Born Robert J Shapera in 1930, Evans started out as an actor and was cast as a bullfighter in 1957's The Sun Also Rises. He went on to become head of production at Paramount, overseeing such hits ...

The studio's leadership decides to take a gamble and make The Godfather, an adaptation of Mario Puzo's bestselling novel of the same name, and Paramount exec Robert Evans (played by Matthew Goode ...