---
name: "Robert Drivas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-drivas"
fi1m_id: "robert-drivas"
imdb_id: "nm0238105"
tmdb_id: 13872
wikidata_id: "Q3938257"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 November 1938"
died: "29 June 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:20:12.191482+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robert Drivas

## Identity

Robert Drivas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-drivas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robert-drivas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0238105
- **TMDB ID:** 13872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3938257
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Drivas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3938257, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238105/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13872

Actor. Born 21 November 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.. Died 29 June 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 November 1938, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- **Died:** 29 June 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Drivas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3938257, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238105/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13872

## Biography

Robert Drivas was an American actor and theatre director. He made his film debut as Loudmouth Steve in *Cool Hand Luke* (1967). He appeared in other films including *The Illustrated Man* (1969), *Where It's At* (1969), *Road Movie* (1974) and *God Told Me To* (1976), and had guest roles in television series such as *The Fugitive*, *The Wild Wild West*, *Hawaii Five-O* and *The Streets of San Francisco*.

Drivas began his career on stage, making his New York debut in 1958 in *The Firstborn*. He performed in productions including *One More River* (1960), *The Wall* (1960), *The Irregular Verb to Love* (1963) and *And Things That Go Bump in the Night* (1965), which he also directed. He won a Theatre World Award for *Mrs. Dally Has a Lover* (1963) and an Obie Award for directing *Bad Habits*. His directing credits include *The Ritz* (1975) by Terrence McNally. He died in 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Fi1m 84, as Loudmouth Steve — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Angie* (1979), series, Director
- *God Told Me To* (1976), as David Morten
- *Road Movie* (1974), as Gil
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *The New People* (1969), series, Actor
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Chris Vashon
- *Where It's At* (1969), as Andy 'A.C. Jr.' Smith
- *The Illustrated Man* (1969), as Willie
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), as Loudmouth Steve — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)
- *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Dale Hillman, Paul Clementi, Patrick Dano, Frank Moonan, Dree Foster, Casey Morton Jr.
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, Actor
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Bret
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Lee Gould, Roger Roland — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Tracy Blaine
- *Young Doctor Malone* (1958), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1963: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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