Robert Florey

Robert Florey was a French film and television director and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, France on September 14th, 1900. Moving to the United States in the 1920s, he first cut his cinematic teeth during the silent film era, making his directorial debut with the 1927 romance film, One Hour of Love. He has 111 credits as a director, which includes feature films, film shorts and television episodes. As a writer, he has worked on nine feature films, three shorts and one documentary. Robert Florey passed away in Santa Monica, California on May 16th, 1979 at the age of 78.

Career
In the horror genre, Robert Florey first distinguished himself in 1931, when he was a contributor to the story treatment used in James Whale's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which was produced by Universal Pictures.

In 1932, Robert Florey directed the crime thriller Murders in the Rue Morgue, which was also produced by Universal Pictures and starred burgeoning horror icon Bela Lugosi. Florey also wrote the screen adaptation for that film, which was based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

In 1935, Florey returned to his Frankenstein roots and contributed material to the story treatment for the sequel to the first film, The Bride of Frankenstein. He was uncredited for his participation in this film.

Notes & Trivia

 * Robert Florey also worked as an assistant director on eleven movies between 1921 and 1951.


 * Florey made an uncredited bit appearance in the 1922 silent film version of Robin Hood, playing a taxpaying peasant.


 * Robert Florey's final directing credits includes "The Long Morrow" episode of the science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone, and the "Moonstone" episode of its contemporary series, The Outer Limits, both of which aired in 1964.