Robert Wallace Foster Jr. (July 13, 1941 â€" October 11, 2019), known
professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor, known for his
roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969), Captain Dan Holland in
The Black Hole (1979), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), and Max
Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Forster's varied filmography
includes: Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Alligator (1980), Me,
Myself & Irene (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Descendants
(2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and What
They Had (2018).He also had prominent roles in television series such
as Banyon (1971â€"1973), Heroes (2007â€"2008), and Twin Peaks (2017).
He is also known for his performance as Ed Galbraith in the Breaking
Bad episode "Granite State" (2013), for which he won the Saturn Award
for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. He reprised the role in
the film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), which premiered the
day of his death, and posthumously appeared in the role in the fifth
season of Better Call Saul (2020).Forster was born in Rochester, New
York, the son of Grace Dorothy (née Montanarella) and Robert Wallace
Foster 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. His mother was Italian American, while his father was
of English and Irish descent. The couple divorced in 1949.
professionally as Robert Forster, was an American actor, known for his
roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969), Captain Dan Holland in
The Black Hole (1979), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), and Max
Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Forster's varied filmography
includes: Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Alligator (1980), Me,
Myself & Irene (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Descendants
(2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and What
They Had (2018).He also had prominent roles in television series such
as Banyon (1971â€"1973), Heroes (2007â€"2008), and Twin Peaks (2017).
He is also known for his performance as Ed Galbraith in the Breaking
Bad episode "Granite State" (2013), for which he won the Saturn Award
for Best Guest Starring Role on Television. He reprised the role in
the film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), which premiered the
day of his death, and posthumously appeared in the role in the fifth
season of Better Call Saul (2020).Forster was born in Rochester, New
York, the son of Grace Dorothy (née Montanarella) and Robert Wallace
Foster 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. His mother was Italian American, while his father was
of English and Irish descent. The couple divorced in 1949.
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