Robert Chartoff

{{Infobox person

| name = Robert Chartoff

| image = Robert Chartoff.jpg

| caption = Chartoff in 2003

| birth_name = Robert Irwin Chartoff{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/98/Robert-Chartoff.html|title=Robert Chartoff Biography (1933-)|website=Filmreference.com|access-date=October 28, 2018}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|8|26}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|6|10|1933|8|26|mf=y}}

| death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| education = Union College (BA)
Columbia University Law School (JD)

| occupation = Film producer

| years active = 1967–2015

| spouse = Phyllis Raphael
({{abbr|m.|married}} ??; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} ??)
{{marriage|Vanessa Howard
|1970|1983|end=divorced}}{{cn|date=September 2022}}
{{marriage|Jenny Weyman
|1992}}

| children = 5

}}

Robert Irwin Chartoff (August 26, 1933 – June 10, 2015) was an American film producer and philanthropist.

Early life and education

Chartoff was born on August 26, 1933, in New York City, the son of Bessie and William Chartoff. His family was Jewish.[http://www.jewishjournal.com/melanie_chartoff/item/seder_by_the_sea_20100325/ Jewish Journal: "Seder by the Sea" by Melanie Chartoff] Jewishjournal.com, March 29, 2010Erens, Patricia The Jew in American Cinema. Indiana University Press, August 1988 {{ISBN|9780253204936}} {{ISBN|0253204933}}. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-v2Di_5ShGMC&pg=PA392&lpg=PA392&dq=robert%20chartoff 392]. He graduated from Union College in 1955, followed by Columbia University Law School.

Career

Chartoff produced more than 30 movies, including the Rocky film series. He and fellow producer Irwin Winkler won an Academy Award for Best Picture for its 1976 debut installment, Rocky.

Philanthropy

Chartoff established the RC Charitable Foundation in 1990 to award grants to international schools and other child agencies. He served as its President. The RC Charitable Foundation gives grants awards to the Buddha Educational Trust. He served on the Community Advisory Board of the Younes and Soraya Israel Studies Center at UCLA.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2015/06/robert-chartoff-dies-producer-of-raging-bull-the-right-stuff-rocky-1201441116/ |title=Robert Chartoff Dies: Producer Of 'Raging Bull,' 'The Right Stuff,' 'Rocky' Was 81 |first=Kinsey |last=Lowe |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=2015-06-10 |access-date=2018-01-15}}[http://www.international.ucla.edu/israel/people Younes and Soraya Israel Studies Center: Community Advisory Board] International.ucla.edu

Personal life

Chartoff's first wife was Phyllis Raphael, with whom he had three children – Jenifer, William and Julie – before divorcing. In 1970, he married British actress Vanessa Howard, with whom he had one son, Charley. That marriage also ended in divorce. He last married Jenny Weyman, with whom he had one daughter, Miranda. He died at his home in Santa Monica, California, in 2015 from pancreatic cancer, leaving a widow.[https://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/10/entertainment/robert-chartoff-dies-rocky-raging-bull/index.html Obituary], Cnn.com; accessed June 14, 2015.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

=Film=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
1967	Point Blank
1968	The Split
1969	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
rowspan=2\| 1970	Leo the Last
The Strawberry Statement
rowspan=2\| 1971	Believe in Me
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
rowspan=4\| 1972	The New Centurions
Thumb Tripping
The Mechanic
Up the Sandbox
rowspan=3\| 1974	Busting
SPYS*
The Gambler
rowspan=2\| 1975	Breakout
Peeper
rowspan=2\| 1976	Rocky
Nickelodeon
rowspan=2\| 1977	New York, New York
Valentino	Executive producer
rowspan=2\| 1978	Comes a Horseman	Executive producer
Uncle Joe Shannon
1979	Rocky II
1980	Raging Bull
1981	True Confessions
1982	Rocky III
1983	The Right Stuff
rowspan=2\| 1985	Beer
Rocky IV
1990	Rocky V
1992	Straight Talk
2004	In My Country
2006	Rocky Balboa	Executive producer
2010	The Tempest
2011	The Mechanic	Executive producer
2013	Ender's Game
rowspan=2\| 2014	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Executive producer
The Gambler
2015	Creed		Final film as a producer