Roberts Blossom

Actor Mar 25 (died age 87) New Haven, Connecticut, USA 1948–2000 (52 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Roberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924 – July 8, 2011) was an American poet and character actor of theatre, film, and television. He was best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990)

Known For

Film

Home Alone

Marley

Film

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Farmer

Film

Escape from Alcatraz

Doc

Film

Christine

George LeBay

Film

The Last Temptation of Christ

Aged Master

Film

The Quick and the Dead

Doc Wallace

Film

Doc Hollywood

Judge Evans

Film

Always

Dave

Filmography

Acting (54)

Movies (38)

Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

2000

as Self

Balloon Farm

1999

as Weasel Mayfield

5.8

Home Alone - Making of & Behind the Scenes

1999

as Marley

The Quick and the Dead

as Doc Wallace

The American Clock

as Old Wayne Taylor

The Habitation of Dragons

as Mr. Charlie

Doc Hollywood

as Judge Evans

Death Falls

as Hals Johnson

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

1990

as Opa Globe (archive footage)

Home Alone

as Marley

Always

as Dave

The Last Temptation of Christ

as Aged Master

Candy Mountain

as Archie

An Empire of Reason

as Melancton Smith

Vision Quest

1985

as Grandpa

6.3

Noon Wine

1985

as Mr. McClellan

Flashpoint

as Amarillo

Christine

as George LeBay

Reuben, Reuben

as Frank Spofford

Johnny Belinda

as John McAdam

The Wall

as Kuchaski

Family Reunion

as Phil King

The Gold Bug

as Mr. LeGrand

Resurrection

as John Harper

Escape from Alcatraz

as Doc

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Farmer

Citizens Band

as Papa Thermodyne

The Great Masquerade

as Sherwood Gates

The Great Gatsby

as Mr. Gatz

Deranged

as Ezra Cobb

The Rimers of Eldritch

1972

as Judge/Preacher

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972

as Wild Bob Cody

6.5

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope

1972

as Governor Phips

Please Stand By

1972

as Judge Nott

The Hospital

as Guernsey

Taylor Mead Dances

The Sin of Jesus

John Brown's Raid

as Stevens

Television (16)

Chicago Hope

1994

as William Kronk

7.2

Murder in the Heartland

as Gus

Northern Exposure

as Ned

In the Heat of the Night

1988

as Dr. Harris Pendleton

The Equalizer

as Oscar Peabody

Amazing Stories

as Ohpa Globe

The Twilight Zone

as Man (segment "The Burning Man")

Moonlighting

as Lawrence Everette

Airwolf

as Old man with Dog (uncredited)

7.6

Tales from the Darkside

1984

as Inquisitor

7.2

Family Reunion

1981

as Phil King

Mourning Becomes Electra

as Seth

Beacon Hill

as D.W. Griffith

Great Performances

as Judge / Preacher

Naked City

as Brissen (uncredited)

5.5

Studio One

1948

as First Refugee

5.0