What is Robert Forster?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = Robert_Forster_2009.jpg | caption = Forster in April 2009 | birth_name = Robert Wallace Forster, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|7|13}} | birth_place = [[Rochester, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|11|1941|7|13}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Brain cancer]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1967–2019 | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|June Provenzano<br>|1966|1975|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Zivia Forster<br>|1978|1980|end=divorced}} }} | children = 4 }} '''Robert Wallace Forster, Jr.''' (July 13, 1941 &ndash; October 11, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]]. He was best known for his role as Max Cherry in [[Quentin Tarantino]]'s ''[[Jackie Brown]]'' (1997), which got him an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]. He is also known for his roles as John Cassellis in [[Haskell Wexler]]'s ''[[Medium Cool]]'' (1969). ==Life== Forster was born in [[Rochester, New York]], the son of Grace Dorothy (née Montanarella) and Robert Wallace Forster, Sr., who worked as an elephant trainer for the [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus]] and later as an executive for a baking supply company<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/15/Robert-Forster.html|title=Robert Forster Biography (1941-)|publisher=[[Film Reference]]|accessdate=April 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015942&cf=biog&intl=us|title=Robert Forster Biography|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|accessdate=April 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522064331/https://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015942&cf=biog&intl=us|archive-date=May 22, 2011}}</ref> His mother was Italian American, while his father was of [[English people|English]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/04/archives/robert-fors