Robert Ardrey (1908–1980)

Known For

Filmography

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1939) Stage: Wrote "Thunder Rock", produced on Broadway. NOTE: Filmed as Thunder Rock. See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. The home of our fathers was that African highland reaching north from the Cape to the Lakes of the Nile. Here we came about--slowly, ever so slowly--on a sky-swept savanna glowing with menace. See more »

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Trivia:

Playwright and screenwriter. Graduate from the University of Chicago, Guggenheim Fellowship (1937-38), Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Wrote several controversial books on anthropology, notably the widely read "The Territorial Imperative", which dealt with the origins of human behaviour. Lived in Rome, Italy, for 15 years, then spent his final two years in South Africa. See more »

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Star Sign:

Libra