Actor, Director. Born Robert Choromokos, he studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Miami, with further training at the Greek Playhouse in Athens, Greece. He made his stage debut in "Night Must Fall" in Coral Gables, Florida. His first film appearance was in the role of "Loudmouth Steve" in the widely acclaimed prison drama "Cool Hand Luke" (1967). In the 1970s he turned successfully to stage directing, which included a number of Broadway projects. He gained progressive respect with his directing of such plays as "Bad Habits," for which he won an Obie award, the uproarious farce "The Ritz," "Legend," "Cheaters," "It Had to Be You," which starred the writing husband-and-wife team of Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor, a revival of the musical "Little Me," and - his last - "Peg" in 1983, a short-lived reenactment of the life of songstress Peggy Lee with lyrics and book by the star herself. A few years later he died of AIDS-related cancer at the age of 50.
Actor, Director. Born Robert Choromokos, he studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Miami, with further training at the Greek Playhouse in Athens, Greece. He made his stage debut in "Night Must Fall" in Coral Gables, Florida. His first film appearance was in the role of "Loudmouth Steve" in the widely acclaimed prison drama "Cool Hand Luke" (1967). In the 1970s he turned successfully to stage directing, which included a number of Broadway projects. He gained progressive respect with his directing of such plays as "Bad Habits," for which he won an Obie award, the uproarious farce "The Ritz," "Legend," "Cheaters," "It Had to Be You," which starred the writing husband-and-wife team of Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor, a revival of the musical "Little Me," and - his last - "Peg" in 1983, a short-lived reenactment of the life of songstress Peggy Lee with lyrics and book by the star herself. A few years later he died of AIDS-related cancer at the age of 50.
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