Robert Wagner Biography

Fast Facts

• As a teen worked at the Bel-Air Country Club and caddied for stars including Clark Gable, Fred Astaire and Alan Ladd, which fueled his desire to be an actor
• Film debut was in 1950's The Happy Years, which led to a series of minor film roles that culminated with his Golden Globe-nominated performance in Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
• Gained respect by playing Spencer Tracy's son in 1954's Broken Lance and as a killer in 1956's A Kiss Before Dying
• Transitioned to TV in 1968 as the lead in It Takes a Thief; continued to find TV-series success with roles on Switch and Hart to Hart
• Made his producing debut in 1972 with the TV-movie Madame Sin, in which he starred opposite Bette Davis
• Revived his film career in the late '90s with appearances as the evil Number Two in the Austin Powers trilogy
• Received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2002
• Published the memoir Pieces of My Heart in 2008
• Wives Natalie Wood and Jill St
• John and Hart to Hart costar Stefanie Powers were in the same ballet class as kids
• In 2011, was cast as the voice of Charlie in the planned TV reboot of Charlie's Angels
• Wagner also has a stake in the Angels TV franchise as the result of a 1970's-deal with producer Aaron Spelling