Robert Wyler was an American

United States

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 film producer

Film producer

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 and associate producer. He was the older brother of the more illustrious William Wyler

William Wyler

William Wyler was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.Notable works included Ben-Hur , The Best Years of Our Lives , and Mrs. Miniver , all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Picture...

 and a nephew of Universal Studios

Universal Studios

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 head, Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle

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.

His first credit was as a producer in 1928, and he made several unsuccessful attempts at directing in the early 1930s. He found success in the late 1940s and '50s, however, when the film he associate-produced in 1949 — his brother's adaptation of The Heiress

The Heiress

The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film. It was written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 play of the same title that was based on the 1880 novel Washington Square by Henry James. The film was directed by William Wyler, with starring performances by Olivia de Havilland as...

— was nominated for Best Film at the Academy Awards

Academy Awards

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 and won its star, Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

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, her second Oscar

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Wyler himself was nominated for the screenplay

Screenplay

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 for Detective Story in 1951, another film directed by his brother and a controversial hit in its day. He was involved as an associate producer on most of his brother's films through the 1950s, such as Roman Holiday (1953) and Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion (film)

Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 Civil War film starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love. The screenplay was adapted by Michael Wilson from the 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West, and was directed by William Wyler...

(1956).

Wyler was married to actress Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell

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from 1948 until her death in 1970.