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Robert Florey

Robert Florey

1900 – 1979·Paris, France

Robert Florey (14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor.

Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland. In 1920 he worked at first as a film journalist, then as an assistant and extra in featurettes from Louis Feuillade. Florey moved to the United States in 1921.

Filmography

The Cocoanuts

The Cocoanuts

1929
The Hole in the Wall

The Hole in the Wall

1929