Robert Fortier

Birth : 1936-11-05, West Hollywood, California, USA

Death : 2005-01-01

History

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.

Movies

One Step Away
Director
A troubled teen on the verge of suspension from school must learn to resist the allure of street crime.
O.C. and Stiggs
Wino Jim
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class.
Popeye
Bill Barnacle
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.
Health
Chief of Security
Health is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
A Wedding
Jim Habor
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.
Heaven Can Wait
Wealthy Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
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.
3 Women
Edgar Hart
Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Town drunk
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Alexander The Great
Aristander
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.
Incubus
Olin
On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.
The Girl Rush
Pete Tremaine
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.
Lady in the Dark
Randy
The unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine is undergoing psychoanalysis.
Singin' in the Rain
Gangster in Broadway Melody Ballet (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.