Writing

Robert Foster

Born — Died

1938-08-13 — 2011-05-30

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

7 titles

Robert Foster was born on August 13, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Knight Rider (1982), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Run for Your Life (1965). He died on May 30, 2011 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

Known for

L.A. Confidential poster
7.8

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

L.A. Confidential

1997

The Contractor poster
5.5

Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.

The Contractor

2007

Dead Bang poster
6.4

Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside the violent world of hate groups and white supremacists, who are hatching a deadly plot to attack even more innocent people. Beck must also confront his own personal demons, including his growing problem with alcohol, if he wants to track down and stop the violent neo-Nazis before it is too late.

Dead Bang

1989

I, Desire poster
5.7

A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girlfriend's place of employment (a hospital), prostitutes, a defrocked priest, and vampires.

I, Desire

1982

The New Maverick poster
5.0

Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail of a fast buck.

The New Maverick

1978

Ernest in the Army poster
3.9

Ernest P. Worrell is now in the military as a soldier. Once he begins, him and his team investigates a dictator who was responsible for the wars in the nearly village. Suddenly, Ernest finds a lost boy and has to keep him safe until his father recovers.

Ernest in the Army

1998

Film credits

Behind the camera