Robert Englund Biography (1949?-) (original) (raw)

1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. William Dudley to Gilbert Ernotte

Full name, Robert Barton Englund; born June 6, 1949 (some sources cite 1947),in Glendale, CA; son of C. Kent (an aeronautics engineer) and Janis (maidenname, McDonald) Englund; married second wife, Roxanne Rogers (an actress), 1986 (divorced, 1988); married Nancy Ellen Booth (a set decorator), October 1,1988 (some sources cite 1989). Addresses: Agent: Joe Rice, Abrams Artists and Associates, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 625, Los Angeles, CA 90069-3502.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director, producer

Birth Details

June 6, 1949?

Glendale, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Whitey, Buster and Billie, Columbia, 1974
• Michael Sutherland, Sunburst (also known as Slashed Dreams), 1974
• Holdup man, Hustle, Paramount, 1975
• Buck, Death Trap (also known as Brutes and Savages, Eaten Alive, Horror Hotel, Horror Hotel Massacre, Legend ofthe Bayou, Murder on the Bayou, and Starlight Slaughter), Motion Picture Marketing, 1976
• First hood, St. Ives, Warner Bros., 1976
• Marty, A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1976
• Franklin, Stay Hungry, United Artists, 1976
• Narrator and Fly, Big Wednesday (also known as Summer of Innocence), Warner Bros., 1978
• Mott, Bloodbrothers (also known as A Father's Love), WarnerBros., 1978
• Beebo Crozier, The Great Smokey Roadblock (also known as The Last of the Cowboys), Dimension, 1978
• Benny, The Fifth Floor, Film Ventures International, 1980
• Harry, Dead and Buried, Avco Embassy, 1981
• Ranger, Galaxy of Terror (also known as An Infinity of Terror, Mindwarp, Mindwarp: An Infinity of Terror, Planet of Horrors, and The Quest), New World, 1981
• Tripper, Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (also known as Vietnam: Hell or Glory), Sanrio Communications, 1982
• Fred "Freddy" Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street, New Line Cinema,1984
• Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part 2: Freddy's Revenge, New Line Cinema, 1985
• Riley, Never Too Young to Die, Paul Entertainment, 1986
• Fred "Freddy" Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, New Line Cinema, 1987
• Fred "Freddy" Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, New Line Cinema, 1988
• Freddy Krueger, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (alsoknown as Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child), New Line Cinema,1989
• Eric Destler (title role), Phantom of the Opera (also known as Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera), Twenty-First Century, 1989
• C.H.U.D. II--Bud the Chud, 1989
• Smiley, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
• Freddy Krueger, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (also known as_A Nightmare on Elm Street 6_), New Line Cinema, 1991
• Anthony Wager/the madame, Dance Macabre, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 1992
• Himself and Freddy Krueger, Wes Craven's New Nightmare (also knownas New Nightmare and Nightmare on Elm Street 7), New Line Cinema, 1994
• Marquis de Sade/Paul Chevaller, Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors (alsoknown as Nightmare, Night Terrors, and Tobe Hooper's Nightmare), 1994
• Bill Gartley, The Mangler, New Line Cinema, 1995
• Member of the inquisition, Vampyre Wars, 1995
• Himself, Mr. Payback: In Interactive Movie, 1995
• "Crazy Man" Cooper, The Paper Brigade (also known as The PaperRoute), Leucadia Film Corp., 1996
• Chief screw, La lengua asesina (also known as Killer Tongue), Buena Vista International Spain, 1996
• Starquest II (also known as Mind Breakers), 1997
• Raymond Beaumont, Wishmaster (also known as Wes Craven's Wishmaster), Live Film and Mediaworks, 1997
• Himself, Halloween ... The Happy Haunting of America!, 1997
• Nemo, Meet the Deedles (also known as The Deedles), Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 1998
• Professor William Wexler, Urban Legend (also known as Mixed Culture and Urban Legends), TriStar, 1998
• Jackson Roth, StrangeLand (also known as Dee Snider's StrangeLand), Raucous Releasing, 1998
• Kratski, The Prince and the Surfer, A-Pix Entertainment, 1999
• Dr. Anton Rudolph, Python, New City Releasing, 2000
• Bernie Garces, Wish You Were Dead, New Line Cinema, 2000
• Scratch, Windfall, FWP Productions, 2001
• As a Bad Dream (also known as Kao u losem snu), Mainframe London, 2002
• Mayor Buford, 2001 Maniacs, Rhino Films, 2002
• Freddy Krueger, Freddy vs. Jason (also known as Freddy vs. Jason: A Nightmare on Friday the 13th, Jason vs. Freddy, and Millennium Massacre), New Line Cinema, 2003
• Dan Larkin, Land of Canaan, Blue Sky Productions, 2003
• Also appeared in Eugenie.
• Film Work
• Director, 976-EVIL (also known as Horrorscope), New Line Cinema, 1988
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Willie, V (also known as V: The Series), NBC, 1984-1985
• Dennis Shothoffer, Downtown, CBS, 1986-1987
• Freddy Krueger (host), A Nightmare on Elm Street--Freddy's Nightmares:The Series (also known as Freddy's Nightmares), syndicated, 1988-1990
• Host, Shadow Theater, USA Network, 1990
• Blackie, Nightmare Cafe, NBC, 1992-1993
• Miniseries
• Willie, V (also known as V: The Original Mini Series), NBC,1983
• Willie, V: The Final Battle (also known as V), NBC, 1984
• Deserter, North and South, Book II (also known as North and South II), ABC, 1986
• Movies
• Willy, Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, ABC, 1977
• Sergeant Bell, The Courage and the Passion, NBC, 1978
• Informer, The Ordeal of Patty Hearst, ABC, 1979
• Ted Beasly, Mind over Murder (also known as Deadly Visions), CBS, 1979
• Bobby Collins, Thou Shalt Not Kill, NBC, 1982
• Mason, Journey's End, Showtime, 1982
• Charlie, The Fighter, CBS, 1983
• Freddy Beenstock, Hobson's Choice, CBS, 1983
• Scott, Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (also known as Starflight One), ABC, 1983
• Sam Cooper, I Want to Live, ABC, 1983
• Scott, Infidelity, ABC, 1987
• Peter Cartwright, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (also known as A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Famous Fatality), NBC, 1994
• Dr. Ralph Wanamaker, Robin Cook's "Mortal Fear" (also known as Mortal Fear), NBC, 1994
• Ernest Trainor, The Unspoken Truth (also known as Breaking theSilence and Living the Lie), NBC, 1995
• Colonel Shakwell, Perfect Target, HBO, 1997
• Father O'Neill, Galactic Odyssey (also known as Mind Breaker and Starquest II), The Movie Channel, 1998
• Episodic
• Gar, "The Mystery of the Fallen Angels," The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, 1977
• "Sons," Police Woman, NBC, 1978
• Simon, "Episode 49," Soap, ABC, 1979
• Simon, "Episode 50," Soap, ABC, 1979
• Buddy Burns, California Fever, 1979
• Harold Belkin, "Harrigan's Angels," Charlie's Angels, 1980
• Zack, "Forty Tons of Trouble," CHiPs, 1981
• Buddy, "Rhinestone Harts," Hart to Hart, 1981
• 3-Card Monty, "Red Dog Blues," Simon & Simon, 1983
• Sammy, "Vera the Horse Thief," Alice, 1983
• Thug, "Night of the Beast," Manimal, 1983
• Vaughn, "Million Dollar Misunderstanding," Hunter, NBC, 1985
• Arnold Preminger, "Dan's Boss," Night Court, 1985
• Edward Kent, "Fright Night," Knight Rider, NBC, 1986
• Tim Wexler, "Flame's End," MacGyver, ABC, 1986
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1992
• Willy "the Weasel" Miles/Mordechai, "The Gospel According to Legend," Legend, 1995
• Lyle Eckert, "Deadline," Walker, Texas Ranger, 1996
• Jeremiah, "Grey 17 Is Missing," Babylon 5, 1996
• Dr. James Aldoun, "State of the A.R.T.," Sliders, Fox, 1996
• Lucifer, "Damn Bundys," Married ... with Children, Fox, 1997
• Voice of Freddy Krueger/Jason Voorhees, "Treehouse of Horror IX," TheSimpsons (animated), Fox, 1998
• Himself, Mad TV, Fox, 1998
• Evil Bloodthirsty Brian, "Storm o' the Century," The Hughleys, ABC, 1998
• Clive, "Bro-Jack," The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1999
• Mr. Bell, "The Howler," The Nightmare Room, The WB, 2001
• Gammill, "Size Matters," Charmed, The WB, 2001
• Voice of Felix Faust, "Paradise Lost: Parts 1 & 2," Justice League (animated), Cartoon Network, 2002
• Appeared as J. J. Eastwick, Paris, CBS; also appeared in The DiPalma Forum at UNLV, PBS, and Police Story, NBC.
• Specials
• Host, The Horror Hall of Fame, syndicated, 1990
• Host, The Horror Hall of Fame II, syndicated, 1991
• Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects, NBC, 1994
• Pilots
• Boone, The Mysterious Two, NBC, 1982
• Captain Crusader, Hollywood Beat, ABC, 1985
• Television Work
• Episodic
• Director, A Nightmare on Elm Street--Freddy's Nightmares: The Series (also known as Freddy's Nightmares), syndicated, seven episodes (including "Cabin Fever"), beginning 1988
• Stage Appearances
• The Apple Cart, Meadow Brook Theatre, Rochester, MI, 1968
• Godspell, New York City, 1971, then Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland, OH, 1972
• Saint Joan, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1975
• Godspell, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1985
• Stage Work
• Producer, Savage in Limbo, Cast Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 1987
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Himself, Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, 1986
• Freddy Krueger (in archive footage), Boogeyman: The Killer Compilation (also known as Boogeyman), Flixmix, 2001

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• The screenplay Freddy vs. Jason is based on a story by Englund.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Empire, October, 1997, p. 86
• People Weekly, September 9, 2002, p. 24