{"id":104967,"date":"2021-07-08T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T19:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104967"},"modified":"2021-07-08T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T19:44:21","slug":"filmmaker-robert-downey-sr-dead-at-85-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104967","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaker Robert Downey, SR. Dead at 85 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104967\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104968 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/skynews-robert-downey-sr-robert-downey-jr_5440898-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/skynews-robert-downey-sr-robert-downey-jr_5440898-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/skynews-robert-downey-sr-robert-downey-jr_5440898-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/skynews-robert-downey-sr-robert-downey-jr_5440898-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/skynews-robert-downey-sr-robert-downey-jr_5440898.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actor, director, writer and cinematographer Robert Downey, SR. passed away July 7, 2021 in New York City. Downey Sr. was the father of Robert Downey, JR.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Downey JR. posted about his father\u2019s passing on his Instagram in a statement saying, \u201cLast night, dad passed away peacefully in his sleep after years of enduring the ravages of Parkinson\u2019s\u2026he was a true maverick filmmaker.\u201d He was 85.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Downey SR. is known for having written and directed the underground film PUTNEY SWOPE (1969), a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. His additional directing credits include A TOUCH OF GREATNESS (1964), STICKS AND BONES (1973), THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1985-1989), HUGO POOL (1997) and RITTENHOUSE SQUARE (2005).<\/p>\n<p>As an actor Downey SR. made appearances in film and TV series including THE TWILIGHT ZONE (1985-1989), MATLOCK (1986-1995), 1ST &amp; TEN (1984-1991), TALES OF THE CITY (1993), BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997), MAGNOLIA (1999), THE FAMILY MAN (2000) and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1975-).<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Robert Downey Sr.\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel Actor, director, writer and cinematographer Robert Downey, SR. passed away July 7, 2021 in New York City. Downey Sr. was the father of Robert Downey, JR. Robert Downey JR. posted about his father\u2019s passing on his Instagram in a statement saying, \u201cLast night, dad passed away peacefully in his sleep after years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[26885,26886],"class_list":["post-104967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-filmmaker-robert-downey","tag-sr-dead-at-85-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104967"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}