Robert B. Sinclair

Robert Bruce Sinclair (May 24, 1905 – January 3, 1970) was an American director who worked in film, theater and television.

Early years Robert Bruce Sinclair was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of an insurance agent. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce in 1926. While studying at the University of Pennsylvania, an English professor introduced him to theater and playwright George S. Kaufman. Sinclair also became involved in film when he worked on Kaufman's 1932 film adaptation of Once in a Lifetime

In 1947, Sinclair left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed Mr. District Attorney for Columbia Pictures. The next year, he would direct That Wonderful Urge for 20th Century Fox, which would be his last film.

He would go on to direct episodes of various television series throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, mostly for Warners Brothers Television, including Telephone Time, Johnny Staccato, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye and The Deputy.

Selected filmography As director

Woman Against Woman (1938) Dramatic School (1938) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) And One Was Beautiful (1940) The Captain Is a Lady (1940) The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) Rage in Heaven (1941), uncredited I'll Wait for You (1941) Down in San Diego (1941) Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944), nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Mr. District Attorney (1947) That Wonderful Urge (1948)