- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRobert Frederick Day
- Nickname
- Bob
- Robert Day worked his way up from clapper boy to camera operator to full-fledged lensman in his native England before giving directing a shot in the mid-1950s. His first film as director, the black-comic The Green Man (1956) for the writer-producer team of 'Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, garnered fine reviews and a classic notoriety; using this as a starting point, Day went on to become one of the industry's busiest directors. He relocated to Hollywood in the 1960s and began directing scads of TV episodes and made-for-TV movies on this side of the Atlantic. He occasionally turns up in bits in his own productions, including The Haunted Strangler (1958), Two Way Stretch (1960), the mini-series Peter and Paul (1981), etc.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tom Weaver <TomWeavr@aol.com>
- SpousesDorothy Provine(1968 - April 25, 2010) (her death, 1 child)Eileen Pamela Day(March 20, 1948 - January 17, 1969) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenRoberta Jane Day
- RelativesNicholas Simons(Grandchild)Philip Simons(Grandchild)
- Directed several 1960's Tarzon films, and then mainly random television episodes
- His wife Dorothy Provine was an actress who retired from the screen after their marriage.
- Father of Robert Day Jr. and Roberta Jane Simons (nee Day).
- Older brother of Ernest Day.
- Grandfather of Nicholas Simons and Philip Simons.
- Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers" (McFarland & Co., 1994).
- [reflecting on his career] Well, one is never really happy, one always wants to do better. I would like to do more good movies and good stories--I would like to read something I want to do, a good story.
- [on the virtues of low-budget filmmaking] That's the interesting thing that happens with these low-budget movies--that's why so often directors make their best movies when they don't have that much money. They have to use their imaginations instead.
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