Robert Downey Sr.

Robert John Downey Sr. was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He was known for writing and directing his underground film Putney Swope (1969), a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Downey's films during the 1960s were "strictly take-no-prisoners affairs, with minimal budgets and outrageous satire, effectively pushing forward the countercultural agenda of the day." He was the father of American actor Robert Downey Jr.

24 June 1936

Born on the same birth day (24 June): Brian Johnston • Joanna, Duchess of Brabant • Johannes Wislicenus • John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse • Luis García (footballer, born 1978) • Victor Francis Hess

Born in the same month (June 1936): Bekim Fehmiu • Billy Guy • Bruce Dern • Chuck Howley • Costas Simitis • Dave Van Ronk • Denny Hulme • Edith Pearlman • Enn Vetemaa • Marisa Galvany • Nancy Dussault • Renaldo Benson • Ronald Venetiaan • Shirley Anne Field • Vince Camuto • Volodymyr Holubnychy