16 Facts About Robert Clouse

Robert Clouse died on February 4,1997, in Oregon of kidney failure.

Robert Clouse was nominated, twice, for an Oscar for his short films The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes and The Cadillac.

Robert Clouse made his feature directorial debut with Dreams of Glass, a love story between an Asian girl and white boy, starring John Denos and Caroline Barrett.

Robert Clouse then followed that film with Darker Than Amber and starring Rod Taylor as the protagonist, Travis McGee.

In 1971, Robert Clouse directed an episode of the action-crime TV show Ironside, entitled "Gentle Oaks".

In 1973, Robert Clouse collaborated with Bruce Lee and directed his most iconic, immortal and memorable film, Enter the Dragon, working with Jim Kelly for the first time, with whom he would collaborate again in his following film, Black Belt Jones.

In 1978, Robert Clouse re-teamed with Bruce Lee again for Game of Death, having to finish the footage in creative ways after Lee's death.

Robert Clouse was provided incomplete footage from Lee's original version of The Game of Death that had already been filmed, but ultimately made the creative decision to use a small portion of that footage, primarily due to the fact that the film's plot and story had been re-done many times in a multitude of Hong Kong cinema films after Lee's death.

Robert Clouse followed that film with Deadly Eyes and directed an episode of The Master called "Max".

Robert Clouse was portrayed by director Rob Cohen in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.

Robert Clouse was one of the directors of the television series The Master, which was broadcast in 1984 and featured a ninja called "Okasa", a recurring character played by Sho Kosugi.

Robert Clouse directed episodes of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color in the late 1970s and early 1980s - "The Kids Know Too Much" and "The Omega Connection".

Robert Clouse wrote the screenplay for most of his films, including Dreams of Glass, The Ultimate Warrior, The Pack, The Amsterdam Kill, Game of Death, The Big Brawl, Force: Five, China O'Brien and China O'Brien II.

Robert Clouse's remains were cremated and scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Robert Clouse wrote and published a biography on Lee, entitled Bruce Lee: The Biography which was published in 1989 by Unique Publications.

Close personal friend and director of Bruce's greatest movie, Robert Clouse, reveals his first-hand memories of Bruce and includes interviews with Bruce's family, friends and colleagues in order to tell us the true story of how Bruce lived and died.