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Robert Drivas (November 21, 1938 – June 29, 1986) was an American actor and theatre director. ==Life and career== Drivas was born Robert Choromokos in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Hariklia (née Cunningham-Wright) and James Peter Choromokos.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Robert Drivas Biography (1938-1986) )〕 Drivas studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Miami. After further training at the Greek Playhouse in Athens, Greece and with the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, he made his Broadway debut in the role of Rameses in 1958 in the play ''The Firstborn'', starring Anthony Quayle as Moses. He continued to perform on stage with ''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. In 1963 he won a Theatre World Award for his performance in ''Mrs. Dally Has a Lover'' (opposite Estelle Parsons).〔("Robert Drivas Broadway" ) playbillvault.com, accessed August 21, 2015〕 Drivas was associated with many well-known theatrical figures of his time. These included playwrights Terrence McNally, whose play ''The Ritz'' he directed in 1975,〔http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/6895/The-Ritz ''The Ritz 1975] playbillvault.com, accessed August 21, 2015〕 and Edward Albee, who directed Drivas in the 1983 premiere of Albee's harshly received play ''The Man Who Had Three Arms''. Other directing credits include ''Bad Habits'', for which he won an Obie Award, ''Legend'', ''Cheaters'', ''It Had to Be You'', a revival of the musical ''Little Me'', and ''Peg'', a musical biography of songstress Peggy Lee, with lyrics and book by the star herself. Concurrent with his theater work, Drivas appeared in television, beginning in 1957, on such crime shows and dramas as ''Route 66'', ''N.Y.P.D.'', ''The Defenders'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Twelve O'Clock High'', ''The Wild Wild West'', ''Hawaii Five O'', and ''The F.B.I.''. Drivas' first theatrical film appearance was in the role of "Loudmouth Steve" in the classic prison drama ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967). This debut led to more film work, in ''The Illustrated Man'' (1969) and the generation-gap drama ''Where It's At'' (1969), written and directed by Garson Kanin.〔Film Review. New York Times, May 8, 1969 "Screen: Garson Kanin's 'Where It's At'" By Vincent Canby.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Drivas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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