Edward G. Robinson Jr.

Edward G. Manny Robinson, Jr. was an American actor. He was born as the son of the famous actor Edward G. Robinson and his wife Gladys Lloyd.

Robinson was known for his turbulent lifestyle and was a regular subject of the tabloid press. At 19, he eloped to Tijuana with the first of his three wives. His furious father later threw him out of the house. He was married three times and was the father of two children. In 1968, Superior Court judge, Marvin A. Freeman, adjudged that he was the legal father of a daughter, Shawn, born in 1966 to him and Lucille Kass. He was also arrested and accused of drunk driving during the 1950s. His autobiography titled My Father, My Son, written with William R. Duffy, was published in 1958. Robinson, Jr. was a close friend and sometime lover of Marilyn Monroe, and was the prototype for the character Eddie G. in Blonde , the TV miniseries about Monroe, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oates.

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