Robert Tronson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English television director
Date of Birth: 18-May-1924
Place of Birth: Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Nov-2008
Profession: film director
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Robert Tronson
- Robert Tronson (18 May 1924 – 27 November 2008) was an English film and television director, born in Chilmark, Wiltshire.
- Educated at Churcher's College in Hampshire, followed by the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, he served with the Royal Navy from 1941.
- After leaving the service at the end of the Second World War he determined to become a writer, but soon joined the BBC, where he produced children's television programmes.
- In 1955 he joined Associated-Rediffusion, and by the end of the decade he was working on television drama serials.
- From the 1960s onwards he worked as a freelance director in a career spanning almost 50 years.
- His final television credits were for directing five episodes of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates for the BBC, between 1996 and 1998.In 1965 Tronson married Nona Richards (died 1987).
- He died on 27 November 2008 and was survived by their son.
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