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| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|7|1936|6|24}}
| death_place = [[New York]], [[USA]]
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|Elsie Ann Ford|1962|1975|reason=div.}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Finn|first1=Natalie|title=Robert Downey Jr.'s Mother Dies: Read His Moving, Candid Tribute to Elsie Ann Downey|url=httphttps://www.eonlinevnshortener.com/news/583342/robert-downey-jr-s-mother-dies-read-his-moving-candid-tribute-to-elsie-ann-downeyTpnPIlPdowney|access-date=April 16, 2015|work=E! Online|date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>|{{marriage|Laura Ernst|1991|1994|reason=died}}|{{marriage|Rosemary Rogers|1998<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}}}
| children = 2; termasuk [[Robert Downey Jr.|Robert Jr.]]
| occupation = [[pemeran]], [[sutradara]], [[produser]], [[penulis naskah]], [[sinematografer]]
| years active = 1953 - 2013
}}
'''Robert John Downey Sr.''' (nama lahir '''Robert Elias Jr.'''; {{lahirmati|[[New York]], [[USA]]|24|6|1936|[[New York]], [[USA]]|7|7|2021}})<ref name=bookref1>{{cite book |url= https://books.googlevnshortener.com/books?id=AMJ1gPGGRzIC&pg=PA131TpnPIlP |title=Film Voices: Interviews from Post Script |first=Gerald|last=Duchovnay|year=2012|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791484753 }}</ref> adalah pemeran, sutradara, produser, penulis naskah, dan sinematografer Amerika Serikat serta ayah dari pemeran [[Robert Downey Jr.]] Ia dikenal karena menulis dan menyutradarai film bawah tanah ''[[Putney Swope]]'', sebuah sindiran mengenai dunia periklanan New York [[Madison Avenue]]. Menurut pakar film [[Wheeler Winston Dixon]], film-film karya Downey Sr. semasa dasawarsa 1960-an adalah skandal tanpa kompromi dengan anggaran minimal dan sindiran yang keterlaluan dengan secara efektif mendorong agenda [[kontra-kebudayaan pada 1960-an|kontra-budaya]] saat itu.<ref>[[Wheeler Winston Dixon]], Rutgers University Press, July 11, 2007, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bgXQ7qaC7nYC&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4&dq=%22Film+Talk%22+%22Directors+at+Work%22+Dixon&source=bl&ots=KVaukJA15u&sig=2llGTqV07-fY-8TbLNT2e8MozVc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EkVhVMfrA7X9sATPtIKoBA&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Film%20Talk%22%20%22Directors%20at%20Work%22%20Dixon&f=false Film Talk: Directors at Work], Retrieved November 10, 2014 (see page xi Introduction paragraph 3), {{ISBN|978-0-8135-4077-1}}</ref>
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