Actor and filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. has died at the age of 85, according to his son, Robert Downey Jr. The “Iron Man” star announced on social media Wednesday that his father passed away peacefully ...

Filmmaker and actor Robert Downey Sr. died at his home in New York at the age of 85. The father of “Iron Man” actor Robert Downey Jr., Downey Sr. appeared in movies “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia” and “To ...

Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York ...

Editor’s note, December 15, 2025: In the November 21, 1968, issue of the Voice, readers of Howard Smith’s Scenes column received, in a long caption under a production photo, a sneak preview of a new ...

Before there was a Robert Downey Jr., there was a Robert Downey Sr. — who was originally just Robert Downey. The elder Downey (1936-2021) made some wild films, one of which, Putney Swope, drew high ...

Robert Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85. Downey Jr. wrote on Instagram that his father died late Tuesday in ...