Resume
Robert has more than forty years experience in the performing arts. His past training has included acting, singing, dance (tap, ballet, jazz/modern), music, fencing and other stage fighting techniques, ice skating, and ice dancing. He has also studied and worked in technical aspects of stage and film, including: directing, makeup, lighting and sound, set design, and movement/choreography.
He is an accomplished voiceover artist. He began voiceover work in 1970 and has performed voiceovers and/or on-screen talent in dozens of marketing, promotional and training videos - as well as announcing various community events, auto races, and sporting events. He has also worked as on-air talent in radio and voiced dozens of commercial and promo spots.
Robert started learning video production in 1970 using reel-to-reel video recorders, and has since advanced to digital production.
Film
Robert Donnelly has been acting in indie short films since early 2010.
His first role in indie film was in the SciFi espionage thriller False Dawn – created for the 4-minute short film contest"The Story Beyond The Still." The Writer/Director was Popeye Theophilus Barrnumb. It was completed in 2010.
Robert recently won a Casting Call Contest for the role of "The Rat" in the feature-length indie Sci Fi post-apolcalyptic film The Gunrunner Billy Kane (August 2011), a film by Michael. D. Selig. The film is currently in post-production.
Filmography
Clown's Funeral Director: Chunlam Tsang; Role: Clown Henry [in production]
Fly Director: Shawn Dyer: Role: The Spectator [in production]
The Gunrunner Billy Kane Director: M.D. Selig; Role: The Rat [post-production]
A Midsummer Nightmare - The Betrayal Director: Joshua Siegel; Role: Thomas [post-production]
The Chosen Director: Popeye Theophilus Barrnumb; Role: Interrogator #2 [Completed 2010]
False Dawn - "The Story Beyond The Still" Director: Popeye Theophilus Barrnumb; Role: The Russian [Completed 2010]
Stage
Robert has been active in stage work since 1969. His first production was at age 14 as Stage Manager in Our Town. He has since been involved in more than thirty stage productions.
While Robert's focus has been performing on stage, he has held the positions or performed the functions of actor, director, assistant director, makeup, lighting tech/director, sound tech, movement/choreographer, and special effects.
Here is a sampling of his work:
(Visalia, CA 1968-75)
The Glass Menagerie
The Gentleman CallerArsenic and Old Lace
MortimerOur Town
Stage ManagerBrigadoon
Mr. LundyUTBU
J. Francis AmberBye Bye Birdie
Voice of Ed SullivanFanny
Flo ZiegfeldThe Madwoman of Chaillot
The PresidentThe Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank(Augsburg Community Theater 1976-77)
The Boys In The Band
<< makeup >>Rashomon
The SamuraiMy Three Angels
AlbertMove Over Mrs. Markham
<< Technical >>Augsburg Community Theater Christmas Show
Singer, Dancer, Makeup, tech(Quincy, CA 1979-84)
Harvey
Dr. SandersonSouth Pacific
Chorus, Dancer (solo)Brigadoon
Harry Beaton (Dancer/solo/stunts)The Fantastiks
Henry, the Shakespearean Actor-- Production was reprised the following year for a
four weekend run --
The Bad Seed
Kenneth PenmarkThe Odd Couple
FelixThe Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
The MagicianThe Taming of the Shrew
LucentioLittle Mary Sunshine
Assistant Director/ChoreographyThe Little Foxes
Horace Giddens(San Diego 1995)
Me and My Gal
Butler/Chorus/DancerDialects
- American & Foreign -
Southern (Georgia, Virginia, Texas, Arkansas), Maine, New York, BostonIrish, Scots, English (formal, east end, some cockney); French, German, Russian, Italian
Languages
Robert has studied Latin, German, Russian and French; currently limited fluency.
Related Skills
- Stage & Film -
Movement/choreographyMakeup
Technical stage work (tech directing, sound, lighting, set design/construction)
Film production assistant
Fencing (foil, epeé & saber) - staves - stage fighting
Weapons
Horseback riding - Western and English
Driving (up to 2.5 ton vehicles)
Stunts
