Robert Downey Sr, the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr, has died aged 85.
Key points:
- Downey Sr was a Hollywood journeyman who made a name for himself with radical, anti-establishment films
- He also acted in films, playing Thomas Bateman in To Live and Die in LA, the studio manager in Boogie Nights and the show director in Magnolia
- His son, Robert Downey Jr, described his late father as a "maverick filmmaker" who endured the "ravages of Parkinson's" disease
Downey Jr wrote on Instagram that his father died late Tuesday (local time) in his sleep at home in New York.
He had Parkinson’s disease for more than five years.
"Last night, dad passed peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson's," Downey Jr wrote.
“According to my stepmom’s calculations, they were happily married for just over 2,000 years.”
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Downey was a Hollywood journeyman who made a name for himself with radical, anti-establishment films, like the low-budget Madison Avenue advertising industry satire Putney Swope and the Western Jesus parable Greaser’s Palace starring Allan Arbus.
His son, Robert Downey Jr, daughter Allyson Downey and first wife Elsie Downey also appeared in Greaser’s Palace.
He also acted in films, playing Thomas Bateman in To Live and Die in LA, the studio manager in Boogie Nights and the show director in Magnolia.
Born in New York City in 1936 as Robert Elias Jr, he later changed his surname to Downey — his stepfather’s name — in order to enlist in the army early.
After the army, he got into filmmaking by chance while living in New York with his sister.
The last film he directed was the 2005 documentary Rittenhouse Square, about a small Philadelphia park.
The elder Downey is also survived by his wife, bestselling author Rosemary Rogers.
AP
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