Roberts Blossom: Roberts Blossom. Actor: Escape from Alcatraz. Roberts Blossom was a marvelously quirky, talented, and versatile character actor who was especially adept at portraying cantankerous old oddballs. Born in 1924 in New Haven, Connecticut, Blossom graduated from the prestigious Asheville School in 1941 and attended Harvard. Roberts initially planned on being a therapist, but eventually changed his mind and decided to become an actor instead. He made his film debut in...
Known For: Escape from Alcatraz (Chester 'Doc' Dalton), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Farmer), Home Alone (Marley), The Quick and the Dead (Doc Wallace)