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Robert Purdy Eaton is a former actor, arthur, and producer.

Career

Eaton co-produced an American pseudo-parody action B movie Order of the Black Eagle, released in December 1987. The film is a sequel to Unmasking the Idol, a 1986 film by the same director (Keeter), story-writer (Eaton), and screenplay writer (Behrens). Leonard Worth Keeter III directed it in Shelby, North Carolina, at Earl Owensby Studios, and the surrounding area. Betty J. Stephens, John Alan Stephens, PhD, and Robert P. Eaton co-produced the film. Eaton — whose only marriage from 1965 to 1969 was the sixth of seven marriages for Lana Turner — was president of Polo Players, the firm that partnered with Earl Owensby Studios to launch the two-film project.

Notes

Robert P. Eaton

The cryogenics theme is loosely connected to an interest of the co-producer and author of the story, Robert P. Eaton, who, through a connection with his former wife, had extensively interviewed Howard Hughes and edited a comprehensive autobiography: My life and opinions [by] Howard Hughes (1972). Eaton's work conveyed that Hughes had become obsessed with death and had amassed a vast library on the subject and had become fascinated with and a believer in cryogenics.

Eaton's family

Eaton had one full-sibling and four paternal half-siblings: one full-sister, three half-brothers, and a half-sister. One of his half-sisters, Julia (1924–2007), was married to Morris Abbott Van Nostrand, Jr. (1911–1995), a descendent of the first non-native child born in New Amsterdam. Van Nostrand, from 1952 to 1990, had served as president of Samuel French, Inc., the world's oldest and largest play publisher and licensing agency. During his presidency, the company published every prominent 20th century playrwright, including 26 Pulitzer Prize winners and 14 Nobel Prize winners. Eaton's father, William Arthur Eaton (1883–1974) had been a commander in the U.S. Navy.

Fun fact

Robert Eaton and Monika Hellpap, in May 2005, sold their condo at Palm Beach Towers in West Palm Beach to Rudi Guilini and wife, Judith.