Robert Towne famous for his screenplays for “Chinatown”, “The
Last Detail” and even touch-up script work on “The Godfather” died in Los Angeles
on July 1, 2024. He was 89. Born Robert Bertrom Schwartz on November 23, 1934, in
Los Angeles, Towne got his start with his screenplay for 1960’s Last Woman on
Earth before writing for early-’60s TV series including ‘The Outer Limits’, ‘The
Man from U.N.C.L.E’. and ‘The Lloyd Bridges Show’. He also scripted with Paul
Schrader “The Yakuza”, Sydney Pollack’s crime drama starring Mitchum, Ken
Takakura and Brian Keith and the critical hit “Shampoo” (1975), starring Warren
Beatty. Towne’s lone Euro-western was as a writer on 1971’s “Villa Rides” with
Yul Brynner, Charles Bronson and Robert Mitchum.
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