Robert Fortier
{{short description|American film, television and theatre actor}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Robert Fortier
|image = Robert Fortier in Star Trek (By Any Other Name).webp
|caption = Fortier in Star Trek: The Original Series, 1968
|image_size = 220
|birth_name = Robert Ray Fortier
|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|05}}
|birth_place = West Hollywood, California, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|01|01|1926|11|05}}
|death_place = Orange, California, U.S.
|occupation = Film, television and theatre actor
|years_active = 1950–1987
}}
Robert Ray Fortier (November 5, 1926 – January 1, 2005) was an American film, television and theatre actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/351530979/|title=Fortier, fisherman turned-actor, is not usual rising Hollywood star|first=Judy|last=Klemearud|work=Rapid City Journal|location=Rapid City, South Dakota|date=June 17, 1977|access-date=March 9, 2022|page=28|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He was known for playing Scotty in the American adventure television series The Troubleshooters.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fCkzAEACAAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005|page=125|date=May 4, 2006|first=Harris|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786424894|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Short_Lived_Television_Series_1948_1978/ty21CgAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops|page=95|first=Wesley|last=Hyatt|publisher=McFarland|ISBN=9781476605159|via=Google Books}}
Life and career
Fortier was born in West Hollywood, California.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/192696775/|title=Fortier, Robert R.|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=January 5, 2005|access-date=June 7, 2025|page=177|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He was originally a member of the New York City Ballet and was a gymnast at the University of California, Los Angeles.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/561242492/|title=Program Listings|work=Sunday News|location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania|date=January 10, 1960|access-date=March 9, 2022|page=70|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He served in the armed forces during World War II.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2238/records/18186340|title=Robert Ray Fortier|publisher=U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947|access-date=June 7, 2025|via=Ancestry.com}} {{Closed access}} {{Paywall}} He began his career in 1950, with an uncredited role in the film Let's Dance. The next year, he appeared in the films Texas Carnival and Show Boat. He then appeared in Broadway plays such as Pal Joey, playing Victor, and Me and Juliet, playing Don Juan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/robert-fortier-95272|title=Robert Fortier|work=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=March 9, 2022}} In 1959, he starred as Scotty in the NBC adventure television series The Troubleshooters, starring along with Keenan Wynn and Bob Mathias.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JGuCDwAAQBAJ|title=An American Odyssey: The Bob Mathias Story|page=117|first1=Bob|last1=Mathias|first2=Robert|last2=Mendes|publisher=Sports Publishing|date=August 2012|isbn=9781613212677|via=Google Books}}
Later in his career, Fortier starred as Gary Donovan in the CBS soap opera television series Full Circle. He guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Fugitive, The Law and Mr. Jones, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Outlaws, The Millionaire, Colt .45 and Star Trek: The Original Series. He played the recurring role of Captain Jampel in the second and third season of the drama television series Combat!.{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Charles_Bronson/PMOSCgAAQBAJ?hl=en|title=Charles Bronson: The 95 Films and the 156 Television Appearances|page=270|first=Michael|last=Pitts|publisher=McFarland|date=September 17, 2015|ISBN=9781476610351|via=Google Books}} In his film career, he played the role of the town drunk Bill Barnacle in the 1980 film Popeye.{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Cinema_of_Loneliness/8N7vZPz-qZgC?hl=en|title=A Cinema of Loneliness|page=505|first=Robert|last=Kolker|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=June 8, 2011|ISBN=9780199910533|via=Google Books}} He appeared in films such as A Wedding, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, 3 Women{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/15/archives/new-jersey-weekly-new-face-a-rising-star-at-50.html|title=New Face|first=Judy|last=Klemesrud|work=The New York Times|date=April 15, 1977|access-date=March 9, 2022}} and Heaven Can Wait. He retired in 1987, last appearing in the film O.C. and Stiggs.
Death
Fortier died on January 1, 2005, in Orange, California, at the age of 78.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8sqAQAAIAAJ|title=Singin' in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece|page=247|first1=Earl|last1=Hess|first2=Pratibha|last2=Dabholkar|publisher=University Press of Kansas|date=2009|isbn=9780700616565|via=Google Books}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0287279}}
- {{TCMDb name|64271%7C131740}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/robert_fortier_2/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:People from West Hollywood, California
Category:Male actors from California
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors