Robert C. Schuler

Robert Charles Schuler (April 30, 1917 – December 25, 2007) was an American advertising and public-relations executive, television producer and writer. He is best known for creating and producing the ABC-TV primetime variety series The Patrice Munsel Show. Schuler was married to Munsel for more than five decades.

Biography Born in Winona, Minnesota, Schuler studied at St. Mary's College, the University of Minnesota and Northwestern University. He was an active member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Schuler also studied acting at Max Reinhardt's School of the Theatre in Hollywood and with Lee Strasberg at the American Theatre Wing.

Schuler first worked as an advertising copy writer for Sears Roebuck in Chicago. Since he disliked the cold weather, he quit his job and moved to California. He ended up living in an artist colony in Malibu where he founded the Malibu Theatre. He tried to make a career as a film actor, landing small uncredited roles for MGM, Columbia and Universal during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Schuler died on Christmas Day 2007 at his home in the Adirondack Mountains in New York.