Roberts Blossom
Date of birth: 1924-03-25
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Roberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924 – July 8, 2011) was an American poet and character actor of theatre, film, and television. He was best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990)
Movie Credits
Home Alone
1990-11-16
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977-12-14
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in
Escape from Alcatraz
1979-06-22
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988-05-28
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutio
Always
1989-12-22
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love
Doc Hollywood
1991-08-02
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucr
Reuben, Reuben
1983-12-19
A drunken Scottish poet who has not written a word in years feels compelled to regain control of his
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972-03-15
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so
The Quick and the Dead
1995-02-09
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by
Christine
1983-12-09
Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes ob
Balloon Farm
1999-03-28
As soon as Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysteriou
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
2000-10-07
Full Blossom: The Life Of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom takes a look at Blossom's work onscreen, as wel
Deranged
1974-02-02
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and tea
Flashpoint
1984-04-19
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box
Citizens Band
1977-05-18
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's ba
Resurrection
1980-09-26
The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she h
Johnny Belinda
1982-10-19
While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond be
John Brown's Raid
1960-10-25
White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 b
The Rimers of Eldritch
1972-11-04
Lanford Wilson's prize-winning drama about life in a played-out coal town in the Midwest. Against th
The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the myste
Family Reunion
1981-10-11
Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While s
Death Falls
1991-01-01
A terminally ill man gets his buddy to bust him out of the hospital. But, in the process, the duo an
An Empire of Reason
1988-07-03
Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constituti
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990-11-25
This anthology gathers four episodes of the 1985-87 television series "Amazing Stories." Santa Claus
The Hospital
1971-12-14
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his perso
The Gold Bug
1980-02-02
Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Isla
The American Clock
1993-01-02
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972-01-01
A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the lat
Candy Mountain
1988-01-20
A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker.
The Sin of Jesus
1961-12-10
An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.
Vision Quest
1985-02-15
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain
The Habitation of Dragons
1992-09-08
Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their fa
Please Stand By
1972-06-06
Young New York City activists, led by street singer Freemont Zappata and his girl friend, Marian, hi
The Wall
1982-02-16
A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of
The Great Masquerade
1974-04-06
In order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers, a cop is sent undercover to participate in a drag-q
Taylor Mead Dances
1962-01-01
Tayor travels in his white Rolls Royce to the Second City nightclub, where he dances. With Tayor Mea
Noon Wine
1985-01-21
The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives o