After studying with Boone for a year, Boone was impressed enough with Robert's potential that he recommended him to Sanford Meisner who accepted Robert into the New York Neighbourhood Playhouse School Of Theatre. This was a pivotal move for Robert as the class impressed him so much he changed his mind, decided to stay in show business and take a shot at becoming an actor. However his dad, along with his long time pal Chuck Courtney, convinced him to attend Richard Boone's acting class.
When he returned home in 1955 he decided to give up his career in show business as he did not see any future in it. His unit was 19th Infantry Regiment and he was chosen 3 times as the outstanding soldier on Guard Mount, a decision based upon appearance, knowledge of military subjects and bearing. In 1953, while the Korean war was on, Robert at the age of 19 was drafted into the United States Army where he served 2 years, 15 months of which was in Korea.
His Dad convinced him to look for jobs as a dancer which he did successfully getting roles in I Love Melvin with Debbie Reynolds, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe and Latin Lovers with Lana Turner. This was followed by extra work in a great many films including Raintree County with Liz Taylor, The Harder They Fall with Humphrey Bogart and The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit with Gregory Peck.
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After joining SEG Robert started doing extra work and in 1952 got his first job in the movie Above and Beyond with Robert Taylor. This was the start of Robert's journey into acting, and it was then he changed from Robert Simpson Jr to Robert Fuller. He met a number of people around his own age of 18 years, who were members of the Screen Extras Guild, and they convinced him to join as they were earning significantly more than Robert. The most significant of these was at Graumans Chinese Theatre where he started as a doorman and worked his way up to Assistant Manager. After the move to Hollywood Robert had several jobs. This included working in many top grade musicals such as Oklahoma, Jailhouse Rock, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in which young Robert Fuller also appeared as a dancer in the chorus line. His dad subsequently changed his name to Robert Cole and danced in almost every musical made between 1950 up to his retirement in 1987. Robert's dad became a very accomplished dancer, and had a plan to get into the motion picture business as a dancer, which he did successfully. In 1950 when Robert was just 16 his parents decided to move to Hollywood. In the daytime his mother taught ballet to the local children and in the evening they both taught ballroom dancing to the hundreds of navy personnel who were stationed in Key West at that time. She taught him to dance, and this led to them opening a dance school in Key West. Eventually, Betty convinced Robert Simpson to quit the navy. Robert was very close to his step-dad and considered him as a dad rather than a step-dad, so for the remainder of this biography I will refer to him as Robert's dad or father. At the time he had no idea what his name should be but he had a relative with a first name of Fuller and he figured it went well with his name so the handle of Robert Fuller was created. This changed when Robert started acting and he decided he needed a different handle. When his mother Betty married Robert Simpson, Robert took the name Robert Simpson Jr. He worked a variety of jobs before moving to Hollywood.
Robert quit school at 9th grade as he did not enjoy school and openly admits he did not do well there. At this time Betty met and married Robert Simpson who was a naval officer and they moved to Chicago for one year then returned to Key West where he attended Robert attended Key West High for 9th grade. After that he spent one year in a standard school. Robert was put into Miami Military Academy, where he did 5th to 6th grade. Robert started his education at St Mary's in New York and when his mother Betty divorced she took Robert and they moved to Florida where she was nightclub dancer. He was an only child and his birth name was Leonard Leroy Lee, but he was nicknamed Buddy Lee by his friends. Robert Fuller was born in Troy, New York on Jat 1:50 PM and was raised in Key West, Florida.
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