Oliver Robins
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Distinguish|Oliver Robbins}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Oliver Robins
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|7|22}}
| occupation = {{csv|actor|writer|director}}
| yearsactive = 1982–present
| known for = Robbie Freeling in Poltergeist
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Oliver Robins (born July 22, 1971) is an American actor, writer and director.
Career
Robins's first film roles were in the 1982 CBS TV movie Million Dollar Infield as Aaron Miller and the 1982 ABC TV-movie Don't Go to Sleep as Kevin.{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4w-CgAAQBAJ&dq=Oliver+Robins+Million+Dollar+Infield&pg=PA325 |title=The Baseball Filmography, 1915 through 2001, 2d ed. |date=2010-04-26 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4497-7 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Reyes |first=Amanda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=No5XDwAAQBAJ&dq=Oliver+Robins+Don%27t+Go+to+Sleep&pg=PT397 |title=Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999 |date=2017-04-05 |publisher=SCB Distributors |isbn=978-1-909394-45-2 |language=en}} He is best known for his portrayal of Robbie Freeling in the 1982 feature film Poltergeist and its 1986 sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side. His other feature film role was in the 1982 comedy Airplane II: The Sequel as Jimmy.
He made one television guest appearance in the 1986 Twilight Zone episode "Monsters!".
Robins left the acting business after 1986. As an adult, he returned to show business as a writer and director. In 2000, he wrote and directed his first film, Dumped, which was released directly to video, and also wrote and directed Roomies in 2004. He wrote the 1999 movie Eating L.A.. Following the deaths of Dominique Dunne (although Dunne was actually in her early 20s) and Heather O'Rourke, Robins became the only surviving Poltergeist child actor, as well as the longest-lived.{{Cite web |title='Celebrity Crush': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/celebrity-crush-1222437 |access-date=2019-10-15 |website=hollywoodreporter.com|date=3 July 2019 }}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1982
|Robbie Freeling | |
| 1982
|Jimmy Wilson | |
| 1984
| rowspan="2" |Robbie Freeling |Documentary |
| 1986
|Poltergeist II: The Other Side | |
| 2004
|Wild Roomies |{{N/A}} |Director |
| 2008
|Man Overboard |Customer |Also director and producer |
| 2014
|Robbie Freeling |Documentary |
| 2019
|Celebrity Crush |Jonathan Blaklee |Also writer and director |
| 2022
|The Rideshare Killer |Billy Smith | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1982
|Aaron Miller | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1982
|Kevin |
| 1986
|Toby Michaels |Episode: "Monsters!" |
| 2017
|{{N/a}} |Television film |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0732319}}
- [http://www.poltergeist.poltergeistiii.com/oliverrobins.html POLTERGEIST: The Fan Site - The Oliver Robins Interview]
- [http://iconsoffright.com/news/2009/02/fright_exclusive_interview_oli.html FRIGHT EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: OLIVER ROBINS]
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:American male child actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Film directors from California