Robert King Baggot was born on July 11, 1914 in New Jersey, USA. He is the son of the famed silent actor and director King Baggot. While working as a cameraman on the Disney movie Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN (1966), he was killed in Kauai, Hawaii when a huge wave hit his 16-foot boat and washed him overboard. Robert King Baggot is the father of cinematographer King Baggot (Revenge of the Nerds) and actor Bruce Baggot.