Robert Pirosh

Robert Pirosh was born on Apr 01, 1910 in USA. Robert Pirosh's big-screen debut came with The Winning Ticket directed by Charles Reisner in 1935. Robert Pirosh is known for Battleground directed by William A. Wellman, Van Johnson stars as Holley and John Hodiak as Jarvess. Robert Pirosh has got 2 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Robert Pirosh achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Robert Pirosh plays is Alexander the Great which will be released on Jan 26, 1968.

Robert Pirosh enjoyed a lengthy Hollywood career, which began when he was signed by MGM, along with fellow newcomer George Seaton , as a contributing writer in 1934. His most notable success was garnering the Academy Award for his screenplay of Bastogne (1949), a film based on the Second World War Battle of the Bulge in which he had himself fought as a Master Sergeant with the 35th Infantry Division. A versatile writer, Pirosh alternated among dramatic subjects, such as the Oscar-nominated war picture Tout ou rien (1951) and the adventure La vallée des rois (1954)--both of which he also directed--and madcap comedy, most notably his contribution to the classic The Marx Brothers farce Un jour aux courses (1937). Some of Groucho Marx's funniest lines are attributed to Pirosh, who also became the comedian's lifelong friend. From the late 1950s,Pirosh became involved in writing television scripts, including the pilot episodes for Laramie (1959) and Combat! (1962). Towards the end of his career he taught writing at the University of Southern California.