which he appeared from 1976-1977. In the comedy Doc Hollywood (1991), he appeared on-screen with Michael J. Fox. He retired from acting in the 1990s to pursue writing poetry.

Notable film roles

• The Hospital (1971), as the patient Guernsey, who dies as a result of medical malpractice
• Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), as military officer Wild Bob Cody
• Deranged (1974), as a killer based on Ed Gein
• The Great Gatsby (1974), as Mr. Gatz, the father of Jay Gatsby
• The Rimers of Eldritch (1974), as a hypocritical preacher in a decaying Bible Belt town
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), as a farmer who has had several brushes with the paranormal
• Escape from Alcatraz (1979), as Doc, an inmate with a fondness for painting
• Resurrection (1980), as the estranged father of a woman who has had a near-death experience
• Family Reunion (1981), as Phil King
• Christine (1983), as George LeBay, the old man who sells Arnie Cunningham the famous 1958 Plymouth Fury Christine.
• Amazing Stories "Ghost Train" (1985), as Opa Globe
• Home Alone (1990), as Marley, who salts the sidewalks
• Doc Hollywood (1991), as a judge who sentences Michael J. Fox's character to perform community service but later pardons his case
• The Quick and the Dead (1995), as Doc Wallace

Personal life

Blossom has retired from acting, lived in Berkeley, California, and currently resides in southern California, where he writes poetry. He is formerly married to Beverly Schmidt Blossom. He has two children, a daughter (Debbie) and a son (Michael).

See also

Beverly Schimidt Blossom

References

External links

• Roberts Blossom at the Internet Movie Database
• Roberts Blossom at Allmovie

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