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Biography of Robert Towne - Actor
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Robert Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an United States|American actor, screenwriter and film director|director. He is the author of many notable film scripts, including Chinatown (1974 movie)|Chinatown (1974), for which he received an Academy_award|Oscar, its sequel, The Two Jakes (1990), and Shampoo (film)|Shampoo (1975), as well as the two Mission: Impossible|Mission Impossible films. He is also noted as an uncredited script doctor. Towne reflects on his approach to writing in American Film Foundation's series Screenwriters: Words into Motion. After working for years on a script of Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984) he grew dissatisfied with the production and credited his dog, P.H. Vazak, with the script. Vazak became the first dog Fictional people nominated for Academy Awards|nominated for an Academy_award|Oscar for screenwriting, but did not win. Towne also directed Personal Best (1982). His father-in-law was once actor John Payne (actor)|John Payne.
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