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Robert Towne
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: November 23, 1934 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Robert Towne" would prefer his appearance as the stick-like leading actor "Edward Wain" in the prententious "Roger Corman" post-apocalyptic effort "The Last Woman on Earth" (1960) be forgotten -- in addition to the film's screenplay, which was Towne's first. Despite this inauspicious beginning (and his follow-up starring appearance in "Creature From the Haunted Sea" [1961]), Towne appreciated the early opportunity afforded him by Corman, and remained with the producer/director to pen the screenplay for "Tomb of Ligeia" (1965) (two more scripts for Corman, "A Time for Killing" and "Captain Nemo and the Underwater City", were heavily revised by others). From there, Towne could only go up, and this he did as script consultant for "Warren Beatty"'s "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) and as full screenwriter for "Villa Rides" (1967). After one more acting turn in "Drive, He Said" (1971), Towne made a good living as... Full Biography
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