RelativelynewtoHollywood,RobertFrancis,25,wasarisingyoungactoronthevergeoffilmstardom,whenon31July,1955,he,alongwithafriend,actressAnnRussell,werebothkilledinstantly,afterprivateplaneownedbyJoeKirkwoodJr.whichhewaspiloting,crashed.TheplanehadjusttakenofffromtheBurbankairport,whenitsuddenlylostpowerandcrashedintoanabandonedcarpark. Francishadmadeasoliddebutasar...(展开全部) RelativelynewtoHollywood,RobertFrancis,25,wasarisingyoungactoronthevergeoffilmstardom,whenon31July,1955,he,alongwithafriend,actressAnnRussell,werebothkilledinstantly,afterprivateplaneownedbyJoeKirkwoodJr.whichhewaspiloting,crashed.TheplanehadjusttakenofffromtheBurbankairport,whenitsuddenlylostpowerandcrashedintoanabandonedcarpark. FrancishadmadeasoliddebutasarankingofficerinTheCaineMutiny(1954)-alongsideaformidable,groupofactors,includingsuchstalwartsasHumphreyBogart,JoséFerrer,VanJohnsonandFredMacMurray.Clean-cut,solid-bodied,ratherquietandhandsome,sportingthetypical50sbrush-cut,Francisshowedexceptionalpoiseandrestraintinhisnextfewco-leads,findinganicheasloyalmilitarytypes.FranciswasburiedatForestLawn.Heappearedinonly4films.