Robert Porterfield Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Robert Porterfield Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Robert Huffard Porterfield (December 21, 1905 â€" October 28, 1971)

was an American actor and theatre director who was best known for

founding the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. The theatre was

founded in 1933 during the Great Depression. In 1946, it was

designated as the state theatre of Virginia. He served as artistic

director of the year-round repertory theatre until his death. His most

prominent, credited film role was in the 1941 film Sergeant York in

which he portrayed Zeb Andrews, a local rival of the title

character.Robert Porterfield was born in Austinville, in Wythe County,

Virginia, the fifth generation of Porterfields born in the United

States. His great-great-great-grandfather arrived in the American

colonies from Scotland in about 1760, probably through the port of

Philadelphia. Like many immigrants of Scots, Irish, Scots-Irish, or

German descent, he traveled from Pennsylvania down the Wilderness Road

into the lush and fertile Shenandoah Valley. Finding that most of the

best land was already staked out and occupied, he pushed on until

finding some "unclaimed" real estate in Southwest Virginia, what is

now called Glade Spring. All such colonists ignored the claims of

Native Americans to their traditional territories.Born December 21,

1905 near Austinville, Virginia, Robert was the third of six sons of

Daisy (Huffard) and William Breckenridge Porterfield.In 1909, Robert's

father accepted a position as overseer of some 20,000 acres (81 km2)

of land and moved the family to Saltville, Virginia. The family's new

home was a large farmhouse about a mile south of the town. Robert and

his brothers shared in all the work of the farm. At the age of seven,

Robert staged his first play for cousins, with extended family as

players and audience, in the family's two-story barn.
Robert Porterfield Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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