Biography
Roberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924 – July 8, 2011) was an American poet and character actor of theatre, film, and television. He was best known for his roles as Old Man Marley in Home Alone (1990)
Known For
Complete Filmography
Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
2000
as Self
Full Blossom: The Life Of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom takes a look at Blossom's work onscreen, as well as the man behind the camera, examining his poli...

Balloon Farm
1999
as Weasel Mayfield
As soon as Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious but beautiful crop of balloons. Mystified by the...

The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Doc Wallace
A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

The American Clock
1993
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...

The Habitation of Dragons
1992
as Mr. Charlie
Two brothers of totally different natures live in a small town in Texas. Since the death of their father they confront one another all the time for al...

Doc Hollywood
1991
as Judge Evans
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a ca...

Death Falls
1991
as Hals Johnson
A terminally ill man gets his buddy to bust him out of the hospital. But, in the process, the duo antagonizes a city policeman, who trails them to the...

Home Alone
1990
as Marley
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. Wh...

Always
1989
as Dave
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

An Empire of Reason
1988
as Melancton Smith
Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use f...

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Aged Master
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -...

Candy Mountain
1988
as Archie
A mediocre musician goes on the road in search of the world's greatest guitar maker

Vision Quest
1985
as Grandpa
After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge...

Noon Wine
1985
as Mr. McClellan
The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century fo...

Flashpoint
1984
as Amarillo
Two Texas border guards find a jeep buried in the desert, with a skeleton, a scoped rifle, and a box with $800,000 in cash. Before they decide whether...

Reuben, Reuben
1983
as Frank Spofford
A drunken Scottish poet who has not written a word in years feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young wom...

Christine
1983
as George LeBay
Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to he...

Johnny Belinda
1982
as John McAdam
While attempting to set up a communal garden in a poverty stricken rural community, Bill Richmond becomes aware of a mute, disheveled girl named Belin...

The Wall
1982
as Kuchaski
A dramatic re-enactment of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish uprising in April 1943 were 650 armed members of the Jewish Fighting Organization of Poland held o...

Family Reunion
1981
as Phil King
Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While she's traveling through the country and meeting her...

Resurrection
1980
as John Harper
The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people. She becomes an ...

The Gold Bug
1980
as Mr. LeGrand
Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obses...

Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as Doc
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one...

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Farmer
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is abou...

Citizens Band
1977
as Papa Thermodyne
The interlaced stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen's band) radio.

The Great Masquerade
1974
as Sherwood Gates
In order to infiltrate a gang of drug smugglers, a cop is sent undercover to participate in a drag-queen beauty contest aboard a cruise ship.

The Great Gatsby
1974
as Mr. Gatz
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, t...

Deranged
1974
as Ezra Cobb
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies, ...

The Rimers of Eldritch
1972
as Judge/Preacher
Lanford Wilson's prize-winning drama about life in a played-out coal town in the Midwest. Against the background of a murder trial, the people recall ...
Please Stand By
1972
as Judge Nott
Young New York City activists, led by street singer Freemont Zappata and his girl friend, Marian, hijack broadcasting equipment that enables them to i...

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
as Wild Bob Cody
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to h...

The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972
as Governor Phips
A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused ...

The Hospital
1971
as Guernsey
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...
Taylor Mead Dances
1962
Tayor travels in his white Rolls Royce to the Second City nightclub, where he dances. With Tayor Mead, Katherine Roberts, and Roberts Blossom.
The Sin of Jesus
1961
An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

John Brown's Raid
1960
as Stevens
White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virgini...

Amazing Stories: The Movie II
N/A
as Opa Globe (archive footage)
This anthology gathers four episodes of the 1985-87 television series "Amazing Stories." Santa Claus (Douglas Seale) gets arrested when a burglar alar...