Robert Lehrer
Robert Kafka Lehrer was a stage, motion picture and television actor.Robert Lehrer was the son of Morris Lehrer, a Los Angeles pharmacist, and Charlotte Kafka. Robert received bachelor's and master's degrees from UCLA in theater arts. He earned a PhD in theater arts from Stanford University in 1962 with a dissertation entitled "Social Awareness in the Folk Plays of Carl Zuckmayer, 1925-1931." Lehrer served in the US Army during the Korean War.Actor
Following a five-year apprenticeship with John Houseman's Professional Theater Group in Hollywood, Lehrer continued his acting career in Germany, doing commercials for the ZDF, creating voiceovers for HR Radio, as well as appearing in over thirty English-language stage productions. Lehrer returned to New York, appeared in many Off-Off-Broadway productions, and played Newton in The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton. He had a principal role in a fall episode of the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. He was also featured in the films Marie and Bruce, starring Julianne Moore and Matthew Broderick; Virgin starring Elisabeth Moss; Descent starring Rosario Dawson; Our Italian Husband starring Brooke Shields.*
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