Robert Wagner Net Worth

Robert Wagner's Quotes

• Life isn't full of 'what ifs'. Only 'what is'.
• [on wife Jill St. John] She's always been magical with me.
• [on his daily routine with wife Jill St. John] We get up in the morning. I feed the birds. My wife feeds me. Together, we feed the animals.
• My wife was a Bond Girl, so I play James Bond in real life every day.
• When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.

Interesting Facts about Robert Wagner

1. Father of Katie Wagner (b. 1964) with Marion Marshall and Courtney Wagner (b. 1974) with Natalie Wood.
2. Engaged to Tina Sinatra (June 1970 - January 1972).
3. Has made seven movies with wife Jill St. John: Banning (1967), Deadly Roulette (1967), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), The Player (1992), Something to Believe In (1998), The Calling (2002) and Northpole (2014). On TV, she guest-starred in the pilot episode of his series Hart to Hart (1979) and they made a joint guest appearance on Seinfeld (1989).
4. He sued Aaron Spelling Productions for $20 million in June 2000, charging that he was cheated out of profits on the Fox soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). He claimed that he was entitled to profits as part of a ten-year-old settlement between producer Aaron Spelling and Fox that gave Spelling the right to produce "Beverly Hills, 90210" in exchange for "Angels 88", a never-produced series in which Wagner had a stake. According to the suit, the conflict dates back to 1973 when he and his then wife, Natalie Wood, made a deal with Spelling to submit ideas for pilots to ABC. One idea that the couple submitted led to the action series Charlie's Angels (1976). Following the terms of their deal, Spelling, Wagner and Wood equally shared profits from the series. In 1988, Spelling developed a new series, "Angels 88". According to the terms of their contract, Wagner was to receive 7.5% profit participation -- whether or not he rendered services. Fox committed to the series, without his knowledge, and then reneged, giving Spelling "Beverly Hills, 90210" instead. Since Spelling was given "Beverly Hills, 90210" in exchange for an asset in which Wagner had an interest, Wagner claimed that he is entitled to the same profit participation on "Beverly Hills, 90210" as he had on "Angels 88". The suit alleges breach of contract and fraud and seeks 7.5% of gross profits from "Beverly Hills, 90210" as well as damages of not less than $20 million.
5. Former brother-in-law of Lana Wood.
6. Wagner's wife Jill St. John starred in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971) which also featured his late former wife's real-life sister, Lana Wood. During a Bond girl reunion photo shoot in September 1999 for Vanity Fair magazine, an altercation occurred between Wood and St. John when photographer Annie Leibovitz asked for a picture of them together. Reportedly, St. John was so adamantly opposed to the idea that it made Wood cry. The couple's publicist, however, said it was he who vetoed the photo because Mr. Wagner would prefer his present wife not be shot with his ex-sister-in-law.
7. After being submerged at one point in an industrial strength foaming agent during the bathtub scene in The Pink Panther (1963), went blind for four weeks. The studio wanted Wagner replaced, but director Blake Edwards stuck by him and he finished the picture.
8. Is portrayed by Michael Weatherly in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004). He later portrayed Anthony DiNozzo Sr., the father of Weatherly's character Tony DiNozzo, on NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003).
9. Cooperated with Gavin Lambert (author of the novel and screenplay Inside Daisy Clover (1965) that starred Wagner's late wife Natalie Wood) on Lambert's biography "Natalie Wood" (2004). A friend of Wood's, Lambert believed that Wood's memory was sullied by the tabloid headlines generated by her tragic death, with the result that no one remembers his friend as a human being, and so wrote the book to correct the public's misconceptions about Wood.
10. On September 21, 2006, he became a grandfather for the first time when his elder daughter (with ex-wife Marion Marshall), Katie Wagner, gave birth to her son, Riley John.
11. Recently sold the Brentwood ranchette he's shared with Jill St. John since 1983, for $14 million and moved to Aspen, Colorado. [August 2007]
12. When he was seven, his family moved to Los Angeles, where Wagner attended military academies and The Harvard School.
13. His first acting break came when one of his friends took him to Warner Bros. to meet the head of casting. After an interview and a reading, he was told that the studio would use him in two or three small roles coming up in the near future. Two days later, a strike postponed all production plans, so this was back to school for Robert Wagner.
14. For many years, his bungalow at Universal Studios was a stop on their tour. He was an important star at the studio with a successful run of three television series. Lucille Ball, another star with a long run of success on television had the same bungalow and tour stop prior to Robert Wagner.
15. Spokesman for the Senior Lending Network and the Guardian First Funding Group.
16. He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard; and for Recording at 7001 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
17. Became friends with Fred Astaire, long before he co-starred on It Takes a Thief (1968).
18. Had a long association with Eddie Albert, his co-star on Switch (1975), and who was said to be one of his childhood heroes.
19. His wife Jill St. John, his deceased former wife Natalie Wood, and his Hart to Hart (1979) co-star Stefanie Powers attended ballet classes together as youngsters.
20. In his memoirs, Wagner revealed he had affairs with Yvonne De Carlo, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Anita Ekberg, Shirley Anne Field, Lori Nelson and Joan Collins.