Robert Chartoff Biography

Fast Facts

• In 1990 he established the RC Charitable Foundation to award scholarships and grants to international students
• Graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N․Y․, and Columbia University's law school
• Was introduced to show business during college when he worked for his uncle, a hotel talent booker, during the summer
• Initially a Hollywood lawyer, he would only start producing films after representing numerous stars during the earliest stages of his career
• Quote: "[on "Rocky"] "In the end, Rocky Balboa lost the fight to Apollo Creed․ However, something more important happened․ He won by achieving his personal goal․ That was very rare in American cinema․""
• Best known as a producer whose partnership with filmmaker Irwin Winkler led to films like "Raging Bull," "Rocky" and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
• While working as a talent agent early in his career, he arranged for the screen test that got Julie Christie her role in 1965's "Doctor Zhivago․"