Robert Riesel was born on August 26, 1934 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Defenders (1961), The Rockford Files (1974) and Kojak (1973). He died on September 13, 2004 in New York City, New York, USA.
Second-generation Jewish American. Paternal grandparents were immigrants from Austro-Hungary and maternal grandparents came over from the Russian Empire.