Biography

Robert B. Sinclair was born on May 24, 1905 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Down in San Diego (1941), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and The Detectives (1959). He was married to Heather Angel and Jane Buchanan. He died on January 4, 1970 in Montecito, California, USA.

Brutally stabbed to death by a prowler while protecting his wife at his Montecito, California home on January 3, 1970. The prowler, Billy McCoy Hunter, was a University of California--Santa Barbara (UCSB) graduate student. His wife, actress Heather Angel who witnessed the homicide, was unhurt.

Directed the original Broadway productions of "The Philadelphia Story," "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "Dodsworth," "Babes in Arms" and "Pride and Prejudice" before coming out to California from New York City in 1938 to direct films. He later turned to TV.

Graduated from the Wharton School of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania in 1926.