- Died during post-production of his final film, Avalanche Express (1979).
- Contrary to what has been written elsewhere, his death occurred two days before the scheduled end of filming on "Avalanche Express"; these last days were under the direction of the film's cameraman, Jack Cardiff, a former director. Some people on the film claimed that Robson's heart condition (which he knew to be severe) had been aggravated by filming conditions - notably the heavy drinking by his two argumentative leading men, Lee Marvin and Robert Shaw - and that he had seemed uncharacteristically enervated during shooting. To make matters worse, Shaw then also died, with most of his dialogue needing to be post-synchronized.
- Directed seven different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Susan Hayward, Russ Tamblyn, Lana Turner, Hope Lange and Diane Varsi.
- Co-founded, with Robert Wise, Aspen Pictures, a film production company,.
- Directed Arthur Kennedy in four movies: Champion (1949), Bright Victory (1951), Trial (1955) and Peyton Place (1957). Kennedy received an Oscar nomination for all four of them.
- Received back-to-back Oscar nominations as Best Director for Peyton Place (1957) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958).
- He is related to Sam Baron.
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