Charles Robert Redford, Jr. (born
August 18 1936)
[Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 on-line. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.] is an
Academy Award-winning
American film director,
actor,
producer,
businessman,
model,
environmentalist and
philanthropist.
Early life
Redford was born in
Santa Monica, California, the son of Martha W. (
née Hart) and Charles Robert Redford, Sr., a milkman-turned-accountant from
Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
[Robert Redford Biography (1937-)][Robert Redford: An American idol - Times Online][The Sundance Kid] He has a half-brother, William, from his father's re-marriage. Redford is of
English and
Scots-Irish ancestry.
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