- Birth nameRobert Thomas Reilly II
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- A lover of classic films and television, when asked about his favorite movie, Robbie will happily dive into an hour-long discussion on a variety of films ranging from 'Casablanca' and 'It's a Wonderful Life' to 'The Last Wave', 'Duck Soup' and 'Jaws'. At other times, he can be heard defending, with alacrity, why the original theatrical release of 'Blade Runner' is the absolute best version, his passionate feelings about movies as a communal experience, why actors can never fully enjoy a film as much as the audience, and how 'Fun with Dick and Jane' almost took his life and how 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' actually saved it.
- A fan of old time radio, he lists X-Minus One, Suspense, Dimension X, Philip Marlowe and Lux Radio Theater as his favorite vintage radio programs. His favorite TV shows growing up were Get Smart, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Lost in Space, Happy Days, Mary Tyler Moore, Barney Miller, MASH, The Brady Bunch, Columbo and Cheers, to name a few. For Robbie, the Variety Show holds a special place in his heart, too, with programs like The Carol Burnett Show, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The Bob Hope and Andy Williams Christmas specials, because it was a time when three generations of his family would gather together in the living room to enjoy the same program.
- Robbie's siblings, who were subjected to his mediocre impressions of actors and reenactments of famous movie scenes at the dinner table, usually playing all the parts, now work in the fields of journalism, finance, building and design, and the arts.
- Robbie Reilly (aka Rye Dano) grew up in the hamlet of Green Village located on the borders of Harding and Chatham Township, New Jersey. Of Irish, English and Italian heritage, Robbie is the eldest son of Robert and Marguerite. He credits his parents for instilling in him a great love for the arts, music, and beauty, as well as an insatiable appetite for learning.
Filmmaker Robbie Reilly lives and breathes in Tokyo, Japan. When not working on a film project, he spends his time as a writer, artist, photographer, model, TV host, contest judge, student and teacher.- IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous
- Completed his degree in Anthropology and Archaeology, with a focus on Asian mythology, cross cultural practices and antiquities.
- Can speak, read and write Japanese.
- Based in Tokyo, Japan, American author Robert Reilly (aka Rye Dano) has worked in a variety of fields all over the world - as an artist, writer, TV host, private investigator, teacher, racer, fashion model, actor and filmmaker to name a few.
- When he was six years old, while rummaging through boxes in the basement of the family home, little Robbie stumbled upon several books of blank checks belonging to his uncle. The next day the school principal-after calling his parents-rushed around frantically trying to track down all the checks Robbie had written for his classmates, which totaled nearly a million dollars.
- Huge supporter the human space flight programs at NASA, ESA and JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Has stated agreement with many former astronauts, engineers and controllers at NASA that for the sake of saving pennies on the dollar the United States has ended the Shuttle program with no replacement launch vehicle, adding that this decision may go down in history as the most strategic mistake America will have made in modern times.
- In movies, when the hero outwits the guards and escapes the castle, the commander always shouts, "You fools! You let him get away! Don't just stand there! Go after him!!" For once I'd like to hear him say, "Well, fellas, you did your best. That's all that's important. Now get some well-deserved rest."
- You'd think after all this time, after so many centuries of publishing, that they would've come up with a word to replace 'non-fiction'. It's like calling automobiles 'non-horses'.
- When I was a kid and learned that glue used to be made from horses, I got worried that our duct tape was made from ducks.
- There's a big difference between not knowing what you're doing and knowing what you're doing is not the way to do it.
- I don't go in for fads, unless others do first.
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