Celebrity Biographies
Robert Hogan
Leonardo DiCaprio mentioned him as his favorite actor, in “Once upon a time in… Hollywood”, while watching him on TV. She was in titles like “The Wire” and “Peyton Place.” Robert Hogan, historical of the television series, died on May 27, 2021, at the age of 87, from complications of pneumonia, at his home on the Maine coast, his family announced.
Robert Joseph Hogan, the youngest of three brothers, was born on September 28, 1933 in Queens. He grew up in an apartment a few feet from the elevated train in the New York neighborhood of Jamaica. Although he began studying Engineering, he eventually graduated with a degree in Acting from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in his hometown.
Robert Hogan began his career appearing on the stage, after making his off-Broadway debut in 1961 in Michael Shurtleff’s “Call Me by My Rightful Name” with Robert Duvall and Joan Hackett . He moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter to pursue a career in television and film. He got a job right after he arrived, guest-starring on episodes of 77 Sunset Strip and Cheyenne , in 1961.
Over the next few years, Robert Hogan appeared in episodes of hit series such as Batman and Bonanza . His great friend Bernard Fein, creator of the television sitcom Hogan’s Heroes , named the colonel protagonist, played by Bob Crane, leading a group of Nazi prisoners during World War II with his name, although he only appeared in a chapter. In 1968 he landed the role of Reverend Tom Winter on the soap opera Peyton Place , which he played for two seasons. In cinema, Robert Hogan lavished himself much less, although he was in The Lady in Red , by Lewis Teague , and Species II.