Robert Drivas

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Robert Drivas November 21 1938 June 29 1986 was an American actor and theatre director Drivas was born Robert Choromokos in Chicago Illinois the son of Hariklia née CunninghamWright and James Peter Choromokos Drivas studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Miami After further training at the Greek Playhouse in Athens Greece and with the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami Beach he made his New York City debut in the role of Rameses in 1958 in the play The Firstborn starring Anthony Quayle as Moses He continued to perform on stage with One More River 1960 The Wall 1960 The Irregular Verb to Love 1963 and And Things That Go Bump in the Night 1965 which he also directed In 1963 he won a Theatre World Award for his performance in Mrs Dally Has a Lover opposite Estelle Parsons Drivas was associated with many wellknown theatrical figures of his time These included playwrights Terrence McNally whose play The Ritz he directed in 1975 and Edward Albee who directed Drivas in the 1983 premiere of Albees harshly received play The Man Who Had Three Arms Other directing credits include Bad Habits for which he won an Obie Award Legend Cheaters It Had to Be You a revival of the musical Little Me and Peg a musical biography of songstress Peggy Lee with lyrics and book by the star herself Concurrent with his theater work Drivas appeared in television beginning in 1958 on such crime shows and dramas as Route 66 NYPD The Defenders The Fugitive 12 OClock High TV series and The FBI Drivas first theatrical film appearance was in the role of Loudmouth Steve in the classic prison drama Cool Hand Luke 1967 This debut led to more film work in The Illustrated Man 1969 and Where Its At 1969 Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Drivas licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia