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Robert Symonds

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Robert Symonds Veteran

Birth
Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
23 Aug 2007 (aged 80)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Somewhere in California Add to Map
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Actor.

Fought in World War 2.

A central figure of San Francisco's Actor's Workshop, one of the country's first regional theaters, he later became a leading L.A.-based stage actor. He also managed to perform in local theater productions there.

Married to Priscilla Pointer.

Guest starred on "Dynasty" as Dr. Jonas Edwards.

Appeared in films like The Exorcist (1973) as Dr. Taney, The Honorable Sam Houston (1975 TV), The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975 TV), Linda Lovelace for President (1975), Tail Gunner Joe (1977 TV) as President Harry Truman, Gray Lady Down (1978) with Charlton Heston, Murder in Texas (1981 TV) with Farrah Fawcett, The Blue and the Gray (1982 TV Mini-series) as Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Rumpelstiltskin (1987), C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989), An Enemy of the People (1990 TV), Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990 TV Mini-series), Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Mystery (2000 TV), and Catch Me If You Can (2002).

Robert Symonds passed away in 2007.
Actor.

Fought in World War 2.

A central figure of San Francisco's Actor's Workshop, one of the country's first regional theaters, he later became a leading L.A.-based stage actor. He also managed to perform in local theater productions there.

Married to Priscilla Pointer.

Guest starred on "Dynasty" as Dr. Jonas Edwards.

Appeared in films like The Exorcist (1973) as Dr. Taney, The Honorable Sam Houston (1975 TV), The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975 TV), Linda Lovelace for President (1975), Tail Gunner Joe (1977 TV) as President Harry Truman, Gray Lady Down (1978) with Charlton Heston, Murder in Texas (1981 TV) with Farrah Fawcett, The Blue and the Gray (1982 TV Mini-series) as Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Rumpelstiltskin (1987), C.H.U.D. II - Bud the Chud (1989), An Enemy of the People (1990 TV), Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990 TV Mini-series), Getting Away with Murder: The JonBenet Ramsey Mystery (2000 TV), and Catch Me If You Can (2002).

Robert Symonds passed away in 2007.

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