Robert Fortier

Acting

Robert Fortier

Born 1936-11-05 · West Hollywood, California, USA

Robert Fortier was a dancer, actor, boat-builder, sailor and a commercial fisherman. A character actor and dancer with stage experience from Broadway in "Pal Joey" (1952) and "Me and Juliet" (1953). Robert Fortier appeared in 47 feature films and TV-productions from 1950 to 1985. He frequently worked with director Robert Altman.

Acting credits

Singin' in the Rain poster
8.1

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

Singin' in the Rain

1952

Popeye poster
5.6

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.

Popeye

1980

3 Women poster
7.1

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

3 Women

1977

Heaven Can Wait poster
6.7

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

Heaven Can Wait

1978

McCabe & Mrs. Miller poster
7.2

A gambler and a prostitute become thriving business partners in a remote Old West mining town until a large corporation arrives on the scene.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971

Show Boat poster
6.2

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Show Boat

1951

Incubus poster
5.7

On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.

Incubus

1966

A Wedding poster
6.3

Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.

A Wedding

1978

O.C. and Stiggs poster
4.5

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek revenge against the upper-middle-class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: excess.

O.C. and Stiggs

1987

Texas Carnival poster
5.4

A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.

Texas Carnival

1951

HealtH poster
5.4

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tricks, backroom corruption and bizarre personal behavior threaten to undermine the entire affair.

HealtH

1980

Alexander The Great poster
5.0

An historical film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king that united all ancient Greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then-known world and created a Greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India.

Alexander The Great

1968

The Girl Rush poster
5.3

When her compulsive-gambler father dies, leaving her with an inheritance that amounts to zip, single gal Kim Halliday jumps at a caller's claim that she's part-owner of a Las Vegas "hotel." But hilarity ensues when she flies to Sin City to see it. While a wealthy casino owner eyes her dilapidated property, she takes a chance and tries to sell it to an hotelier's wealthy son.

The Girl Rush

1955

Lady in the Dark poster
7.7

The unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine is undergoing psychoanalysis.

Lady in the Dark

1954