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Name: Robert Aldrich
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Date of Birth:
August 09, 1918
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Place of Birth:
Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
Mini-bio:
Robert Aldrich entered the film industry in 1941 when he got a job as a production clerk at RKO Pictures. He soon worked his way up to script clerk, then became an assistant director, a production man
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Date of Death:
5 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA. (kidney failure)
