Robert Sisk
Robert F. Sisk (March 20, 1903 – February 25, 1964) was an American film producer.
Sources differ as to his birthplace, with some indicating
Pokeshaw in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. After working as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun and Variety, he began working as a publicity director, first for the Theatre Guild and then for RKO Pictures.[1] In the late 1930s he became a producer and made a number of movies with John Farrow at RKO, including Five Came Back (1939).[2]
He later worked at MGM and produced for TV.
His wife died in 1957. They had one daughter.[3] Sisk died in Los Angeles at age 60.
Select credits
- Little Women (1933)
- The Three Musketeers (1935)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- The Plough and the Stars (1936)
- The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
- Five Came Back (1939)
- A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
- The Forest Rangers (1942)
- Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
- Courage of Lassie (1946)
- Master of Lassie(1948)
- The Sun Comes Up (1949)
- Challenge to Lassie (1949)
- Tension (1949)
References
- ^ "Sisk, 60, One of Major Film Producers in 1930s, Dies". The Baltimore Sun. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ProQuest 151106620– via ProQuest.
- ProQuest 167176549– via ProQuest.
External links
- Robert Sisk at IMDb
- Robert Sisk at TCMDB
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