Robert Donner

Career timeline

1. 1931 · Born

   Born in New York City, New York, USA

2. 1954 · Screen debut

   Lassie (TV)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1997 · Latest release

   Dharma & Greg (TV)

5. 2006 · Died

   June 8, 2006

Career in numbers

5 1950s

16 1960s

20 1970s

13 1980s

5 1990s

• Drama42
• Action & Adventure17
• Crime16
• Western16
• Comedy11
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy7

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Donner in our catalogue.

Lawrence Dobkin

8 titles together

Robert Douglas

6 titles together

Ted Post

5 titles together

Abner Biberman

5 titles together

Kenneth Johnson

4 titles together

Ivan Goff

3 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

3 titles together

John Astin

3 titles together

Lorne Greene

2 titles together

Booker Bradshaw

2 titles together

1. 1997 Dharma & Greg as Joe 6.4 TV
2. 1996 Early Edition as Lucius Snow 7.4 TV
3. 1995 The Naked Truth as Mr. Clench 6.5 TV
4. 1995 Legend TV
5. 1992 Hearts Afire as Sheriff TV
6. 1988 In the Heat of the Night 7.6 TV
7. 1986 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Swarma 4.9 Movie
8. 1986 Starman as Joe Connell 7.0 TV
9. 1986 Matlock as Roy 7.0 TV
10. 1985 MacGyver as Benjamin Wintergreen 7.7 TV
11. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Silas Pike 7.5 TV
12. 1984 Blue Thunder as Neil Gerrard 6.9 TV
13. 1983 The A-Team as Sheriff J.C. Bickford 7.5 TV
14. 1982 Voyagers! as Buffalo Bill Cody 7.7 TV
15. 1982 Fame 6.8 TV
16. 1981 Falcon Crest as Tucker Fixx 5.6 TV
17. 1981 Simon & Simon as Cody Dexter 6.7 TV
18. 1981 The Fall Guy 7.7 TV
19. 1979 B. J. and the Bear 5.6 TV
20. 1978 Mork & Mindy as Exidor 7.1 TV
21. 1977 The Incredible Hulk as Mr. Benedict 7.2 TV
22. 1977 CHiPs as Coby 6.8 TV
23. 1977 Eight Is Enough 6.2 TV
24. 1977 How the West Was Won as Mr. Evans 7.0 TV
25. 1977 Code R as Bo Plummer TV
26. 1976 Charlie's Angels as Korbin 6.7 TV
27. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Bart Younger 8.0 TV
28. 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man as Horace Milser 7.3 TV
29. 1973 Griff as Roscoe Horvath TV
30. 1973 High Plains Drifter as Preacher 7.3 Movie
31. 1972 The Waltons as Yancy Tucker 7.1 TV
32. 1971 McMillan & Wife as Price 6.9 TV
33. 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Detective Coombs TV
34. 1971 Columbo as Drunk 8.1 TV
35. 1971 Cannon 6.8 TV
36. 1971 Vanishing Point as Old Cop 7.1 Movie
37. 1971 Alias Smith and Jones 6.9 TV
38. 1970 McCloud as Val 7.2 TV
39. 1968 The Mod Squad as George Thomas 6.1 TV
40. 1968 Adam-12 as Teejay 7.0 TV
41. 1967 Cool Hand Luke as Boss Shorty 7.7 Movie
42. 1967 Mannix as Rizo 6.9 TV
43. 1967 The High Chaparral as Sam Pelletier 6.7 TV
44. 1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett as Lou Parkin TV
45. 1967 Garrison's Gorillas TV
46. 1967 Ironside as Ralph Burns 6.8 TV
47. 1966 El Dorado as Milt 7.4 Movie
48. 1965 Laredo TV
49. 1965 The Big Valley as Pete Haunch 6.2 TV
50. 1965 Run for Your Life as Sheriff Hinkleman TV
51. 1964 Daniel Boone as Pike 7.0 TV
52. 1963 The Nutty Professor as College Student (uncredited) 6.5 Movie
53. 1962 Combat! as American GI 8.0 TV
54. 1962 The Virginian as Matt Dooley 6.5 TV
55. 1959 Bonanza as Owen 7.5 TV
56. 1959 Rio Bravo as (uncredited) 7.8 Movie
57. 1959 Rawhide as Toland 7.3 TV
58. 1955 Gunsmoke as Gil Boylan 6.7 TV
59. 1954 Lassie as Clay Braddock 6.3 TV

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